Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 12:06 PM EDT for Isle of Wight County, Southampton County, City of Suffolk, Virginia. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 12:06 PM EDT (16:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties City of Suffolk, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Southampton 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 27, 10:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
VAZ-070>073-080>083-271500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 1002 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT... AT 1000 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT VOLENS VIRGINIA INDICATED A LINE OF NEWLY DEVELOPED SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE RICHMOND METRO AREA. THE LINE OF STORMS IS 10 MILES WIDE WITH ITS LEADING EDGE FROM GLEN ALLEN IN WESTERN HENRICO COUNTY SOUTH TO DINWIDDIE IN DINWIDDIE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING MUCH OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER AND LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST THE LATEST STATEMENT AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TLM
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
VAZ-070>073-080>083-271500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 1002 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT... AT 1000 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT VOLENS VIRGINIA INDICATED A LINE OF NEWLY DEVELOPED SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE RICHMOND METRO AREA. THE LINE OF STORMS IS 10 MILES WIDE WITH ITS LEADING EDGE FROM GLEN ALLEN IN WESTERN HENRICO COUNTY SOUTH TO DINWIDDIE IN DINWIDDIE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING MUCH OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER AND LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST THE LATEST STATEMENT AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TLM
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
VAZ-070>073-080>083-271500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR ARRANGEMENT OF LAST SENTENCE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 1005 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT... AT 1000 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT VOLENS VIRGINIA INDICATED A LINE OF NEWLY DEVELOPED SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE RICHMOND METRO AREA. THE LINE OF STORMS IS 10 MILES WIDE WITH ITS LEADING EDGE FROM GLEN ALLEN IN WESTERN HENRICO COUNTY SOUTH TO DINWIDDIE IN DINWIDDIE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING MUCH OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER AND LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TLM
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:06 AM EDT, 2 hours before
VAZ-070>073-080>083-271500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR ARRANGEMENT OF LAST SENTENCE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 1005 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT... AT 1000 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT VOLENS VIRGINIA INDICATED A LINE OF NEWLY DEVELOPED SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE RICHMOND METRO AREA. THE LINE OF STORMS IS 10 MILES WIDE WITH ITS LEADING EDGE FROM GLEN ALLEN IN WESTERN HENRICO COUNTY SOUTH TO DINWIDDIE IN DINWIDDIE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING MUCH OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER AND LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TLM
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
VAZ074>078-084>100-271530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 1026 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN VIRGINIA UNTIL 4 PM EDT... AT 10 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NEAR RICHMOND. ANOTHER SMALL THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SUSSEX COUNTY. THERE WAS A REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUDY OVER SUSSEX COUNTY, THE SHERRIF DEPARTMENT HAD NO REPORTS OF ANY TOUCHDOWNS. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS ARE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. THE WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUED ADDITIONAL STATEMETNS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. BOTTOM
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
VAZ074>078-084>100-271530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 1026 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN VIRGINIA UNTIL 4 PM EDT... AT 10 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NEAR RICHMOND. ANOTHER SMALL THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SUSSEX COUNTY. THERE WAS A REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUDY OVER SUSSEX COUNTY, THE SHERRIF DEPARTMENT HA0D NO REPORTS OF ANY TOUCHDOWNS. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS ARE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. THE WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUED ADDITIONAL STATEMETNS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. BOTTOM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 10:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, New Kent | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 10:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 11:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 68 min |
| Jun 27, 11:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 63 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.