Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 3:16 PM EDT for Franklin County, Virginia. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 KROA 081918 SVRROA VAC067-081945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 316 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROANOKE VAHAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA ...FRANKLIN COUNTY AT 310 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SMITH MT. LAKE AREA IN NORTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS STORM IS LIKELY TO CONTAIN SEVERE WEATHER, INCLUDING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH ON A PATH THAT WILL TAKE IT TOWARD SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY SHORTLY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. END/MCINTOSH
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, 9:28 AM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
VA013-016-081500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 930 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.. AT 9 AM EDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN MERCER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN GILES AND EASTERN CRAIG WITHIN THE HOUR. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. CG
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
VAZ009-081630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 1050 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHWEST BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA. THIS STORM PRODUCED LARGE HAIL IN CRAIG COUNTY BUT HAS SEEN DECREASED IN INTENSITY. AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS BEDFORD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES IT COULD STILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HUDGINS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:54 AM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
VAZ009-081630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 1050 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHWEST BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA. THIS STORM PRODUCED LARGE HAIL IN CRAIG COUNTY BUT HAS SINCE DECREASED IN INTENSITY. AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS BEDFORD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES IT COULD STILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HUDGINS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:39 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
VA008-009-081900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 230 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.. AT 230 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE SOUTHWEST INTO EASTERN PATRICK COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH..THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM APPEARS TO BE OVER NORTHWEST HENRY COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. CG
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:12 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
VAZ009-082015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 310 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY... AT 310 PM EDT..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS BEDFORD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR IT WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. HUDGINS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 10:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.