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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 6, 1993Gloucester County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 1993, 3:06 PM EDT for Gloucester County, Virginia. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 1993, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 1993, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Gloucester County, VA

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, Aug 6, 10:34 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

VAZ003-004-006-007-017-018-061530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA
 1035 AM EDT FRI AUG 6 1993

 ...LARGE AREA OF RAIN...SOME HEAVY...APPROACHING THE RICHMOND AREA...

AT 1025 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN OVER
MOST OF VIRGINIA. THERE WAS A LARGE BREAK IN THE RAIN OVER AREAS SOUTH
AND EAST OF RICHMOND. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING BETWEEN RICHMOND AND THE CHARLOTTESVILLE
AND LYNCHBURG AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS REGION OF THE STATE ARE IN
THE ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH RANGE...PERHAPS LOCALLY HEAVIER. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
HAVE BEEN MUCH LIGHTER IN THE RICHMOND AREA...WITH LESS THAN ONE-TENTH OF
AN INCH AT THE RICHMOND AIRPORT THIS MORNING.

DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS...RADAR HAS SHOWN AN INCREASE IN PRECIPITATION
COVERAGE WEST AND SOUTH OF RICHMOND. RADAR IMAGERY AT 1025 AM SHOWED A
LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM BUCKINGHAM...CUMBERLAND...
AND AMELIA COUNTIES SOUTHWARD TO THE VIRGINIA/NORTH CAROLINA BORDER.

THIS HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE RICHMOND METRO
AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TODAY WILL
LIKELY BE IN THE ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH RANGE..LOCALLY HEAVIER...ACROSS
CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

PERSONS TRAVELLING ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA TODAY SHOULD USE EXTRA
CAUTION.  THE COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN PLUS DIRT AND OIL ON
THE ROADS WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS.  SLOW DOWN AND KEEP
PLENTY OF BRAKING ROOM BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE IN FRONT OF
YOU.

THE RAIN IS BEING PRODUCED BY LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
TENNESSEE. THIS LOW WILL INTENSIFY AND TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
TO NEAR THE RICHMOND AREA BY THIS EVENING...THEN MOVE OFF THE VIRGINIA
COAST LATE TONIGHT. THE RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA WILL TAPER OFF BY
THIS EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES TO THE EAST OF THE RICHMOND AREA.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

WOLF

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:34 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 1:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield	25 min
Aug 6, 1:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Prince George	37 min
Aug 6, 2:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Henrico	30 min
Aug 6, 2:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Sussex	65 min
Aug 6, 2:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	King William, New Kent	31 min
Aug 6, 2:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	King and Queen	47 min
Aug 6, 2:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Southampton, Surry	57 min
Aug 6, 2:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	York, City of Hampton	45 min
Aug 6, 2:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	James City	45 min
Aug 6, 2:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight	50 min
Aug 6, 2:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Suffolk	62 min
Aug 6, 3:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Hampton	41 min
Aug 6, 3:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	65 min

Nearby

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Sources

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