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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 4, 2021Bertie County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2021, 7:21 PM EDT for Bertie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2021, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Bertie County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 344 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

499 
WUUS51 KAKQ 042321
SVRAKQ
NCC015-050000-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0097.210604T2321Z-210605T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
721 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Bertie County in northeastern North Carolina...

* Until 800 PM EDT.

* At 721 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lewiston
  Woodville, or 10 miles south of Aulander, moving southeast at 25
  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,
  Windsor around 750 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Askewville, Republican, Quitsna, Buena Vista and Midway.

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 3587 7704 3590 7702 3593 7703 3594 7704
      3594 7708 3593 7709 3593 7713 3594 7713
      3594 7714 3606 7727 3618 7718 3607 7676
      3587 7690 3589 7692 3590 7694 3586 7701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 299DEG 20KT 3608 7714 

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

MRD
2 follow-up statements
625 
WWUS51 KAKQ 042341
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
741 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

NCC015-050000-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-210605T0000Z/
Bertie NC-
741 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BERTIE COUNTY...

At 741 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast of
Lewiston Woodville, or 8 miles west of Windsor, moving southeast at
15 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.

Locations impacted include...
Windsor, Republican and Quitsna. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3587 7704 3590 7702 3593 7703 3594 7704
      3594 7708 3593 7709 3593 7713 3594 7713
      3594 7714 3603 7723 3614 7712 3603 7679
      3587 7690 3589 7692 3590 7694 3586 7701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 310DEG 15KT 3602 7709 

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

MRD
878 
WWUS51 KAKQ 042352
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
752 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

NCC015-050002-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-210605T0000Z/
Bertie NC-
752 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BERTIE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 800 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 40 mph are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3587 7704 3590 7702 3593 7703 3594 7704
      3594 7708 3593 7709 3593 7713 3594 7713
      3594 7714 3603 7723 3614 7712 3603 7679
      3587 7690 3589 7692 3590 7694 3586 7701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 299DEG 14KT 3602 7709 

$$

MRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 4:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and 1 more111 min
Jun 4, 5:04 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank116 min
Jun 4, 6:48 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQBertie3 hr
Jun 4, 7:04 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningAKQBertie60 hr
Jun 4, 8:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Currituck, Gates69 min
Jun 4, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.