Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA
1.40 PM EDT SAT MAY 6 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM EDT FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN VIRGINIA...
THE WATCH INCLUDES THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF EMPORIA AND THE COUNTIES
OF GREENSVILLE...SOUTHAMPTON AND SUSSEX.  NONE OF THE HAMPTON ROADS
CITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA AT THIS TIME.
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA AND DEVELOPING
SHOWERS AND THU3NDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.
ADDIDIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS THE STORMS DEVELOPE DURING
THE AFTEENOON HOURS.
CWT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA
200 PM EDT SAT MAY 6 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA
   UNTIL 600 PM EDT THIS SATURDAY EVENING...

AT 145 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL FOOTHILS OF VIRGINIA MOVING RAPIDLY EAST TO NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS OVER THIS AREA WERE LOCATED
OVER SOUTHERN NELSON COUNTY AND WILL BE MOVING INTO ALBEMARLE COUNTY
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY INTENSIFY AND
PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTMING.

PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE ]STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFE SHELTER TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

MATT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA
200 PM EDT SAT MAY 6 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA
   UNTIL 600 PM EDT THIS SATURDAY EVENING...

AT 145 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL FOOTHILS OF VIRGINIA MOVING RAPIDLY EAST TO NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS OVER THIS AREA WERE LOCATED
OVER SOUTHERN NELSON COUNTY AND WILL BE MOVING INTO ALBEMARLE COUNTY
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY INTENSIFY AND
PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTMING.

PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE gSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFE SHELTER TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

MATT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA
3.20 PM EDT SAT MAY 6 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM EDT FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND 9PM EDT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...
THE WATCH AREAS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE HAMPTON ROADS CITIES AT
THIS TIME.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING
TO DEVELOPE OVER SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AT THIS TIME.  RADAR SHOWS
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
CWT