Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1992, 6:12 PM EDT for Nottoway County, Virginia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1992, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nottoway County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 749 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRIC 192213 COR SVRRIC VAC135-192300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 612 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RICHMOND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA ...NOTTOWAY COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN NOTTOWAY COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES 4UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. RWW
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 19, 2:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
VAZ-012-013-014-192030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 225 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 223 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF BATH COUNTY EXTENDING NORTH INTO THE COUNTY OF HIGHLAND. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. FLOODING OF LOW AREA AND SMALL STREAMS MAY OCCUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH. GCW
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
VAZ001>004-192000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 2:30 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN VIRGINIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT FOR ALL OF EASTERN VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE EASTERN SHORE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE WATCH..DOES..INCLUDES ALL THE CITIES IN HAMPTON ROADS. RADAR AT 2:30 SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST VIRGINIA AND POSE NO PROBLEM AT THIS TIME TO EASTERN VIRGINIA. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD FORM THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA AND COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOU THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER TO YOU LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 4:30PM OR EARLIER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. YANKES
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
VAZ-004-006-007-010-018-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 430 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... AT 415 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. THE BEST ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING AROUND AND NORTH OF WASHINGTON D.C.. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES THIS ACTIVITY COULD DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH INTO CENTRAL VIRGINIA. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO/TV AND YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS. RWW
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
VAZ001>004-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 4:45 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN VIRGINIA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM FOR ALL OF EASTERN VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HAMPTON ROADS..THE EASTERN SHORE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 4:30 THIS AFTERNOON RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA EXTENDING FROM NEAR ORANGE COUNTY TO WASHINGTON DC. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 TO 30MPH. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE VERY LITTLE IMPACT ON EASTERN VIRGINIA AND THE EASTERN SHORE. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FORMING OVER CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND MAY PRODUCE NUMERUS STORMS OVER THE AREA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOU THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER TO YOU LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO TLHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 6:45PM OR EARLIER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. YANKES
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
VAZ-017-018-192230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 505 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 60 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.