Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 4:52 PM EDT for 6 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 38 min. 12 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
- May 4, 2021, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Caroline County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Powhatan County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 4:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Fredericks Hall, VA | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 1 WNW FREDERICKS HALL. CAR FLIPPED OVER. SILO AND A BARN DAMAGED. ROOFS ARE DAMAGED. |
| May 4, 4:54 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Wnw Fredericks Hall, VA | CAR FLIPPED OVER. SILO AND A BARN DAMAGED. ROOFS ARE DAMAGED. |
| May 4, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bumpass, VA | PERGOLA BLOWN INTO AN IN-GROUND POOL. |
| May 4, 5:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Goochland, VA | *** 2 INJ *** SEVERE WINDS RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE GOOCHLAND FARMERS MARKET. THE MARKET WAS OPEN AT THE TIME AND THERE WHERE 2 INJURIES. ONCE PERSON SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AND THE OTHER A BROKEN LEG. |
| May 4, 5:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Goochland, VA | *** 2 INJ *** THE GOOCHLAND FARMERS MARKET WAS HIT WITH AN ESTIMATED 65 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST. TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF FLYING DEBRIS. ADDITIONALLY, FLYING DEBRIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO CARS AND VENDORS LOST MERCHANDISE. |
| May 4, 5:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Corbin, VA | CHICKEN COOP BLOWN APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET. DOG KENNELS WERE BLOWN SEVERAL FEET. |
| May 4, 5:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Rockville, VA | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| May 4, 5:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Montpelier, VA | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| May 4, 5:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Short Pump, VA | TREES DOWN NEAR I64. WINDS ESTIMATED 60 MPH. |
| May 4, 5:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Villboro, VA | TREES DOWN WIDESPREAD ACROSS CAROLINE COUNTY. FREDERICKSBURG HIGHWAY BLOCKED ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER ROADS. |
| May 4, 5:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bowling Green, VA | BUSINESS 301 CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. |
| May 4, 5:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Port Royal, VA | TREES DOWN ALONG TIDEWATER TRAIL BLOCKING SEVERAL SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
844
WUUS51 KAKQ 042052
SVRAKQ
VAC033-075-085-087-109-145-042130-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0064.210504T2052Z-210504T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
452 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Louisa County in central Virginia...
Southeastern Goochland County in central Virginia...
Caroline County in north central Virginia...
Northwestern Henrico County in central Virginia...
Hanover County in central Virginia...
Northern Powhatan County in central Virginia...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 451 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northeast of Louisa to near Bumpass to
Trenholm, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near,
Bumpass around 500 PM EDT.
Gum Spring around 505 PM EDT.
Ladysmith, Oilville and Sabot around 510 PM EDT.
Tuckahoe, Wyndham and Montpelier around 515 PM EDT.
Bowling Green and Milford around 520 PM EDT.
Ashland, Randolph Macon College, Fort A.p. Hill, Glen Allen and
Laurel around 525 PM EDT.
Hanover, Port Royal, Kings Dominion and Dawn around 530 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Chilesburg, Orchid, Maidens, Gum Tree, Three Square, Fine Creek
Mills, Michaux, Atlee, West View and Ashcake.
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 3822 7729 3825 7727 3825 7723 3819 7725
3820 7722 3816 7712 3813 7710 3812 7714
3808 7717 3805 7714 3787 7725 3779 7735
3779 7733 3775 7732 3766 7738 3754 7807
3808 7780 3802 7775 3799 7764 3825 7735
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 250DEG 50KT 3810 7794 3793 7784 3762 7806
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Zimmerman1 follow-up statement
489
WWUS51 KAKQ 042118
SVSAKQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
518 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021
VAC109-042128-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210504T2130Z/
Louisa VA-
518 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LOUISA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central, north central and east central Virginia.
LAT...LON 3822 7729 3825 7723 3819 7725 3816 7713
3813 7710 3812 7714 3808 7717 3805 7714
3787 7725 3779 7735 3779 7733 3775 7732
3766 7738 3754 7807 3770 7799 3769 7788
3773 7780 3800 7769 3799 7764 3825 7735
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 247DEG 45KT 3821 7760 3804 7750 3773 7772
$$
VAC033-075-085-087-145-042130-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210504T2130Z/
Goochland VA-Caroline VA-Henrico VA-Hanover VA-Powhatan VA-
518 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GOOCHLAND...CAROLINE...NORTHWESTERN HENRICO...
HANOVER AND NORTHERN POWHATAN COUNTIES...
At 518 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Spotsylvania to Ladysmith to near Oilville, moving
northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
These severe storms will be near...
Milford around 525 PM EDT.
Bowling Green around 530 PM EDT.
Ashland and Fort A.p. Hill around 535 PM EDT.
Hanover, Port Royal, Kings Dominion and Dawn around 540 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Chilesburg, Golansville, Crozier, Rock Castle, Guinea, Corbin,
Vontay, Maidens, Gum Tree and Three Square.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3822 7729 3825 7723 3819 7725 3816 7713
3813 7710 3812 7714 3808 7717 3805 7714
3787 7725 3779 7735 3779 7733 3775 7732
3766 7738 3754 7807 3770 7799 3769 7788
3773 7780 3800 7769 3799 7764 3825 7735
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 247DEG 45KT 3821 7760 3804 7750 3773 7772
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ZimmermanThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 42 hr | |
| May 4, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan | 48 min |
| May 4, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 44 min |
| May 4, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward | 31 min |
| May 4, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia | 38 min |
| May 4, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 48 min |
| May 4, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Chesterfield, Essex, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico and 7 more | 48 min |
| May 4, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia | 43 min |
| May 4, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex | 40 min |
| May 4, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex | 32 min |
| May 4, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, Sussex | 28 min |
| May 4, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster and 5 more | 49 min |
| May 4, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 33 min |
| May 4, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 25 min |
| May 4, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 61 min | |
| May 4, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, James City, Surry, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 3 more | 36 min |
| May 4, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Franklin, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 42 min |
| May 4, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland | 51 min |
| May 4, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 34 min | |
| May 4, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 62 min | |
| May 4, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 74 min | |
| May 4, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson and 2 more | 34 min |
| May 4, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 78 min | |
| May 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 30 min |
| May 4, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 36 min |
| May 4, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 49 min |
| May 4, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021
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.