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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 22, 2022Fluvanna County, Louisa County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2022, 6:03 PM EDT for Fluvanna County, Louisa 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
May 22, 2022, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2022, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fluvanna County, VA, Louisa County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2022-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 212 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin24 min
May 21, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ76 min
May 21, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, Isle of Wight, Surry, York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg40 min
May 21, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGloucester, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, York, City of Newport News49 min
May 21, 10:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQEssex, Westmoreland39 min
May 22, 6:15 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ31 hr
May 22, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPrince Edward50 min
May 22, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna54 min
May 22, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPrince Edward37 min
May 22, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie47 min
May 22, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester56 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.