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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 26, 2023Accomack County, Virginia; Somerset County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2023, 11:29 PM EDT for Accomack County, Virginia; Somerset County, Maryland. It was in force for 31 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: Jun 26, 2023, 11:29 PM EDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2023, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Somerset County, MD, Accomack County, VA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 26, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 1362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 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 Jun 26, 11:02 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 11:02 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 10:52 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:05 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:09 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:11 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:12 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:19 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:29 PM EDT, 0 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
Jun 26, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William	27 min
Jun 26, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	39 min
Jun 26, 8:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen	51 min
Jun 26, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover	50 min
Jun 26, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	48 min
Jun 26, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan, Prince Edward	33 min
Jun 26, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	42 min
Jun 26, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland	52 min
Jun 26, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Richmond	32 min
Jun 26, 9:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond	41 min
Jun 26, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		69 min
Jun 26, 9:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King William	35 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg	47 min
Jun 26, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	39 min
Jun 26, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Hanover, Henrico, King William, New Kent	39 min
Jun 26, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	38 min
Jun 26, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent	35 min
Jun 26, 9:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and 2 more	2 hr
Jun 26, 9:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mathews	31 min
Jun 26, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex	24 min
Jun 26, 9:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		53 min
Jun 26, 9:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	2 hr
Jun 26, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna, Louisa	48 min
Jun 26, 10:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg	40 min
Jun 26, 10:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	50 min
Jun 26, 10:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent	35 min
Jun 26, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Nottoway	33 min
Jun 26, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	44 min
Jun 26, 10:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	58 min
Jun 26, 10:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lancaster, Middlesex	41 min
Jun 26, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		66 min
Jun 26, 10:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Powhatan	32 min
Jun 26, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg	44 min
Jun 26, 10:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		73 min
Jun 26, 11:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	30 min
Jun 26, 11:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg	36 min
Jun 26, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Nottoway	33 min
Jun 26, 11:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	56 min
Jun 26, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		61 min
Jun 26, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City	31 min
Jun 26, 11:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen	25 min
Jun 26, 11:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 1 more	38 min
Jun 26, 11:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	36 min
Jun 26, 11:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield	30 min
Jun 26, 11:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		55 min
Jun 26, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	James City, City of Williamsburg	53 min
Jun 26, 11:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack	52 min
Jun 27, 12:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	30 min
Jun 27, 12:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	27 min
Jun 27, 12:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George and 5 more	38 min
Jun 27, 12:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry, Sussex	46 min
Jun 27, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Emporia	25 min
Jun 27, 12:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Surry, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk and 3 more	47 min
Jun 27, 1:06 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		69 min
Jun 27, 1:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Surry, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk and 3 more	46 min
Jun 27, 1:26 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Jun 27, 1:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	35 min
Jun 27, 1:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	59 min
Jun 27, 1:49 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		86 min
Jun 27, 1:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	39 min
Jun 27, 1:58 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		92 min
Jun 27, 2:25 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		95 min
Jun 27, 3:31 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	30 hr
Jun 27, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Jun 27, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	39 min
Jun 27, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		77 min
Jun 27, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	24 min
Jun 27, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		47 min
Jun 27, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	15 min
Jun 27, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland	35 min
Jun 27, 5:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	95 min
Jun 27, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		46 min
Jun 27, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		60 min
Jun 27, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		75 min
Jun 27, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		59 min
Jun 27, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	25 min
Jun 27, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	52 min
Jun 27, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		59 min
Jun 27, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	46 min
Jun 27, 12:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2023 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.