Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 3:10 PM EDT for Rockbridge County, Virginia. It was in force for 65 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
- Jun 22, 1990, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rockbridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:36 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Rockbridge, 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 1042 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
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 22, 1:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
VAZ006-007-221600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 150 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL 7PM EDT. AT 145 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF MECKLENBURG AND BRUNSWICK. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES... VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THESE STORMS PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER WITH WIND DAMAGE AS THEY MOVED ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO MECKLENBURG AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES BY 2PM EDT. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDSTORMS NEAR THE VIRGINIA WEST VIRGINIA BRODER WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COUNTIES OF ALLEGHANY AND BATH BETWEEN 2 AND 230 PM EDT. THESE STORMS ALSO WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THE STORMS MOVING INTO T7HE SOUTHERN PORTION OF VIRGINIA ARE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. WILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:39 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
VAZ001>004-041200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 2:40 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM EDT... AT 230 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF GREENSVILLE SUSSEX AND SOUTHAMPTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER WITH WIND DAMAGE IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBL WARNINGS CWT
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:56 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
VAZ003-004-006-007-010-012-013-014-017-018-222100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 255 PM EDT FRI JUNE 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL 7PM... AT 240 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED TWO BANDS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ONE LINE EXTENDS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA... FROM BATH COUNTY SOUTH TO THE NORTH CAROLINA BORDER. THIS AREA HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING PERSONS IN ROCKBRIDGE AND BATH COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ANOTHER STRONG BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN MOVING INTO SOUTH- CENTRAL VIRGINIA DURING THE LAST HOUR. THIS LINE EXTENDS EAST TO WEST FROM HALIFAX COUNTY THROUGH LUNENBURG AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA IS TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. THIS AREA WILL BE AFFECTING PERSONS IN PRINCE EDWARD...NOTTOWAY AND DINWIDDIE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. ALL STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING... STRONG WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RWW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent | 68 min |
| Jun 22, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Middlesex | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Richmond | 50 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.