Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1990, 4:27 PM EDT for Amelia County, Nottoway County, Virginia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 1990, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1990, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Amelia County, VA, Nottoway County, VA
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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 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, May 10, 1:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
VAZ001>004-101830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 1:30 PM EDT THU MAY 10 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN VIRGINIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN VIRGINIA. IN EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.. ..ESSEX..GLOUCESTER..ISLE OF WIGHT..JAMES CITY..MATHEWS..MIDDLESEX.. NORTHUMBERLAND..RICHMOND..SOUTHAMPTON..SURRY..SUSSEX..WESTMORELAND.. AND YORK. CITES IN EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA..EMPORIA..NEWPORT NEWS..WILLIAMSBURG..AND HAMPTON. THE TORNADO WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 7PM EDT TONIGHT. AT 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BAY WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. ACROSS CENTRAL..EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA SHOWERS WERE PREDOMINANT WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS NOW FORMING IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AROUND 30 MPH. REMEMBER..A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 3:30PM THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLIER IF NECESSARY. YANKES
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:28 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
VAZ001>004-102030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 3:30 PM EDT THU MAY 10 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR..ALL OF..EASTERN VIRGINIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS NOW ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA UNTIL 10PM TONIGHT. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE NEW TORNADO WATCH ARE ACCOMACK AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES WHICH ARE ON THE EASTERN SHORE. CITIES INCLUDED THE THE NEW TORNADO WATCH ARE CHESAPEAKE..FRANKLIN..NORFOLK..POQUOSON PORTSMOUTH..SUFFOLK AND VIRGINIA BEACH AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ALL OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA IS INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH. AT 3:20 THIS AFTERNOON AN AREA OF MAINLY SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF WASHINGTON DC TO NEAR DANVILLE VIRGINIA. THE AREA WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MAKING ITS WAY TO THE COASTLINE. A FEW LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WERE NEAR RICHMOND VIRGINIA MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 25 MPH. REMEMBER..A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5:30PM THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLIER IF NECESSARY. YANKES
Special weather statement, May 10, 4:02 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
VAZ-006-007-008-017-018-102100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 405 PM EDT THU MAY 10 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL VA UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 400 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRENGTHENING THUNDER STORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS OVER EASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY VA...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE ENTERING NORTHWEST MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHWEST LUNEN BURG COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE AREA WHICH WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SUITABLE SHELTER AT ITS APPROACH. YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS AND SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. MG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Buckingham, Fluvanna | 56 min |
| May 10, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Petersburg | 49 min |
| May 10, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George | 45 min |
| May 10, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 68 min |
| May 10, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York | 68 min |
| May 10, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.