Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1990, 4:28 PM EDT for Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was in force for 62 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 2, 1990, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 1990, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prince Edward 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, 4:50 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Prince Edward, 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, 8.5 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1369 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KRIC 022028
SVRRIC
VAC147-022130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA
428 PM EDT MON APR 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
PRINCE EDWARD
AT 420 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED VERY
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY MOVUNG EAST AT
30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED LARGE HAIL IN COUNTIES
WEST OF THIS AREA AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DO SO AS THEY MOVE
EASTWARD.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES
PER HOUR AND HAIL 3/4-XINCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
MATTWhat 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, 1 hour 51 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
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 4:20 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
VAZ003-004-006-007-010-012-013-014-017-018-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 416 PM EDT MON APR 2 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNING FOR BUCKINGHAM COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 416 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED TWO AREAS OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN BUCKINGHAM AND APPPOMATOX COUNTIES MOVING EASTWARD AT 35 TO 40 MPH. AT THE PRESENT SPEED THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE COUNTIES OF CUMBERLAND AND PRINCE EDWARD WITHIN THE HOUR. < PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DAMAGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER NAPPROACHES. FURTHER 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, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Buckingham | 68 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.