Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1992, 2:53 PM EDT for Surry County, Virginia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1992, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1992, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Surry County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 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 051857 TORORF VAC095-181-051945- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 253 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK VA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA ...JAMES CITY COUNTY...SURRY COUNTY AT 250 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF SURRY IN SURRY COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL TRACK INTO JAMES CITY COUNTY JUST WEST OF WILLIAMSBURG DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. WALSTON
What 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 5, 1:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
VAZ001>004-051900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 1:25 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN VIRGINIA UNTIL 7 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF EASTERN VIRGINIA EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF THE HAMPTON ROADS CITIES...EASTERN SHORE...MIDDLE PENINSULA...NORTHERN NECK AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST. AT 1:20 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA JUST NORTH OF RALIEGH AND ROCKY MOUNT. RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF ROCKY MOUNT COULD BE PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND COULD AFFECT EASTERN VIRGINIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME WEATHER RADAR DOES NOT INDICATE ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER EASTERN VIRGINIA. > REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. ALL PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE REA.DY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PLEASE REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WALSTON
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
VAZ003-004-006-007-051830-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA
134 PM EDT FRI JUNE 5 1992
...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...INCLUDING RICHMOND...
UNTIL 7PM EDT THIS EVENING...
AT 125 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST
SOUTH OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH...AND WILL MOVE OVER EXTREME EASTERN MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHWESTERN
BRUNSWICK COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
WEATHER RADAR DECTED OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN VIRGINIA. A NEWLY FORMED SHOWER WAS DETECTED
OVER WESTERN AMELIA COUNTY.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
WOLFSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 2:07 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
VAZ001>004-052000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 2:05 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN VIRGINIA UNTIL 7 PM EDT... ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN VIRGINIA UNTIL 7 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES THE HAMPTON ROADS CITIES...EASTERN SHORE... MIDDLE PENINSULA...NORTHERN NECK AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST. AT 200 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BETWEEN WAVERLY IN SUSSEX COUNTY TO SPRING GROVE IN SURRY COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED JUST NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMSBURG OVER JAMES CITY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA AND COULD AFFECT EASTER VIRGINIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. > REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. ALL PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATC5H AREA SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. PLEASE REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WALSTON
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:26 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
VAZ003-004-006-007-051830-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA
225 PM EDT FRI JUNE 5 1992
...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...INCLUDING RICHMOND...
UNTIL 7PM EDT THIS EVENING...
AT 220 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHWEST NOTTAWAY AND SOUTHWEST AMELIA. THE STORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
WEATHER RADAR DECTED OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COUNTIES
OF MECKLENBURG...LUNENBURG...BRUNSWICK AND PRINCE GEORGE.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
CHILLAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | James City | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 5:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 35 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.