Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT for Lunenburg County, Nottoway County, Virginia. It was in force for 45 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lunenburg County, VA, Nottoway County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 4:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Nottoway, VA | SIDING DAMAGE ON HOUSE. ALSO, VERY HEAVY RAIN. |
| Jul 24, 5:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Nottoway, VA | TREES DOWN ON EASTBOUND US 460 NEAR NOTTOWAY COURTHOUSE. |
| Jul 24, 5:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Nottoway, VA | TREES DOWN ON W COURTHOUSE ROAD NEAR NOTTOWAY COURTHOUSE. |
| Jul 24, 5:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Blackstone, VA | TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE THAT RESULTED IN SEVERAL POWER OUTAGES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
865
WUUS51 KAKQ 242030
SVRAKQ
VAC111-135-242115-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0129.210724T2030Z-210724T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
430 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Lunenburg County in south central Virginia...
Nottoway County in south central Virginia...
* Until 515 PM EDT.
* At 430 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Crewe, moving
south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage
to trees and powerlines.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
Crewe around 445 PM EDT.
Nottoway around 510 PM EDT.
Blackstone around 515 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Irby,
Dominy Corner, Fergusonville, Jennings Ordinary, Murdocks, Forkland,
Blackstone Airport, The Falls, Rubermount and Pattersons Store.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Please report severe weather by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the
NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
&&
LAT...LON 3726 7814 3724 7798 3700 7793 3700 7798
3702 7799 3702 7801 3701 7801 3703 7826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 006DEG 9KT 3722 7807
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Rogers1 follow-up statement
324
WWUS51 KAKQ 242058
SVSAKQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
458 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021
VAC111-135-242115-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-210724T2115Z/
Lunenburg VA-Nottoway VA-
458 PM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LUNENBURG AND SOUTHWESTERN NOTTOWAY COUNTIES...
At 458 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Nottoway, or
near Crewe, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to
trees and powerlines.
This severe storm will be near...
Nottoway around 505 PM EDT.
Blackstone around 515 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Irby,
The Falls, Rubermount and Murdocks.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3722 7814 3721 7802 3704 7798 3702 7799
3702 7801 3701 7801 3703 7826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 006DEG 9KT 3715 7808
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RogersThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2:36 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 43 hr | |
| Jul 24, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Nottoway | 42 min |
| Jul 24, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Nottoway | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway | 47 min |
| Jul 24, 5:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Henrico | 78 min |
| Jul 24, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Fluvanna | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Fluvanna | 44 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.