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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 9, 20214 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
Apr 9, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Surry County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 5:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nnw Hilton Village, VANUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY STORM NEAR WARWICK BOULEVARD. TIME ESTIMATED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

377 
WUUS51 KAKQ 092045
SVRAKQ
VAC093-181-650-700-092130-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0029.210409T2045Z-210409T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
445 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Isle of Wight County in southeastern Virginia...
  The City of Hampton in southeastern Virginia...
  The City of Newport News in southeastern Virginia...
  East central Surry County in southeastern Virginia...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 444 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Smithfield,
  moving east at 20 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Newport News, Hampton, Smithfield, Christopher Newport University,
  Northampton, Rescue, Denbigh, Beaconsdale, Fort Eustis, Rushmere,
  Oriana, Hilton Village, Lawson, Moonlight, Oyster Point, Mogarts
  Beach and Menchville.

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 3694 7669 3705 7677 3719 7658 3704 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 253DEG 16KT 3705 7669 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

EI
1 follow-up statement
409 
WWUS51 KAKQ 092109
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
509 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021

VAC181-092119-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210409T2130Z/
Surry VA-
509 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SURRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
southeastern Virginia.

LAT...LON 3694 7669 3700 7674 3701 7674 3715 7656
      3704 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 271DEG 14KT 3702 7657 

$$

VAC093-650-700-092130-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210409T2130Z/
Isle of Wight VA-City of Hampton VA-City of Newport News VA-
509 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ISLE OF WIGHT ...THE CITY OF HAMPTON AND THE CENTRAL
CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS...

At 509 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rescue, or near
Smithfield, moving east at 20 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.

Locations impacted include...
Newport News, Hampton, Smithfield, Christopher Newport University,
Northampton, Rescue, Denbigh, Beaconsdale, Hilton Village, Lawson,
Oyster Point, Mogarts Beach, Menchville and Rushmere.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3694 7669 3700 7674 3701 7674 3715 7656
      3704 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 271DEG 14KT 3702 7657 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

EI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake50 min
Apr 9, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake40 min
Apr 9, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Newport News37 min
Apr 9, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQMecklenburg35 min
Apr 9, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ48 min
Apr 9, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMecklenburg46 min
Apr 9, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Suffolk28 min
Apr 9, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSurry30 min
Apr 9, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake44 min
Apr 9, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake41 min
Apr 9, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ65 min
Apr 9, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMecklenburg48 min
Apr 9, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk53 min
Apr 9, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick36 min
Apr 9, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Portsmouth49 min
Apr 9, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach47 min
Apr 9, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Mecklenburg47 min
Apr 9, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ78 min
Apr 9, 5:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, Surry, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News3 hr
Apr 9, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk51 min
Apr 9, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Mecklenburg48 min
Apr 9, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach47 min
Apr 9, 6:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCity of Chesapeake3 hr
Apr 9, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake36 min
Apr 9, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Greensville46 min
Apr 9, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQMecklenburg45 min
Apr 9, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake45 min
Apr 9, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie44 min
Apr 9, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMecklenburg51 min
Apr 9, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Richmond50 min
Apr 9, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake48 min
Apr 9, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell53 min
Apr 9, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ88 min
Apr 9, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg43 min
Apr 9, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie, Prince George, City of Petersburg41 min
Apr 9, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLunenburg40 min
Apr 9, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, Prince George52 min
Apr 9, 7:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach4 hr
Apr 9, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie40 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.