Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1992, 7:05 PM EDT for City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1992, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1992, 8:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County City of Virginia Beach, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 27, 3:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
VAZ017-272045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 345 PM EDT MON JUL 27 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY... AT 340 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY. THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORM WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY... INCLUDING THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG...DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM MOVES OUT OF YOUR AREA. WOLF
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
VAZ001>004-272200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 4:30 PM EDT MON JUL 27 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11PM FOR EASTERN VIRGINIA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE INCLUDING HAMPTON ROADS..THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.. THE EASTERN SHORE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ALREADY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5:15PM FOR WESTMORELAND COUNTY. AT 4:30PM RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE NORTHERN NECK PORTION OF VIRGINIA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. MALRINERS ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND COASTLINE OF VIRGINIA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR RAPID CHANGES IN THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RJY
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
VAZ003-004-006-007-272230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 540 PM EDT MON JUL 27 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA UNTILL 11 PM... AT 535 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEW KENT COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH CHARLES CITY...PRINCE GEORGE...SOUTHERN DINWIDDIE AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN DINWIDDIE COUNTY AND WAS LIKELY PRODUCING VERY GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STAT TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR WARNINGS. RWW
Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:06 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA
605 PM EDT MON JUL 27 1992
...STORM REPORTS FOR JULY 27 1992...
CAROLINE COUNTY...TREE BLOWN DOWN 5-7 MILES SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN...
BLOCKING HIGHWAY 301...WITH ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE
IN SAME GENERAL AREA. WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED AT
APPROX. 458 PM EDT.
CHARLES CITY COUNTY...LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG ROUTE 5. WINDj DAMAGE
OCCURRED APPROX. 510 PM EDT.
WOLFSpecial weather statement, Jul 27, 6:50 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
VAZ003-004-006-007-272330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 650 PM EDT MON JUL 27 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA UNTILL 11 PM... AT 645 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TIDEWATER AREA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. TO THE WEST...SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE HIGHLANDS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OCCURRING OVER BRUNSWICK AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES. GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV OR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RWW
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:56 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
VAZ001>004-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 7:00 PM EDT MON JUL 27 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11PM FOR EASTERN VIRGINIA... ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR LOWER BAY AND AND COASTLINE TILL 7:45PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE INCLUDING HAMPTON ROADS..THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.. THE EASTERN SHORE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 6:55PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN SHORE..THE LOWER BAY...SUFFOLK AND IN PORTSMOUTH. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNOURS..SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO THIS EVENING FOR RAPID CHANGES IN THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RJY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, York | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton | 65 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.