Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1994, 6:25 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1994, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1994, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brunswick County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 798 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KRIC 212232 RRA SVRRIC VAC025-111-117-212315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 625 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RICHMOND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA ...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN LUNENBURG COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH IS PRODUCING HAIL OV VICINITY OF MEREDITHVILLE AND FORKSVILLE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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 21, 4:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
VAZ021-036-037-047>049-056-060>073-079>083-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 447 PM EDT TUE JUNE 21 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM... ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT NOW LOCATED OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. THIS FRONT WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH VIRGINIA LATER TONIGHT BUT IN THE MEANTIME VIRGINIA RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDESRTORMS. WEATHER RADAR AT 4:40 PM WAS ALREADY INDICATING STRONG THUNDERTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN LOUISA COUNTY WITH ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN FLUVANNA AND NORTH CENTRAL BUCKINGHAM COUNTIES. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM HAS ALSO RECENTLY FORMED OVER NORTHEASTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY NEAR ARVONIA THAT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN > CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A STRONG POSSIBILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA EATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS LIPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
VAZ021-036-037-047>049-056-060>073-079>083-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 447 PM EDT TUE JUNE 21 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM... ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF VIRGINIA THIS EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT NOW LOCATED OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. THIS FRONT WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH VIRGINIA LATER TONIGHT BUT IN THE MEANTIME VIRGINIA RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDESRTORMS. WEATHER RADAR AT 4:40 PM WAS ALREADY INDICATING STRONG THUNDERTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN LOUISA COUNTY WITH ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN FLUVANNA AND NORTH CENTRAL BUCKINGHAM COUNTIES. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM HAS ALSO RECENTLY FORMED OVER NORTHEASTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY NEAR ARVONIA THAT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN > CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A STRONG POSSIBILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA EATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS LIPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
VAZ074>078-084>098-212325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 522 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE NORTHERN NECK...MIDDLE PENINSULA AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST... AT 5:20 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED IN SOUTHERN GREENSVILLE COUNTY NEAR THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY IF STORMS APPROACH. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STEPHENS
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
VAZ074>078-084>098-212325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 522 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE NORTHERN NECK...MIDDLE PENINSULA AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST... AT 5:20 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED IN SOUTHERN GREENSVILLE COUNTY NEAR THE SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY IF6 STORMS APPROACH. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STEPHENS
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:47 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
VAZ021-036-037-047>049-056-060>073-079>083-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 545 PM EDT TUE JUNE 21 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM... ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF VIRGINIA THIS EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT NOW LOCATED OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. THIS FRONT WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH VIRGINIA LATER TONIGHT BUT IN THE MEANTIME VIRGINIA RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDESRTORMS. WEATHER RADAR AT 5:41 PM INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER LOUISA COUNTY WERE WEAKENING. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED TO BE OVER NORTHEASTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF ARVONIA AS WELL AS IN EASTERN FLUVANNA COUNTY AND WESTERN GOOCHLAND COUNTY NEAR STAGE JUNCTION AND FIFE. > THE MAIN FEATURE OF THESE STORMS ARE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA EATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS LIPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:47 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
VAZ021-036-037-047>049-056-060>073-079>083-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 545 PM EDT TUE JUNE 21 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM... ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF VIRGINIA THIS EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT NOW LOCATED OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. THIS FRONT WILL BE PUSHING THROUGH VIRGINIA LATER TONIGHT BUT IN THE MEANTIME VIRGINIA RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDESRTORMS. WEATHER RADAR AT 5:41 PM INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER LOUISA COUNTY WERE WEAKENING. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED TO BE OVER NORTHEASTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF ARVONIA AS WELL AS IN EASTERN FLUVANNA COUNTY AND WESTERN GOOCHLAND COUNTY NEAR STAGE JUNCTION AND FIFE. > THE MAIN FEATURE OF THESE STORMS ARE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA EATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS LIPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Buckingham | 54 min |
| Jun 21, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Nottoway | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 7:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 22 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.