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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 4, 1993Chesterfield County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1993, 7:44 PM EDT for Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1993, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1993, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Chesterfield County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1993-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1993-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

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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

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 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, 1 hour 5 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, 1 hour 4 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, 45 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
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:34 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 5:40 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQMecklenburg50 min
Jun 4, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Nottoway63 min
Jun 4, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie60 min
Jun 4, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield60 min
Jun 4, 7:23 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Dinwiddie52 min
Jun 4, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince George, City of Hopewell62 min
Jun 4, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg62 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.