Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 45 min. 7 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, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, York County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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, 6:03 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Wnw Mogarts Beach, VA | |
| Mar 18, 6:09 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ne Beaconsdale, VA | NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Mar 18, 6:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 Sw Poquoson, VA | |
| Mar 18, 6:17 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 W Langley Afb, VA | REPORT VIA TWITTER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Mar 18, 6:18 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Se Tabb, VA | REPORT VIA TWITTER. |
| Mar 18, 6:22 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Langley Afb, VA | REPORT VIA TWITTER. |
| Mar 18, 6:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 Wnw Hallwood, 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.
570
WUUS51 KAKQ 182200
SVRAKQ
VAC093-199-650-700-735-182245-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0009.210318T2200Z-210318T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
600 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
The City of Poquoson in southeastern Virginia...
Northeastern Isle of Wight County in southeastern Virginia...
Southeastern York County in southeastern Virginia...
The City of Hampton in southeastern Virginia...
The City of Newport News in southeastern Virginia...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 600 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rescue, or
near Smithfield, 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,
Christopher Newport University, Patrick Henry Field, Beaconsdale
and Denbigh around 610 PM EDT.
Northampton and Tabb around 615 PM EDT.
Hampton, Langley AFB and Hampton University around 620 PM EDT.
Buckroe Beach and Fort Monroe around 625 PM EDT.
Grand View around 630 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Fox
Hill, Phoebus, Langley View, Oriana, Hilton Village, Raleigh Terrace,
Dare, Oyster Point, Messick and Mogarts Beach.
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 3702 7624 3693 7651 3708 7666 3726 7638
3705 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 245DEG 29KT 3701 7655
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
441 follow-up statement
608
WWUS51 KAKQ 182243
SVSAKQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
643 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
VAC093-199-650-700-735-182253-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210318T2245Z/
City of Poquoson VA-Isle of Wight VA-York VA-City of Hampton VA-
City of Newport News VA-
643 PM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ISLE OF WIGHT...
AND SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTIES...THE CITY OF POQUOSON...THE CITY OF
HAMPTON AND THE CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire. However gusty winds and heavy rain are still
possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for southeastern
Virginia.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Wakefield.
LAT...LON 3702 7624 3693 7651 3708 7666 3726 7638
3705 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 245DEG 29KT 3715 7616
$$
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, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 27 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.