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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 16, 2022Mecklenburg County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 2022, 4:26 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 34 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: Jul 16, 2022, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Mecklenburg County, VA

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 410 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 16, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 4:06 AM EDT, 12 hours 20 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
406 AM EDT Sat Jul 16 2022

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-
093-095>100-509>525-170815-
Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Maryland Beaches-
Northampton-Hertford-Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-
Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans-Eastern Currituck-Fluvanna-Prince Edward-
Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline-Mecklenburg-Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia-
Powhatan-Westmoreland-Richmond-Northumberland-Lancaster-Brunswick-
Dinwiddie-Prince George-Charles City-New Kent-Gloucester-Middlesex-
Mathews-Greensville-Sussex-Surry-James City-Southampton-
Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth-Suffolk-Chesapeake-Virginia Beach-
Accomack-Western Louisa-Eastern Louisa-Western Hanover-
Eastern Hanover-Western Chesterfield-
Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)-
Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico-
Western King William-Eastern King William-Western King and Queen-
Eastern King and Queen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-York-Newport News-
Hampton/Poquoson-
406 AM EDT Sat Jul 16 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, northeast
North Carolina, central Virginia, east central Virginia, eastern
Virginia, north central Virginia, south central Virginia and
southeast Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop once again this
afternoon into this evening with a few storms potentially becoming strong
to severe. Damaging wind gusts, heavy rainfall, and frequent
lightning are the main threats with any stronger thunderstorms.
Isolated instances of flash flooding will also be possible,
especially for urban and poor drainage areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 3:39 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:40 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 3:42 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:49 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:02 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 4:09 PM EDT, 17 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
Jul 16, 1:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	26 min
Jul 16, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	27 min
Jul 16, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	31 min
Jul 16, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Nottoway	28 min
Jul 16, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Powhatan	23 min
Jul 16, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	31 min
Jul 16, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg	25 min
Jul 16, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	47 min
Jul 16, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Nottoway	24 min
Jul 16, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Nottoway	26 min
Jul 16, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Goochland	42 min
Jul 16, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway	48 min
Jul 16, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa	31 min
Jul 16, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	42 min
Jul 16, 2:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Prince Edward	2 hr
Jul 16, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline	32 min
Jul 16, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover	46 min
Jul 16, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George, City of Petersburg	47 min
Jul 16, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	65 min
Jul 16, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, Richmond, Westmoreland	44 min
Jul 16, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia	41 min
Jul 16, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex	28 min
Jul 16, 4:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Caroline	2 hr
Jul 16, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia	44 min
Jul 16, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	38 min
Jul 16, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen	43 min
Jul 16, 4:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Mecklenburg	3 hr
Jul 16, 4:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	3 hr
Jul 16, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	46 min
Jul 16, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna, Louisa	24 min
Jul 16, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		91 min
Jul 16, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		65 min
Jul 16, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Jul 16, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		39 min
Jul 16, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Jul 15, 8:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Chowan	3 hr
Jul 15, 8:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie	2 hr
Jul 16, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates, Hertford, Northampton	45 min
Jul 16, 7:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Hertford, Northampton	2 hr
Jul 16, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates, Hertford	41 min
Jul 16, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan	51 min
Jul 16, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	25 min
Jul 16, 7:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Wicomico	13 min
Jul 16, 7:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Wicomico	3 hr

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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.