Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 5, 2022Chesterfield County, Goochland County, Powhatan County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2022, 4:01 PM EDT for Chesterfield County, Goochland County, Powhatan County, Virginia. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2022, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chesterfield County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Powhatan County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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: 528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 5, 3:27 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 3:27 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 4:46 AM EDT, 11 hours 15 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:34 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:36 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Aug 5, 3:52 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:55 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:58 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:59 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		60 min
Aug 5, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Suffolk	49 min
Aug 5, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		65 min
Aug 5, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Aug 5, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	39 min
Aug 5, 3:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia	2 hr
Aug 5, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Emporia	34 min
Aug 5, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	39 min
Aug 5, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield	26 min
Aug 5, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover	24 min
Aug 5, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack	44 min
Aug 5, 3:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	AKQ	Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Fluvanna and 19 more	7 hr
Aug 5, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover	32 min
Aug 5, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	61 min
Aug 5, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Richmond	38 min
Aug 5, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Louisa	23 min
Aug 5, 4:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	3 hr
Aug 5, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	40 min
Aug 5, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Powhatan, City of Richmond	32 min
Aug 5, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack	45 min
Aug 5, 4:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	3 hr
Aug 5, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex	41 min
Aug 5, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King William	34 min
Aug 5, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	76 min
Aug 5, 5:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack	95 min
Aug 5, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King George	26 min
Aug 5, 5:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia	2 hr
Aug 5, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland	45 min
Aug 5, 5:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield	3 hr
Aug 5, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico	41 min
Aug 5, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	48 min
Aug 5, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		46 min
Aug 5, 5:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	3 hr
Aug 5, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Lunenburg, Nottoway	41 min
Aug 5, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, Westmoreland	50 min
Aug 5, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	James City	57 min
Aug 5, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Powhatan and 1 more	33 min
Aug 5, 6:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Nottoway	26 min
Aug 5, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Nottoway	29 min
Aug 5, 6:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Goochland	3 hr
Aug 5, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more	53 min
Aug 5, 6:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Nottoway	5 hr
Aug 5, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Nottoway	33 min
Aug 5, 7:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia	5 hr
Aug 5, 7:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Nottoway	4 hr
Aug 5, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	49 min
Aug 5, 7:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	2 hr
Aug 4, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	40 min
Aug 4, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico	48 min
Aug 4, 8:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	46 min
Aug 4, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	15 min
Aug 4, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	17 min
Aug 5, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	51 min
Aug 5, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	29 min
Aug 5, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	44 min
Aug 5, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	35 min
Aug 5, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Wicomico	36 min
Aug 5, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	48 min
Aug 5, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2022 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2022

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.