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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 2, 1990Cumberland County, Goochland County, Powhatan County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1990, 5:01 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Goochland County, Powhatan County, Virginia. It was in force for 59 min. 5 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, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 1990, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Powhatan 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
Apr 2, 5:01 PM EDT	Hail 2	Powhatan, VA
Apr 2, 5:10 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Goochland, VA
Apr 2, 5:17 PM EDT	Hail 1.5	Cumberland, VA
Apr 2, 5:30 PM EDT	Hail 1	Cumberland, VA
Apr 2, 5:45 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Goochland, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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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, 2 hours 24 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.
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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, 41 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.
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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.
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MATT

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 4:46 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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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, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Prince Edward	62 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, 1990 Every 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.