Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1990, 3:26 PM EDT for Amherst County, Bedford County, Virginia. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1990, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1990, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Amherst County, VA, Bedford 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 737 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 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 KLYH 071936
SVRLYH
VAC009-019-072030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA
326 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 1990 CORRECTION
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LYNCHBURG HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
...AMHERST...BEDFORD
AT 230 PM VOLENS WEATER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDED FROM FAUQUIER COUNTY VIRGINIA TO MONROE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA
. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT 30 MPH. HAIL WAS INDICATED
WITH A THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE JUNCTION OF AMHERST AND BEDFORD COUNTIES
.
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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN
ITSPREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IxN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
CEMWhat 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, Sep 7, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
VAZ013-014-071930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 215 PM EDT FRI SEP 07 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTCENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 2 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA IS MOVING INTO NORTHEASTERN GILES CRAIG AND BOTETOURT COUNTIES IN WESTCENTRAL VIRGINIA WITHIN THE HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. CG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell | 68 min |
| Sep 7, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 118 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.