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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 18, 2021Isle of Wight County, Southampton County, Surry County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2021, 5:37 PM EDT for Isle of Wight County, Southampton County, Surry County, Virginia. It was in force for 38 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: Mar 18, 2021, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Isle of Wight County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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
Mar 18, 5:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Bethel Church, VA	TREES DOWN NEAR RECYCLE CENTER ON FOURSQUARE RD.
Mar 18, 6:03 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 Wnw Mogarts Beach, VA

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
Mar 18, 5:09 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

494 
WUUS51 KAKQ 182137
SVRAKQ
VAC093-175-181-182215-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0007.210318T2137Z-210318T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
537 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Isle of Wight County in southeastern Virginia...
  Northeastern Southampton County in southeastern Virginia...
  Southeastern Surry County in southeastern Virginia...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 536 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Zuni, or 7
  miles northwest of Windsor, moving northeast at 35 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,
  Isle Of Wight around 550 PM EDT.
  Smithfield around 600 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Rushmere, Pons, Carrollton, Benns Church, Bethel Church, Delk
Crossroads, Lawson, Central Hill, Bacons Castle and Whitley.

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.

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for southeastern
Virginia.

LAT...LON 3678 7685 3693 7696 3713 7670 3694 7650
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 240DEG 29KT 3689 7684 

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 18, 3:50 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	AKQ	James City, Northampton, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton and 4 more	39 hr
Mar 18, 4:08 AM EDT	Gale Warning	AKQ		45 hr
Mar 18, 4:11 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton and 7 more	45 hr
Mar 18, 2:08 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	60 hr
Mar 18, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	38 min
Mar 18, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton, Sussex	34 min
Mar 18, 5:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Greensville	27 min
Mar 18, 5:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Sussex	29 min
Mar 18, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		65 min
Mar 18, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton, Sussex	27 min
Mar 18, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	45 min
Mar 18, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		56 min
Mar 18, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton	28 min
Mar 18, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	41 min
Mar 18, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	29 min
Mar 18, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	38 min
Mar 18, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Prince George, Surry, Sussex	47 min
Mar 18, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, City of Emporia	30 min
Mar 18, 7:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Mecklenburg	31 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.