Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1992, 4:39 PM EDT for Gloucester County, Mathews County, Virginia. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 1992, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1992, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gloucester County, VA, Mathews County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KORF 182039 SVRORF VAC073-115-182145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 439 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK VA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN EAST VIRGINIA ...GLOUCESTER COUNTY...MATHEWS COUNTY AND ADJACENT RIVERS AND WATERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THE STORM WILL AFFECT MATHEWS COUNTY AS WELL AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. 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 LOWESXT FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PETROLITO
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, Jul 18, 1:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
VAZ003-004-006-007-010-012-013-014-017-018-181930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 130 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 127 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE COUNTIES OF PRINCE EDWARD...AMELIA...CHESTERFIELD... HENRICO...CHARLES CITY...NEW KENT...LUNEBURG...MECKLENBURG...BUCKINGHAM ...NELSON AN NOTTOWAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NOTTOWAY ...MECKLENBURG...LUNENBURG AND THE EAST-CENTRAL PORTION OF AMELIA MOVING INTO CHESTERFIELD. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
VAZ003-004-006-007-010-012-013-014-017-018-182030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 240 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 AT 239 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS RICHMOND AND VICINITY EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO THE SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA. THE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN THE COUNTIES OF HENRICO...CHESTERFIELD...NEW KENT...CHARLES CITY...AMELIA... BRUNSWICK...PRINCE GEORGE...NOTTOWAY...LUNEBURG...MECKLENBURG AND DINWIDDIE. THE STORM LOCATED IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY WAS PRODUCING DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER THE COUNTIES OF DIDWIDDIE...THE EXTREME EASTERN PO8RTION OF HENRICO AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF NEW KENT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
VAZ001>004-181930- MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 2:47 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN NECK... AND OVER THE CHESAPEAKE BAY... AT 2:40PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN NECK AND THE ADJACENT CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE LINE EXTENDS FROM NEAR TANGIER SOUND SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE NORTHERN NECK TO SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING OUT OVER THE CHESAPEAKE BAY EAST OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. GUSTY WINDS AROUND 25 TO 30 KTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. MARINERS NORTH OF WINDMILL POINT SHOULD KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO MIDDLESEX AND GLOUCESTER COUNTIES ON THE MIDDLE PENINSULA. HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. THE SHOWERS AREL MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. PETROLITO
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
VAZ-006-007-017-018-182130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 338 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES INCREASING... THE LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEM INDICATED NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF DINWIDDIE COUNTY MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY. MEANWHILE WEATHER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHING FROM EASTERN CHARLES CITY COUNTY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:41 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
VAZ001>004-182030- MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 3:41 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST... AT 3:25PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST. THESE STORMS ARE OVERSPREADING SUSSEX AND SURRY COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WAVERLY. HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF THE NORTHERN NECK SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE MIDDLE PENINSULA TO SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. THE SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN NECK AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR...HOWEVER... THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LINE IS INTENSIFYING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO APPROACHING THE JAMES CITY AREA ...INCLUDING WILLIAMSBURG. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WHILE THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PETROLITO
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:44 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
VAZ001>004-182030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 3:41 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST... AT 3:35PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST. THESE STORMS ARE OVERSPREADING SUSSEX AND SURRY COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WAVERLY. HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF THE NORTHERN NECK SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE MIDDLE PENINSULA TO SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. THE SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN NECK AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR...HOWEVER... THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LINE IS INTENSIFYING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO APPROACHING THE JAMES CITY AREA ...INCLUDING WILLIAMSBURG. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WHILE THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. PETROLITO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 41 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.