Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1990, 3:07 PM EDT for Buckingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 68 min. 2 reports 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 2, 1990, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 1990, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Buckingham 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 2, 3:35 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Buckingham, VA | |
| Apr 2, 3:50 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Buckingham, 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 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 2, 2:37 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
VAZ003-004-006-007-010-012-013-014-017-018-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 235 PM EDT MON APR 2 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 800 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. < AT 235 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS OVER THE VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF BATH AND APPOMATOX MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. MATT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 62 min |
| Apr 2, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 66 min |
| Apr 2, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.