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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Wakefield, VA

February 22, 20219 counties in North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2021, 2:39 PM EST for 9 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 22, 2021, 2:39 PM EST (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2021, 3:45 PM EST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-02-22Temperature 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 334 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

404 
WUUS51 KAKQ 221939
SVRAKQ
NCC015-029-041-053-073-091-131-139-143-222045-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0004.210222T1939Z-210222T2045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Camden County in northeastern North Carolina...
  Pasquotank County in northeastern North Carolina...
  Perquimans County in northeastern North Carolina...
  Bertie County in northeastern North Carolina...
  Southeastern Northampton County in northeastern North Carolina...
  Hertford County in northeastern North Carolina...
  Gates County in northeastern North Carolina...
  Northwestern Currituck County in northeastern North Carolina...
  Chowan County in northeastern North Carolina...

* Until 345 PM EST.

* At 239 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles northeast of Como to 6 miles east of Rocky
  Mount, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near,
  Roduco around 245 PM EST.
  Gates around 250 PM EST.
  Corapeake around 305 PM EST.
  Lewiston Woodville around 325 PM EST.
  Windsor around 340 PM EST.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Eagletown, Tunis, Kelford, Pierceville, Newsome Store, Savage,
Arrowhead Beach, Chowan Beach, Parkville and Republican.

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 3581 7688 3590 7692 3586 7704 3594 7704
      3594 7720 3601 7721 3606 7732 3611 7723
      3616 7726 3621 7739 3627 7741 3655 7703
      3655 7585 3608 7638 3601 7651 3601 7658
      3606 7662 3604 7666 3588 7674 3588 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 258DEG 37KT 3656 7690 3598 7770 

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

MRD
1 follow-up statement
786 
WWUS51 KAKQ 222011
SVSAKQ

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

NCC131-222021-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210222T2045Z/
Northampton NC-
311 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area.Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3581 7688 3590 7692 3586 7704 3594 7704
      3594 7720 3601 7721 3606 7732 3611 7723
      3616 7726 3655 7686 3655 7585 3608 7638
      3601 7651 3601 7658 3606 7662 3604 7666
      3593 7674 3594 7671 3588 7674 3588 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 277DEG 50KT 3654 7642 3596 7722 

$$

NCC015-029-041-053-073-091-139-143-222045-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210222T2045Z/
Camden NC-Pasquotank NC-Perquimans NC-Bertie NC-Hertford NC-Gates NC-
Currituck NC-Chowan NC-
311 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EST
FOR CAMDEN...PASQUOTANK...PERQUIMANS...BERTIE...SOUTHERN HERTFORD...
GATES...NORTHWESTERN CURRITUCK AND CHOWAN COUNTIES...

At 311 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles northwest of South Mills to 9 miles north of
Robersonville, moving east at 60 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.

These severe storms will be near...
  South Mills around 320 PM EST.
  Windsor around 325 PM EST.
  Moyock around 330 PM EST.
  Currituck around 335 PM EST.
  Knotts Island around 340 PM EST.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Goose
Pond, Whites Crossroads, Tunis, Kelford, Earleys, Pierceville,
Newsome Store, Savage, Arrowhead Beach and Chowan Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3581 7688 3590 7692 3586 7704 3594 7704
      3594 7720 3601 7721 3606 7732 3611 7723
      3616 7726 3655 7686 3655 7585 3608 7638
      3601 7651 3601 7658 3606 7662 3604 7666
      3593 7674 3594 7671 3588 7674 3588 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 277DEG 50KT 3654 7642 3596 7722 

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

MRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 1:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton62 min
Feb 22, 1:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGates, Hertford, Northampton48 min
Feb 22, 3:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.