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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 28, 2021Northumberland County, Richmond County, Westmoreland County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2021, 1:58 PM EDT for Northumberland County, Richmond County, Westmoreland County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 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
May 28, 2021, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2021, 2:33 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 2:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Se Westmoreland, VATREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

089 
WUUS51 KAKQ 281758
SVRAKQ
VAC133-159-193-281845-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0083.210528T1758Z-210528T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
158 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Northumberland County in eastern Virginia...
  Central Richmond County in east central Virginia...
  Southeastern Westmoreland County in east central Virginia...

* Until 245 PM EDT.

* At 158 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Haynesville,
  or near Warsaw, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
  Callao and Kinsale around 215 PM EDT.
  Lewisetta around 235 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Lyells,
Threeway, Westmoreland, Gibeon, Sandy Point, Kremlin, Oldhams and
Village.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3811 7660 3809 7658 3807 7653 3806 7653
      3805 7652 3803 7652 3802 7649 3802 7647
      3798 7643 3793 7671 3802 7677 3814 7661
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 249DEG 15KT 3800 7666 

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

EI
2 follow-up statements
561 
WWUS51 KAKQ 281810
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
210 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

VAC159-281820-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-210528T1845Z/
Richmond VA-
210 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RICHMOND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3811 7660 3809 7658 3807 7653 3806 7653
      3805 7652 3803 7652 3802 7647 3798 7643
      3795 7660 3798 7666 3798 7670 3800 7673
      3799 7675 3801 7676 3803 7676 3814 7661
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 248DEG 17KT 3803 7658 

$$

VAC133-193-281845-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-210528T1845Z/
Northumberland VA-Westmoreland VA-
210 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTHUMBERLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN WESTMORELAND
COUNTIES...

At 210 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kinsale, or
near Callao, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.

This severe storm will be near...
  Lewisetta around 225 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Westmoreland, Gibeon, Sandy Point, Threeway, Kremlin and Oldhams.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3811 7660 3809 7658 3807 7653 3806 7653
      3805 7652 3803 7652 3802 7647 3798 7643
      3795 7660 3798 7666 3798 7670 3800 7673
      3799 7675 3801 7676 3803 7676 3814 7661
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 248DEG 17KT 3803 7658 

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

EI
106 
WWUS51 KAKQ 281833
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
233 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

VAC133-193-281843-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-210528T1845Z/
Northumberland VA-Westmoreland VA-
233 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTHUMBERLAND
AND SOUTHEASTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3811 7660 3809 7658 3807 7653 3806 7653
      3805 7652 3803 7652 3802 7647 3798 7643
      3795 7660 3798 7666 3798 7670 3800 7673
      3799 7675 3801 7676 3803 7676 3814 7661
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 249DEG 15KT 3806 7647 

$$

EI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 4:27 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ3 days
May 28, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, New Kent42 min
May 28, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWestmoreland42 min
May 28, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQKing and Queen, Middlesex, New Kent45 min
May 28, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond33 min
May 28, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ45 min
May 28, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLancaster, Northumberland, Richmond23 min
May 28, 4:17 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementAKQAccomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach52 hr
May 28, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna, Goochland, Louisa38 min
May 28, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna, Goochland, Louisa38 min
May 28, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCumberland43 min
May 28, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover43 min
May 28, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa29 min
May 28, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward44 min
May 28, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline33 min
May 28, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg48 min
May 28, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQEssex47 min
May 28, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChesterfield, Dinwiddie31 min
May 28, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQEssex, Richmond, Westmoreland44 min
May 28, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more50 min
May 28, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond33 min
May 28, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Gloucester, James City, Middlesex, New Kent, City of Williamsburg39 min
May 28, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland38 min
May 28, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ62 min
May 28, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ79 min
May 28, 7:43 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthumberland, Westmoreland17 min
May 28, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthumberland31 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.