Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1988, 2:31 PM EDT for Patrick County, Virginia. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1988, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1988, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Patrick County, VA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:35 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Patrick, VA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Iredell | 56 min |
| May 17, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 63 min |
| May 17, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Davie, Rowan | 64 min |
| May 17, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Forsyth | 64 min |
| May 17, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alamance | 63 min |
| May 17, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Guilford | 58 min |
| May 17, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alamance, Guilford, Randolph | 58 min |
| May 17, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.