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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Wakefield, VA

February 22, 20216 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2021, 2:34 PM EST for 6 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 56 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: Feb 22, 2021, 2:34 PM EST (19:34 UTC)
Expired: Feb 22, 2021, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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
Feb 22, 2:56 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Ocean View, VA	POWER LINES AND A TREE DOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1225 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 362 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 398 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

198 
WUUS51 KAKQ 221934
SVRAKQ
VAC093-550-710-740-800-810-222030-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0003.210222T1934Z-210222T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
234 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  The City of Norfolk in southeastern Virginia...
  The City of Chesapeake in southeastern Virginia...
  The City of Portsmouth in southeastern Virginia...
  Eastern Isle of Wight County in southeastern Virginia...
  The eastern City of Suffolk in southeastern Virginia...
  The City of Virginia Beach in southeastern Virginia...

* Until 330 PM EST.

* At 234 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Grand View to 7 miles northeast of Como, moving
  east at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 230pm EDT, a 55 mph gust was reported 
           at Patrick Henry Airport.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Virginia Beach, Ocean View, Kempsville, Virginia Wesleyan
  University, Old Dominion University, Downtown Norfolk, Regent
  University, Great Bridge, Downtown Suffolk, Deep Creek, Downtown
  Portsmouth, Churchland, Norfolk State University, Norfolk,
  Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Fentress, Bowers Hill and Cradock.

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 3654 7582 3655 7680 3699 7636 3698 7612
      3694 7594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 269DEG 53KT 3716 7625 3655 7689 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MRD

1 follow-up statement

728 
WWUS51 KAKQ 222001
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
301 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

VAC093-550-710-740-800-810-222030-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210222T2030Z/
City of Norfolk VA-City of Chesapeake VA-City of Portsmouth VA-
Isle of Wight VA-City of Suffolk VA-City of Virginia Beach VA-
301 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST
FOR EASTERN ISLE OF WIGHT ...THE CITY OF NORFOLK...THE CITY OF
CHESAPEAKE...THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH...THE EASTERN CITY OF SUFFOLK AND
THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH...

At 300 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles south of Cape Charles to Corapeake, moving
east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated. Trees have been reported down across the 
         Peninsula. In addition, a gust to 54 mph was reported at 
         Langley AFB. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.

Locations impacted include...
Virginia Beach, Ocean View, Kempsville, Virginia Wesleyan University,
Old Dominion University, Downtown Norfolk, Regent University, Great
Bridge, Downtown Suffolk, Deep Creek, Downtown Portsmouth,
Churchland, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Chesapeake,
Portsmouth, Suffolk, Fentress, Bowers Hill and Cradock.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3654 7582 3655 7680 3699 7636 3698 7612
      3694 7594
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 277DEG 31KT 3713 7595 3653 7659 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MRD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 22, 1:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Prince George, Southampton and 5 more	62 min
Feb 22, 1:41 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		97 min
Feb 22, 1:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry and 9 more	48 min
Feb 22, 2:01 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		76 min
Feb 22, 2:18 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		117 min
Feb 22, 2:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	41 min
Feb 22, 2:42 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		2 hr
Feb 22, 3:04 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		56 min
Feb 22, 3:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	46 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.