Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1989, 6:56 PM EDT for Bedford County, Virginia. It was in force for 49 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
- Apr 25, 1989, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1989, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bedford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Bedford, 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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 220 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA MOVING TOWARD VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF CRAIG AND BOTETOURT... AT 225 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM OVER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS WV. THIS STORM MAY BE SEVERE AND CONTAIN HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF CRAIG AND BOTETOURT IN A SHORT TIME. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AND LISTEN TO RADIO, TV AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE STORM WARNINGS ON THIS STORM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER SOUTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY WHILE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THIS STORM MAY HAVE HAIL ASSOCIATED.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 4:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 400 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM... AT 330 PM WEATHER RADAR REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHWEST THROUGH BEDFORD COUNTY. THE BEDFORD SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL JUST BEFORE 400 PM. THEY HAVE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES. THE THUNDERSTORM MOVED THROUGH THEQ CITY OF BEDFORD AT 4 PM AND BY 410 THE SHERIFF REPORTED JUST LIGHT RAIN FALLING. PERSONS IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER ADVISORIES. AJK
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 530 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL VIRGINIA EXTENDED TO 11 PM THIS EVENING... THE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT OVER PARTS OF VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 11 PM THIS EVENING. IN THE ROANOKE AND LYNCHBURG WEATHER OFFICE AREAS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED: AMHERST...APPOMATTOX...BEDFORD...BOTETOURT...CAMPBELL...CHARLOTTE.. CRAIG...FLOYD...FRANKLIN...GILES...HALIFAX...HENRY...MONTGOMERY... PATRICK...PITTSYLVANIA...PULASKI...AND ROANOKE. THE INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE BEDFORD...LYNCHBURG...RADFORD... SALEM...ROANOKE...SALEM AND SOUTH BOSTON. AT 530 PM RADAR SHOWED THAT ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN WEST VIRGINIA NORTH OF WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL LIKELY BE APPROACHING THE VIRGINIA LINE IN THE VICINITY OF CRAIG AND BOTETOURT COUNTIES BY 630 PM. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR APPROACHING STORMS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO TV AND RADIO SOURCES IN THE EVENT WARNINGS ARE ISSUED ON THE STORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.