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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 9, 2023Isle of Wight County, Southampton County, City of Suffolk, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2023, 1:19 PM EDT for Isle of Wight County, Southampton County, City of Suffolk, Virginia. It was in force for 41 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: Sep 9, 2023, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties City of Suffolk, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Southampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 1782 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 12 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 Sep 9, 6:58 AM EDT, 6 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 6:58 AM EDT, 6 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 4:04 AM EDT, 9 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 9, 10:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 11:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 12:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 12:42 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 1:04 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 1:17 PM EDT, 2 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
Sep 8, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland	50 min
Sep 8, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland	52 min
Sep 8, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna, Louisa	44 min
Sep 9, 6:34 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		56 min
Sep 9, 6:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	35 min
Sep 9, 10:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	45 min
Sep 9, 11:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	36 min
Sep 9, 12:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Emporia	35 min
Sep 9, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	48 min
Sep 9, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	41 min
Sep 9, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight	43 min
Sep 9, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	39 min
Sep 9, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg	50 min
Sep 9, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		78 min
Sep 9, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	49 min
Sep 9, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg, City of Richmond	40 min
Sep 9, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton	44 min
Sep 9, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Goochland, Powhatan	43 min
Sep 9, 2:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	3 hr
Sep 9, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Suffolk	49 min
Sep 9, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	46 min
Sep 9, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin	28 min
Sep 9, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin	23 min
Sep 9, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, City of Richmond	49 min
Sep 9, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Louisa	48 min
Sep 9, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William, Westmoreland	35 min
Sep 9, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline	43 min
Sep 9, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	50 min
Sep 9, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	45 min
Sep 9, 6:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	114 min
Sep 9, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	46 min
Sep 9, 7:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset	46 min
Sep 9, 8:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	43 min
Sep 9, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset	45 min
Sep 9, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	44 min
Sep 9, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	41 min
Sep 9, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	46 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.