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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 10, 2022Charles City County, Henrico County, New Kent County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2022, 2:03 PM EDT for Charles City County, Henrico County, New Kent County, Virginia. It was in force for 42 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 10, 2022, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2022, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Charles City County, VA, Henrico County, VA, New Kent County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 2025 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 10, 11:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 11:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 10:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 12:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:05 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:31 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:36 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:58 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 8:45 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ		3 hr
Aug 10, 10:15 AM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 36 more	11 hr
Aug 10, 11:53 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 34 more	7 hr
Aug 10, 12:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	46 min
Aug 10, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		55 min
Aug 10, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Richmond	40 min
Aug 10, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		44 min
Aug 10, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City	29 min
Aug 10, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	24 min
Aug 10, 1:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	3 hr
Aug 10, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight	33 min
Aug 10, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen	32 min
Aug 10, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack	27 min
Aug 10, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		35 min
Aug 10, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond	40 min
Aug 10, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		54 min
Aug 10, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Portsmouth	53 min
Aug 10, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	James City	50 min
Aug 10, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hopewell	33 min
Aug 10, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, King and Queen, Middlesex	46 min
Aug 10, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, New Kent	30 min
Aug 10, 2:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chesterfield	109 min
Aug 10, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		54 min
Aug 10, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	James City, Surry, City of Williamsburg	51 min
Aug 10, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex	42 min
Aug 10, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		55 min
Aug 10, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Newport News	32 min
Aug 10, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		29 min
Aug 10, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		65 min
Aug 10, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Goochland, Louisa	49 min
Aug 10, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	James City, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Williamsburg	42 min
Aug 10, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Aug 10, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	49 min
Aug 10, 4:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	James City, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Williamsburg	3 hr
Aug 10, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight	40 min
Aug 10, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		39 min
Aug 10, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Surry	47 min
Aug 10, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		76 min
Aug 10, 4:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	3 hr
Aug 10, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	44 min
Aug 10, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		72 min
Aug 10, 4:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	12 min
Aug 10, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Goochland	39 min
Aug 10, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Suffolk	37 min
Aug 10, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton	50 min
Aug 10, 4:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Aug 10, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa	39 min
Aug 10, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	48 min
Aug 10, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		59 min
Aug 10, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg	47 min
Aug 10, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna, Goochland	47 min
Aug 10, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk	34 min
Aug 10, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	43 min
Aug 10, 5:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Southampton	2 hr
Aug 10, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Suffolk	48 min
Aug 10, 5:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	3 hr
Aug 10, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan	42 min
Aug 10, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex	48 min
Aug 10, 5:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Louisa	3 hr
Aug 10, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland	64 min
Aug 10, 5:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Suffolk	3 hr
Aug 10, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex	44 min
Aug 10, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan and 1 more	42 min
Aug 10, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin	49 min
Aug 10, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Prince George and 5 more	43 min
Aug 10, 6:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Prince George	3 hr
Aug 10, 6:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	3 hr
Aug 10, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Henrico, King William, New Kent	52 min
Aug 10, 6:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chesterfield	3 hr
Aug 10, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George, City of Hopewell	40 min
Aug 10, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	42 min
Aug 10, 7:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico	3 hr
Aug 10, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	51 min
Aug 10, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton	48 min
Aug 10, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, Surry, York and 2 more	44 min
Aug 10, 7:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	6 hr
Aug 10, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		57 min
Aug 10, 7:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Southampton	2 hr
Aug 10, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		90 min
Aug 10, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	45 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.