Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 1990, 10:27 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was in force for 108 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1990, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1990, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 108 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 757 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
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 flash flood 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, May 26, 7:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
VAZ-006-007-017-018-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 630 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...IT ISNT OVER YET...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS STILL PERSIST OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA... DURING THE PAST HOUR...THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL VIRGINIA HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT...BUT THERE ARE STILL A FEW STORMS AROUND. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE OVER PRINCE GEORGE AND FLUVANNA COUNTIES. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE EAST ABOUT 40 MPH. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF VIRGINIA AS OF THIS TIME. THE AREA EXTENDS FROM THE ACTIVITY IN LOUISA AND FLUVANNA COUNTIES...SOUTHWEST TO . ALLEGHANY COUNTY...AND NORTHWARD. MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA IS TOWARD THE EAST ABOUT 40 MPH. THIS MEANS THAT CENTRAL VIRGINIA WILL GET ANOTHER BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING... SO IT ISNT OVER YET. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG AND GUS_TY WINDS... HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. HS
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
VAZ-006-007-017-018-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 740 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...IT ISNT OVER YET...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS STILL PERSIST OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA... DURING THE PAST HOUR...THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL VIRGINIA HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT...BUT THERE ARE STILL A FEW STORMS AROUND. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE OVER PRINCE GEORGE AND FLUVANNA COUNTIES. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE EAST ABOUT 40 MPH. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF VIRGINIA AS OF THIS TIME. THE AREA EXTENDS FROM THE ACTIVITY IN LOUISA AND FLUVANNA COUNTIES...SOUTHWEST TO . ALLEGHANY COUNTY...AND NORTHWARD. MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA IS TOWARD THE EAST ABOUT 40 MPH. THIS MEANS THAT CENTRAL VIRGINIA WILL GET ANOTHER BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING... SO IT ISNT OVER YET. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STROcNG AND GUSTY WINDS... HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. HS
Special weather statement, May 26, 9:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
VAZ001>004-270230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 9:15 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN SHORE... CHESAPEAKE BAY...AND NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA... AT 915 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE EASTERN SHORE WESTWARD ACROSS THE CHESAPEAKE BAY THROUGH THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA THEN FURTHER WEST TO NEAR CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA. THERE WAS ALSO A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEWPORT NEWS EAST ACROSS THE LOWER BAY TO NEAR CAPE HENRY VIRGINIA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE CHESAPEAKE BAY... EASTERN SHORE AND NORTHERN NECK FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. > THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED THIS EVENING FROM THE NORTHERN NECK. THERE COULD BE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...SO IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE NORTHERN NECK TONIGHT PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER TO WINDMILL POINT AND FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND UNTIL 10:00 PM EDT. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER BAY UNTIL 9:30 PM EDT. STAY TUNED TO TV...RADIO...ANOD NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WALSTON
Special weather statement, May 26, 9:33 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
VAZ-006-007-010-017-018-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 930 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HEADING ACROSS VIRGINIA.... AT 930PM EDT...RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE EAST ABOUT 30 TO 40 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM CAROLINE COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH HANOVER...GOOCHLAND... BUCKINGHAM...CAMPBELL...AND HENRY COUNTIES. A STRONGER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDS FROM WESTERN GOOCHLAND COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...INTO NORTH CAROLINA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERAL REPORTS INDICATE OVER HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME. SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED...BUT NON[E NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED THUS FAR. THIS AREA OF RAIN, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS VIRGINIA WILL LIKELY REACH THE GREATER RICHMOND AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. HS
Special weather statement, May 26, 9:43 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
VAZ-006-007-010-017-018-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 930 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HEADING ACROSS VIRGINIA.... AT 930PM EDT...RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE EAST ABOUT 30 TO 40 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM CAROLINE COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH HANOVER...GOOCHLAND... BUCKINGHAM...CAMPBELL...AND HENRY COUNTIES. A STRONGER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDS FROM WESTERN GOOCHLAND COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...INTO NORTH CAROLINA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERAL REPORTS INDICATE OVER HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME. SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED...BUT NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED THUS FAR. ONE REPORT FROM GLASGOW SHOWS 2.7 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITHIN THE PAST TWO HOURS...AND 3.59 INCHES SINCE 7AM THIS MORNING. THIS AREA OF RAIN, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS VIRGINIA WILL LIKELY RcEACH THE GREATER RICHMOND AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. HS
Special weather statement, May 26, 9:45 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
VAZ-006-007-010-017-018-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 930 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 1990 ...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HEADING ACROSS VIRGINIA.... AT 930PM EDT...RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE EAST ABOUT 30 TO 40 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM CAROLINE COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH HANOVER...GOOCHLAND... BUCKINGHAM...CAMPBELL...AND HENRY COUNTIES. A STRONGER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDS FROM WESTERN GOOCHLAND COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...INTO NORTH CAROLINA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERAL REPORTS INDICATE OVER HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME. SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED...BUT NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED THUS FAR. ONE REPORT FROM GORDENSVILLE...SHOWS 2.7 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITHIN THE PAST TWO HOURS...AND 3.59 INCHES SINCE 7AM THIS MORNING. THIS AREA OF RAIN, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS VIRGINIA WILL LfIKELY REACH THE GREATER RICHMOND AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. HS CORRECTION...HEAVY RAINFALL AT GORDONSVILLE...NOT GLASGOW.
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.