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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 17, 20227 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 2022, 4:58 PM EDT for 7 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 47 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
Oct 17, 2022, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 2022, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, King William County, VA, New Kent County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-10-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
815 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Henrico, James City, King and Queen, New Kent46 min
Oct 16, 9:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg38 min
Oct 16, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQJames City, Prince George, Surry, City of Williamsburg48 min
Oct 16, 9:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ63 min
Oct 16, 10:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQYork, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth and 1 more43 min
Oct 16, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ57 min
Oct 16, 11:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ59 min
Oct 17, 2:54 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ28 hr
Oct 17, 3:19 PM EDTFreeze WatchAKQAmelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 23 more12 hr
Oct 17, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Franklin33 min
Oct 17, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHenrico, City of Richmond47 min
Oct 17, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Suffolk31 min
Oct 17, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQEssex, Richmond40 min
Oct 17, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSouthampton52 min
Oct 17, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake34 min
Oct 17, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk44 min
Oct 17, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLunenburg28 min
Oct 17, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNew Kent34 min
Oct 17, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth30 min
Oct 17, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ54 min
Oct 17, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie48 min
Oct 17, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQRichmond47 min
Oct 17, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach44 min
Oct 17, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Suffolk33 min
Oct 17, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLancaster, Middlesex48 min
Oct 17, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ47 min
Oct 17, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ67 min
Oct 17, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake33 min
Oct 17, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Suffolk41 min
Oct 17, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Virginia Beach36 min
Oct 17, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ67 min
Oct 17, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach51 min
Oct 17, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSurry, York, City of Newport News51 min
Oct 17, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ63 min
Oct 17, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Surry, York, City of Hampton and 3 more41 min
Oct 17, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHertford28 min
Oct 17, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGates31 min
Oct 17, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton42 min
Oct 17, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGates40 min
Oct 17, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSomerset43 min
Oct 17, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSomerset45 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.