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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 1, 2021Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2021, 3:03 PM EDT for Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland. It was in force for 27 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, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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.

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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 42 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 515 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

658 
WFUS51 KAKQ 011903
TORAKQ
MDC039-045-011930-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0035.210901T1903Z-210901T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
303 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Somerset County in southeastern Maryland...
  Southwestern Wicomico County in southeastern Maryland...

* Until 330 PM EDT.
    
* At 303 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Marion Station, or 13 miles west of Pocomoke City,
  moving north at 35 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...
  Westover around 315 PM EDT.
  Princess Anne around 325 PM EDT.
  University Of Maryland Eastern Shore around 330 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Widgeon, Manokin, Upper Fairmount, Oriole, Mount Vernon, Fairmount,
Upper Hill, Hopewell, Monie and Kingston.

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 3796 7576 3799 7587 3804 7587 3804 7585
      3802 7585 3806 7580 3806 7587 3810 7587
      3814 7579 3814 7587 3820 7587 3823 7582
      3823 7586 3826 7587 3825 7585 3827 7577
      3825 7560 3823 7559
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 191DEG 30KT 3803 7580 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Poche

1 follow-up statement

081 
WWUS51 KAKQ 011917
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
317 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

MDC039-045-011930-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210901T1930Z/
Somerset MD-Wicomico MD-
317 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SOMERSET AND SOUTHWESTERN WICOMICO COUNTIES...
    
At 316 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Westover, or near Princess Anne, moving north 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...
  Princess Anne around 320 PM EDT.
  University Of Maryland Eastern Shore around 325 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Monie,
Widgeon, Manokin, Oriole, Mount Vernon and Champ.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3810 7575 3812 7581 3813 7581 3814 7579
      3814 7582 3821 7586 3823 7582 3823 7586
      3826 7587 3825 7585 3827 7577 3825 7560
      3823 7559 3811 7567
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 194DEG 35KT 3815 7575 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Poche

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 1, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	50 min
Sep 1, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	49 min
Sep 1, 4:07 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	AKQ	Worcester	28 hr
Sep 1, 4:07 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	12 hr
Sep 1, 4:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Dorchester	36 min
Sep 1, 4:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Dorchester	35 min
Sep 1, 4:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AKQ	Dorchester	32 min
Sep 1, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico	41 min
Sep 1, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico	42 min
Sep 1, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	52 min
Sep 1, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	46 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.