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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 14, 2021Brunswick County, Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2021, 6:25 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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: Apr 14, 2021, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brunswick County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 14, 6:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ese South Hill, VA	TREE DOWNED ALONG I-85 NEAR SOUTH HILL.
Apr 14, 7:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Bowens Corner, VA	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED ALONG BRODNAX RD NEAR ROBINSON FERRY. TIME IS RADAR ESTIMATED.

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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 1536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

876 
WUUS51 KAKQ 142225
SVRAKQ
VAC025-111-117-142315-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0049.210414T2225Z-210414T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
625 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Mecklenburg County in south central Virginia...
  Southeastern Lunenburg County in south central Virginia...
  Southwestern Brunswick County in south central Virginia...

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 624 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Boydton, or 8
  miles southeast of Chase City, moving east at 40 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,
  South Hill and La Crosse around 645 PM EDT.
  Brodnax around 650 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Bacons
Fork, Cochran, Gills Corner, Bowens Corner, North View, White Plains,
Meredithville, Baskerville, Forksville and Wightman.

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 3666 7843 3681 7838 3689 7787 3662 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 272DEG 34KT 3675 7833 

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

Poche

1 follow-up statement

143 
WWUS51 KAKQ 142232
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
632 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

VAC025-111-117-142315-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-210414T2315Z/
Mecklenburg VA-Lunenburg VA-Brunswick VA-
632 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN LUNENBURG AND
SOUTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES...

At 632 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near South Hill,
moving east at 40 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...
  South Hill and La Crosse around 645 PM EDT.
  Brodnax around 650 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Bacons
Fork, Cochran, Gills Corner, Bowens Corner, North View, White Plains,
Meredithville, Baskerville, Forksville and Wightman.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3665 7836 3681 7834 3689 7787 3662 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 272DEG 34KT 3675 7823 

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

Poche

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 3:07 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		22 hr
Apr 14, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	43 min
Apr 14, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	49 min
Apr 14, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville	41 min
Apr 14, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	35 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.