Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2021, 5:48 PM EDT for Southampton County, Sussex County, Virginia. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 18, 2021, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Southampton County, VA, Sussex County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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, 5:59 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Capron, 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
643
WUUS51 KAKQ 182148
SVRAKQ
VAC175-183-182215-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0008.210318T2148Z-210318T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
548 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Southampton County in southeastern Virginia...
Southeastern Sussex County in southeastern Virginia...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 547 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
of Courtland, moving northeast 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,
Sedley around 600 PM EDT.
Wakefield around 610 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Vicksville, Dory, Berlin, Sebrell, Manry, Joyner, Worrell and Capron.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
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 3679 7734 3698 7700 3680 7686 3678 7688
3665 7719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 239DEG 42KT 3676 7719
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
051 follow-up statement
650
WWUS51 KAKQ 182204
SVSAKQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
604 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
VAC175-183-182215-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210318T2215Z/
Southampton VA-Sussex VA-
604 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SOUTHAMPTON AND EAST CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTIES...
At 604 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sedley, or 7
miles north of Courtland, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to
trees and powerlines.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Southampton and east central Sussex Counties, including
the following locations... Vicksville, Sebrell, Dory, Manry and
Berlin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for southeastern
Virginia.
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3682 7719 3698 7700 3680 7686 3678 7688
3672 7710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 241DEG 30KT 3682 7703
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
05The 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, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 65 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.