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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 1, 2021Dorchester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2021, 4:25 PM EDT for Dorchester County, Maryland. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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: Sep 1, 2021, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 35 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), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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
Sep 1, 4:45 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	East New Market, MD	OFFICERS FOLLOWING A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR EAST NEW MARKET.
Sep 1, 4:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Hurlock, MD	TWO FIELD OF CORN LAID DOWN BY SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
Sep 1, 4:56 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Nw Hurlock, MD	TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR NEW MARKET.

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
Sep 1, 11:46 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.

346 
WFUS51 KAKQ 012025
TORAKQ
MDC019-012100-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0038.210901T2025Z-210901T2100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Dorchester County in southeastern Maryland...

* Until 500 PM EDT.
    
* At 425 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles south of Cambridge, 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...
  Secretary around 445 PM EDT.
  Hurlock around 450 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Galestown, Brookview, East New Market, Eldorado, Bucktown and
Linkwood.

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 3870 7580 3868 7580 3868 7578 3869 7576
      3864 7571 3857 7570 3840 7606 3845 7610
      3857 7603 3859 7599 3863 7598 3865 7596
      3867 7595 3869 7590 3870 7590 3869 7587
      3870 7585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 212DEG 36KT 3846 7604 

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

$$

Poche

1 follow-up statement

601 
WWUS51 KAKQ 012044
SVSAKQ

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

MDC019-012100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210901T2100Z/
Dorchester MD-
444 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY...
    
At 442 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Secretary, or near Hurlock, moving northeast at 40 
mph. In addition, another severe thunderstorm capable of producing a 
tornado was located southeast of Cambridge, also 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...
  Hurlock around 450 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Galestown, Brookview, East New Market, Eldorado, Bucktown and
Linkwood.

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 3870 7580 3868 7580 3868 7578 3869 7576
      3864 7571 3857 7570 3840 7606 3845 7610
      3857 7603 3859 7599 3863 7598 3865 7596
      3867 7595 3869 7590 3870 7590 3869 7587
      3870 7585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 210DEG 35KT 3860 7594 

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, 3:03 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, 4:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Dorchester	36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.