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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 21, 1994Nottoway County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1994, 7:05 PM EDT for Nottoway County, Virginia. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1994, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1994, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County 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, Jun 21, 4:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 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 41 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 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, 1 hour 18 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, 1 hour 18 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBuckingham54 min
Jun 21, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg50 min
Jun 21, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie44 min
Jun 21, 7:53 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline22 min

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Sources

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