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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 14, 20224 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2022, 3:25 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 50 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
May 14, 2022, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2022, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dinwiddie County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Sussex County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 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
May 13, 8:00 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryAKQAccomack9 hr
May 14, 8:53 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Northampton2 hr
May 14, 12:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNottoway, Prince Edward52 min
May 14, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick60 min
May 14, 1:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQDinwiddie, Nottoway2 hr
May 14, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie, Sussex, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg49 min
May 14, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSouthampton, Sussex, City of Franklin47 min
May 14, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSouthampton, City of Franklin51 min
May 14, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Franklin, City of Suffolk45 min
May 14, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHertford46 min
May 14, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChowan46 min
May 14, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGates48 min
May 14, 7:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBertie116 min

Nearby

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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.