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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 8, 1990Southampton County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 8:25 PM EDT for Southampton County, Virginia. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1990, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1990, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Southampton County, VA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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, Jun 8, 3:28 PM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
VAZ001>004-082100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA
320    PM EDT FRI  JUN  8  1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA UNTIL 10PM EDT...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR A LARGE SECTION OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA
THAT INCLUDES THE HAMPTON ROADS CITIES. THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING.

AT 320 PM SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING
OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA FROM HAMPTON WEST ACROSS THE JAMES
RIVER INTO  NORTHERN SURRY COUNTY AND THEN SOUTHWEST INTO GREESNVILLE
COUNTY JUST WEST OF EMPORIA. A THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHERN SURRY
COUNTY.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH.
MARINE INTERESTS ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND COASTAL WATERS
SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE APPROACHING STORMS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS
ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
RITTER
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
VAZ003-006-007-082200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA
438 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

 AT 430 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF DEVELOPING
THUNDERSTORMS FROM GRANVILLE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...EAST NORTHEAST
INTO TIDEWATER VIRGINIA.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AND
NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH.  THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MECKLENBURG
AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM.  ALSO...ADDITIONAL STORMS
DEVELOPING FURTHER TO THE NORTH MAY AFFECCT DINWIDDIE AND PRINCE GEORGE
COUNTIES BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM.

  THE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VIVID DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY
RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS.  SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AS WELL.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO AN INDOOR AREA AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.  REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

GLILLEN
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 7:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:38 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 7:40 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie, Prince George56 min
Jun 8, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City43 min
Jun 9, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQRockbridge67 min
Jun 9, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQRockbridge45 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.