Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1993, 8:10 PM EDT for King and Queen County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1993, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1993, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County King and Queen County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 4556 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRIC 060012 RRA SVRRIC VAC097-060045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 810 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RICHMOND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA ...SOUTHEASTERN KING AND QUEEN COUNTY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERTORM MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH THROUGH THE COUNTY. HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. LIPSON
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 5, 6:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
VAZ003-052200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 655 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF HOPEWELL... A NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST ORIENTED COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LIES OVER CENTRAL VIRGINIA. AS THIS COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST INTO THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO ERUPT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AT 650 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST PRINCE EDWARD...SOUTHWEST AMELIA...AND NORTHWEST NOTTOWAY COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RICE...JENNINGS ORDINARY...JETERSVILLE...AND DEATONVILLE. SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. ANOTHER DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG > COUNTY AS AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH CAROLINA MOVE TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST. TOWNS IN THE VICINITY OF THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BUFFALO JUNCTION AND CLARKSVILLE. BOATERS AND CAMPERS ON LAKE GASTON AND JOHN KERR RESERVOIR SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUT ON OPEN WATER AS THE STORM APPROACHES...GET TO SHORE EMMEDIATELY AS WATER IS A DANGEROUS CONDUCTOR OF ELECTRICITY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY SEVERE WEATHER WEATHER...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THEY CAN RELAY THE REPORT nTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV/RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LIPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
VAZ003-052200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 655 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF HOPEWELL... A NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST ORIENTED COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LIES OVER CENTRAL VIRGINIA. AS THIS COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST INTO THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO ERUPT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AT 650 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST PRINCE EDWARD...SOUTHWEST AMELIA...AND NORTHWEST NOTTOWAY COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RICE...JENNINGS ORDINARY...JETERSVILLE...AND DEATONVILLE. SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. ANOTHER DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MECKLENBURG > COUNTY AS AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH CAROLINA MOVE TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST. TOWNS IN THE VICINITY OF THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BUFFALO JUNCTION AND CLARKSVILLE. BOATERS AND CAMPERS ON LAKE GASTON AND JOHN KERR RESERVOIR SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUT ON OPEN WATER AS THE STORM APPROACHES...GET TO SHORE EMMEDIATELY AS WATER IS A DANGEROUS CONDUCTOR OF ELECTRICITY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY SEVERE WEATHER WEATHER...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THEY CAN RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV/RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LIPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:44 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
VAZ003-052200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 745 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF HOPEWELL UNTIL 11 PM EDT... AT 740 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN HANOVER...NORTHWEST NEW KENT AND SOUTHERN KING WILLIAM COUNTIES. THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING EASTERN NEW KENT AND EASTERN KING WILLIAM COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. TOWNS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WEST POINT...SWEET HALL...BARHAMSVILLE AND PLUM POINT. OTHER DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ARE INDICATED OVER WESTERN CHESTERFIELD AND WESTERN HENRICO COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE POISED FOR THE GREATER RICHMOND AREA AND SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. > ALL STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY SEVERE WEATHER WEATHER...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THEY CAN RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV/RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LIPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:45 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
VAZ003-052200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 745 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF HOPEWELL UNTIL 11 PM EDT... AT 740 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN HANOVER...NORTHWEST NEW KENT AND SOUTHERN KING WILLIAM COUNTIES. THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING EASTERN NEW KENT AND EASTERN KING WILLIAM COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. TOWNS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WEST POINT...SWEET HALL...BARHAMSVILLE AND PLUM POINT. OTHER DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ARE INDICATED OVER WESTERN CHESTERFIELD AND WESTERN HENRICO COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE POISED FOR THE GREATER RICHMOND AREA AND SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. > ALL STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY SEVERE WEATHER WEATHER...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THEY CAN RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV/RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LIPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:49 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
VAZ001>004-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 749 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE HAMPTON ROADS CITIES AND THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST UNTIL 1100PM... ...THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF WINDMILL POINT... ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR THE BAY AND COASTLINE EXPIRED AT 730PM. AT 745PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WEATHER RADAR ALSO SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO GREENSVILLE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF EMPORIA DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR WITH HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO DEVELOPING NORTHEAST OF RICHMOND. THIS STORM MAY AFFECT THE NORTHERN NECK DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PETROLITO
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:52 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
VAZ001>004-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 749 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE HAMPTON ROADS CITIES AND THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST UNTIL 1100PM... ...THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF WINDMILL POINT... ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR THE BAY AND COASTLINE EXPIRED AT 730PM. AT 745PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WEATHER RADAR ALSO SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO GREENSVILLE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF EMPORIA DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR WITH HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO DEVELOPING NORTHEAST OF RICHMOND. THIS STORM MAY AFFECT THE NORTHERN NECK DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHEL(TER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PETROLITO
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.