Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wakefield, VA

Issued

Jul 2, 1986, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)

Expired

Jul 2, 1986, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

67 min

Issued by

NWS Wakefield, VA

Area

Whole counties

County Currituck County, NC

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HATTERAS NC
538 PM EDT WED JUL 2 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL 
MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

NORTH CAROLINA...CURRITUCK AND AND ADJACENT WATERS OF ALBEMARLE SOUND
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED

AT 535 PM EDT...SEVERAL WATERSPOUTS WERE REPORTED SOUTH OF
  CAMDEN POINT IN THE ALBEMARLE SOUND.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  TAKE COVER NOW! ....DETAILS TO FOLLOW.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH GET OUT OF
YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME AND FIND SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE
CLOSE TO YOU.  GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
A BASEMENT IS BEST.  COVER YOUR HEAD.  REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER
TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

MARINERS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SAFE
HARBOR. IF A WATERSPOUT IS SIGHTED...MOVE AWAY FROM IT AT A RIGHT
ANGLE BASED ON ITS MOVEMENT.

WATERSPOUTS CAN MOVE QUICKLY ONSHORE AND CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGE.

 THE THINDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA ARE MOVING EAST AT NEARLY 40
MILES AN HOUR.

JONES/2136

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA
 215    PM EDT WED  JUL  2  1986

 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA..

AT 2PM RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING FROM VICINITY OF CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA SOUTHWESTWARD
ACROSS NEWPORT NEWS TO VICINITY OF FRANKLIN.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED BETWEEN NEWPORT NEWS AND
FRANKLIN.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL BE
MOVING ACROSS THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF WINDMILL POINT
AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT
1 TO 3 HOURS.

THE PUBLIC AND MARINE INTEREST IN THE PATHS OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
 SHOeULD BE ALERT AND FIND SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
IS SIGHTED.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
JRG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA
 245    PM EDT WED  JUL  2  1986

 ...LARGE THUNDERSTORM AT THE MOUTH OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY

AT 230 PM EDT RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPE CHARLES SOUTHWESTWARD
ACROSS  NEWPORT NEWS TO SMITHFIELD VIRGINIA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH AND
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND COASTAL WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE PUBLIC AND MARINE INTEREST IN THE PATHS OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD FIND SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EASTWARD OUT OF THE AREA.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

JRG

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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.