Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2021, 5:39 PM EDT for City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, Virginia. It was in force for 51 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, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 6:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Deep Creek, VA | QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN DEEP CREEK. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
815
WUUS51 KAKQ 092139
SVRAKQ
VAC550-740-800-092230-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0035.210409T2139Z-210409T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
539 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
The northwestern City of Chesapeake in southeastern Virginia...
The southern City of Portsmouth in southeastern Virginia...
The east central City of Suffolk in southeastern Virginia...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 538 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bowers Hill,
or near Deep Creek, moving east at 15 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,
Chesapeake around 550 PM EDT.
Deep Creek around 600 PM EDT.
Cradock around 610 PM EDT.
Great Bridge around 625 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include South
Norfolk, Herberts Corner, Portlock and Hickory.
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 3670 7653 3679 7653 3683 7629 3682 7628
3683 7628 3683 7627 3682 7626 3683 7625
3683 7623 3665 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 265DEG 13KT 3675 7644
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EI2 follow-up statements
571
WWUS51 KAKQ 092203
SVSAKQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
603 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021
VAC800-092212-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210409T2230Z/
City of Suffolk VA-
603 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE EAST CENTRAL CITY OF
SUFFOLK IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
southeastern Virginia.
LAT...LON 3669 7647 3680 7646 3681 7643 3683 7629
3682 7629 3683 7627 3682 7626 3683 7625
3683 7623 3665 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 269DEG 12KT 3675 7634
$$
VAC550-740-092230-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210409T2230Z/
City of Chesapeake VA-City of Portsmouth VA-
603 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR ...THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE AND THE SOUTHERN CITY OF
PORTSMOUTH...
At 602 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Deep Creek,
moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Public reports of hail around quarter size at 600 PM.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to
trees and powerlines.
This severe storm will be near...
Chesapeake around 610 PM EDT.
Great Bridge around 625 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include South
Norfolk, Herberts Corner, Portlock and Hickory.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3669 7647 3680 7646 3681 7643 3683 7629
3682 7629 3683 7627 3682 7626 3683 7625
3683 7623 3665 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 269DEG 12KT 3675 7634
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EI873
WWUS51 KAKQ 092225
SVSAKQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
625 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021
VAC550-740-092235-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210409T2230Z/
City of Chesapeake VA-City of Portsmouth VA-
625 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ...THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF
CHESAPEAKE AND THE SOUTHERN CITY OF PORTSMOUTH WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM
EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy
rain is still possible with this thunderstorm and minor flooding is
possible in the previously warned area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
southeastern Virginia.
LAT...LON 3669 7647 3680 7646 3681 7643 3683 7629
3682 7629 3683 7627 3682 7626 3683 7625
3683 7623 3665 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 265DEG 13KT 3676 7625
$$
EIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Newport News | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 48 min | |
| Apr 9, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Surry | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry, City of Hampton, City of Newport News | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 65 min | |
| Apr 9, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 53 min |
| Apr 9, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Portsmouth | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 78 min | |
| Apr 9, 5:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 6:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Richmond | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell | 53 min |
| Apr 9, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 88 min | |
| Apr 9, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Petersburg | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Prince George | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 7:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 40 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.