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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2021, 1:05 PM EDT for Caroline County, Virginia. It was in force for 10 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
- Sep 1, 2021, 1:05 PM EDT (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2021, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Caroline County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 11:46 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 558 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
070
WFUS51 KAKQ 011705
TORAKQ
VAC033-011715-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0032.210901T1705Z-210901T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
105 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Caroline County in north central Virginia...
* Until 115 PM EDT.
* At 105 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fort A.p. Hill, or 8 miles northeast of Bowling
Green, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Port Royal around 110 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Please report severe weather by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the
NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
&&
LAT...LON 3817 7717 3817 7713 3814 7711 3812 7713
3812 7715 3811 7715 3807 7720 3811 7728
3819 7724 3819 7723 3820 7723 3820 7722
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 212DEG 35KT 3811 7720
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
RogersThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 12:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Louisa | 20 min |
| Sep 1, 3:56 AM EDT | Gale Warning | AKQ | 21 hr | |
| Sep 1, 3:56 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 42 hr | |
| Sep 1, 10:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 60 min |
| Sep 1, 10:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 60 min |
| Sep 1, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 57 min |
| Sep 1, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 12:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Westmoreland | 21 min |
| Sep 1, 12:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex | 34 min |
| Sep 1, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 45 min | |
| Sep 1, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, New Kent, Richmond, Westmoreland | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 34 min | |
| Sep 1, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 13 min |
| Sep 1, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 46 min | |
| Sep 1, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 42 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, York, City of Williamsburg | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 16 min |
| Sep 1, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 54 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond | 54 min |
| Sep 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 28 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Lancaster, Northumberland | 12 hr |
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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.