Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1990, 5:10 PM EDT for City of Suffolk, Virginia. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County City of Suffolk, 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 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 KORF 082111
TORORF
VAC800-082215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA
510 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
CITY OF SUFFOLK
AT 505 PM RADAR SHOWS A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER THE WEST
CENTRAL PORTION OF SUFFOLK. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD
THE EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO..GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
OR A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR REENFORCED BUILDINGS.
IF NO BUILDING IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW PLACE.
PLEASE REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO PASS THE REPORT ALONG TO A WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.
RITTERWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 12:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
VAZ-006-007-081730-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA
1232 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
AT 1230 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN PORTION OF BRUNSWICK
COUNTY NORTHEAST ACROSS DINWIDDIE AND PRINCE GEORGE.
THE STORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY AND PRINCE
GEORGE COUNTY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST 40 MPH.
WILLS
.Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 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, 32 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 63 min |
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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.