Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1993, 7:23 PM EDT for Amelia County, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1993, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1993, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Amelia County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 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 KRIC 042325 TORRIC VAC007-053-050015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 723 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RICHMOND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA ...SOUTHEASTERN AMELIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA ...NORTHERN DINWIDDIE COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A POSSIBLE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN AMELIA MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN DINWIDDIE. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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 ABVAILABLE...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. LYNCH
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 4, 5:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
VAZ001>004-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 459 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN VIRGINIA UNTIL 1100PM... THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...COASTAL WATERS AND ADJACENT RIVERS... AT 435PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL VIRGINIA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT EASTERN VIRGINIA EARLY THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE LIVING IN EASTERN VIRGINIA NEED TO KEEP INFORMED...SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MARINERS ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SHOULD MONITOR VHF RADIO THROUGOUT THE EVENING...IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH SEEK SAFE HARBOR. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO. PETROLITO
Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VOLENS VA 510 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 455 PM EDT...WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL 11/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER AT THE VOLENS RADAR SITE IN NORTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY OF VIRGINIA. RB/SC
Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VOLENS VA 510 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 ATTN SELS... 2050-2055 EDT...WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL 11/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER AT THE VOLENS RADAR SITE IN NORTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY OF VIRGINIA. RB/SC
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:39 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
VAZ001>004-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 639 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN VIRGINIA UNTIL 1100PM... ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT AND ALONG THE COAST FROM COBB ISLAND TO THE NORTH CAROLINA BORDER. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE HAMPTON ROADS HARBOR! AT 638PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND MAY AFFECT THE HAMPTON ROADS CITIES THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SUSSEX AND SURRY COUNTIES AND WILL LIKELY MOVE TOWARD THE PENINSULA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE LIVING IN EASTERN VIRGINIA NEED TO KEEP INFORMED...SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MARINERS ON THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY AND COASTAL WATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW! THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO. PETROLITO
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:40 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
VAZ001>004-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 639 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN VIRGINIA UNTIL 1100PM... ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT AND ALONG THE COAST FROM COBB ISLAND TO THE NORTH CAROLINA BORDER. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE HAMPTON ROADS HARBOR! AT 638PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND MAY AFFECT THE HAMPTON ROADS CITIES THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SUSSEX AND SURRY COUNTIES AND WILL LIKELY MOVE TOWARD THE PENINSULA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE LIVING IN EASTERN VIRGINIA NEED TO KEEP INFORMED...SzEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MARINERS ON THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY AND COASTAL WATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW! THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO. PETROLITO
Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:59 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VOLENS VA 510 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 1993 455 PM EDT...WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL 11/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER AT THE VOLENS RADAR SITE IN NORTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY OF VIRGINIA. RB/SC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Nottoway | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, City of Hopewell | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 31 min |
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.