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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2021, 4:09 PM EDT for Dorchester County, Maryland. It was in force for 36 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, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Dorchester County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
519
WFUS51 KAKQ 012009
TORAKQ
MDC019-012045-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0037.210901T2009Z-210901T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
409 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Dorchester County in southeastern Maryland...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 409 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles northwest of Deal Island, or 16 miles
northeast of Saint Inigoes Creek, moving northeast at 60 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Dorchester County, including the following locations...
Andrews, Wingate and Elliott.
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 3837 7587 3836 7586 3827 7598 3831 7602
3835 7596 3837 7601 3823 7606 3829 7611
3831 7611 3828 7618 3823 7613 3823 7614
3829 7620 3830 7618 3831 7614 3833 7618
3849 7610
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 216DEG 50KT 3824 7613
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Poche1 follow-up statement
663
WWUS51 KAKQ 012030
SVSAKQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
430 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021
MDC019-012045-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-210901T2045Z/
Dorchester MD-
430 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
DORCHESTER COUNTY...
At 430 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles south of Cambridge, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Dorchester County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3839 7592 3837 7598 3837 7601 3835 7602
3833 7606 3839 7614 3846 7605
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 220DEG 39KT 3839 7604
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
PocheThe 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 | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico | 27 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, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dorchester | 35 min |
| Sep 1, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | 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.