Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2021, 8:35 PM EDT for Hertford County, Northampton County, North Carolina; Greensville County, Southampton County, City of Emporia, Virginia. It was in force for 40 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, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2021, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC, City of Emporia, VA, Greensville County, VA, Southampton County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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 28, 9:03 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Drewryville, VA | TREE DOWN. |
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 00:00Z, 0.6 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KAKQ 290035
SVRAKQ
NCC091-131-VAC081-175-595-290115-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0089.210529T0035Z-210529T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
835 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Northampton County in northeastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Hertford County in northeastern North Carolina...
Greensville County in southeastern Virginia...
The City of Emporia in southeastern Virginia...
Southwestern Southampton County in southeastern Virginia...
* Until 915 PM EDT.
* At 835 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gaston, or
near Garysburg, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
Dahlia around 840 PM EDT.
Seaboard and Claresville around 850 PM EDT.
Boykins around 910 PM EDT.
Newsoms around 915 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Adams
Grove, Gum Forks, Lanes Corner, Mapleton, Bryants Corner, Slates
Corner, Worrell, Pleasant Grove, Sunbeam and Gumberry.
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 3641 7755 3645 7763 3648 7765 3649 7773
3656 7776 3666 7770 3672 7747 3671 7743
3677 7731 3684 7707 3644 7695 3643 7695
3638 7755
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 257DEG 36KT 3651 7761
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EI2 follow-up statements
013
WWUS51 KAKQ 290102
SVSAKQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
902 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
VAC595-290111-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-210529T0115Z/
City of Emporia VA-
902 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE CITY OF EMPORIA IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3671 7751 3672 7747 3671 7743 3677 7731
3684 7707 3643 7695 3638 7753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 256DEG 35KT 3662 7730
$$
NCC091-131-VAC081-175-290115-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-210529T0115Z/
Northampton NC-Hertford NC-Greensville VA-Southampton VA-
902 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON...NORTHWESTERN HERTFORD...SOUTHEASTERN
GREENSVILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTIES...
At 901 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Boykins, moving
east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and powerlines.
This severe storm will be near...
Boykins around 910 PM EDT.
Newsoms around 915 PM EDT.
Courtland around 925 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Adams
Grove, Pendleton, Handsom, Mapleton, Bryants Corner, Jackson,
Worrell, Pleasant Grove, Sunbeam and Severn.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3671 7751 3672 7747 3671 7743 3677 7731
3684 7707 3643 7695 3638 7753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 256DEG 35KT 3662 7730
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EI499
WWUS51 KAKQ 290113
SVSAKQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
913 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
NCC091-131-VAC081-175-290123-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-210529T0115Z/
Northampton NC-Hertford NC-Greensville VA-Southampton VA-
913 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON...
NORTHWESTERN HERTFORD...SOUTHEASTERN GREENSVILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN
SOUTHAMPTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds to 45 mph are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3671 7751 3672 7747 3671 7743 3677 7731
3684 7707 3643 7695 3638 7753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 257DEG 36KT 3665 7716
$$
EIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:00 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 30 hr |
| May 29, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie | 26 min |
| May 29, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie | 30 min |
| May 29, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie | 44 min |
| May 28, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 25 min |
| May 28, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews, York, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 39 min |
| May 28, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 82 min | |
| May 28, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 63 min |
| May 28, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 56 min | |
| May 28, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 47 min |
| May 28, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson and 2 more | 42 min |
| May 28, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 49 min | |
| May 28, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 45 min |
| May 28, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 64 min | |
| May 28, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 84 min | |
| May 29, 5:15 AM EDT | Gale Warning | AKQ | 23 hr | |
| May 29, 8:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 30 min | |
| May 29, 10:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 25 min | |
| May 29, 11:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Mecklenburg | 58 min |
| May 29, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 52 min |
| May 29, 1:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 97 min |
| May 29, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk | 41 min |
| May 29, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 35 min | |
| May 29, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 35 min |
| May 29, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 33 min |
| May 29, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 44 min | |
| May 29, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 37 min |
| May 29, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Norfolk | 46 min |
| May 29, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 42 min | |
| May 29, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 40 min |
| May 29, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 45 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.