Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wakefield, VA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA
2.05 PM EST THU MAR 30 1989

AT 2 PM THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDS FROM NEAR CHINCOTEAGUE ON THE EASTERN SHORE SOUTHWESTWARD
TO NEAR COURTLAND AND INTO NORTH CAROLINA.  THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY
IS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.  THE MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST.
THIS LINE EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD
NEAR HOPEWELL INTO NORTH CAROLINA.  THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AND THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES
AN HOUR WITH IN THE LINE.  THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH THE EVER DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO
MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA
215 PM EST THU MAR 30 1989

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

AT 215 PM EST THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL
VIRGINIA. THE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
WITH THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY AND
SOUTHERN CHARLES CITY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE
NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH TOWARD THE COUNTIES OF KING WILLIAM AND
KING AND QUEEN COUNTIES.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY
OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THESE DANGEROUS STORMS APPROACH.

MATT
MATT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA
322 PM EST THU MAR 30 1989

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

AT 315 PM EST THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
A CLUSTER OF HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL VA.
THE STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN
LUNENBURG AND CENTRAL BRUNSWICK COUNTIES. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO DINWIDDIE AND
NOTTOWAY COUNTIES BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY
OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK INDOOR SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.

MG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA
345    PM EST THU  MAR  30 1989

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
AT 340 PM AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM PATUXENT RIVER MARYLAND SOUTHWEST ACROSS
THE WESTERN NORTHERN NECK COUNTIES THROUGH SUSSEX AND SURRY COUNTIES
AND INTO NORTH CAROLINA.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS TIME WERE OVER NORTHERN SURRY AND
SUSSEX COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH INTO JAMES CITY AND YORK
COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG.
RITTER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA
430    PM EST THU  MAR  30 1989

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR FRANKLIN...EMPORIA...WILLIAMSBURG...
AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINS AND HAIL  EXTENDED FROM THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTHWEST
THROUGH MATHEWS COUNTY...WILLIAMSBURG AND INTO SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY.

AT 430 PM THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER GLOUCESTER AND MATHEWS
COUNTY. A WEATHER SPOTTER IN WILLIAMSBURG REPORTED ONE QUARTER TO ONE
HALF INCH HAIL AND SOME STREET FLOODING WITH THIS STORM. ANOTHER HEAVY
THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR FRANKLIN AND THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 TO 40 MPH .

MARINE INTERESTS IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY OF VIRGINIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO
LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH THE AREA FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
RITTER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA
 605 PM EST THU MAR 30 1989

 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM EST TONIGHT...

AT 6 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE
EAST CENTRAL PORTION OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STORNG WINDS AND HIAL
ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED IN THE COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG
WHICH WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO LUNEBURG AND BRUNSWICK
COUNTIES.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 40 TO 50 MPH.

SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BUILDING OVER THE AREA DURING THE
NEXT SEVERL HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOS
LISTEN FOR LATER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...
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