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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 27, 1994Amelia County, Nottoway County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1994, 8:33 PM EST for Amelia County, Nottoway County, Virginia. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 1994, 8:33 PM EST (01:33 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 1994, 9:00 PM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Amelia County, VA, Nottoway 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 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, Mar 27, 7:27 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

VAZ091-093>095-280100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA
725 PM EST SUN MAR 28 1994

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OVER
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN SMALL HAIL STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND THE ALWAYS DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS PASS THRU THE AREA.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

COOK

Special weather statement, Mar 27, 8:23 PM EST, 10 minutes before

VAZ047>049-060>073-079>083-280300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA
825 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994

AT 820 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ADVANCING ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY. OTHER STORMS WERE
LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTHWESTERN LUNENBURG COUNTIES.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL
AS SOME SMALL HAIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO
OCCUR.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH WHICH WILL BRING THEM
INTO WESTERN POWHATAN AND AMELIA COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT 15 TO 30
MINUTES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR FURTHER
UPDATES. BP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 8:55 PM EST	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Nottoway	35 min

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Sources

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