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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 27, 1994City of Hampton, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 12:42 PM EDT for City of Hampton, Virginia. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1994, 12:42 PM EDT (16:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1994, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County City of Hampton, 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, 10:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 39 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 37 minutes 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 36 minutes 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, 2 hours 16 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, 2 hours 12 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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:19 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 10:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, New Kent52 min
Jun 27, 10:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City52 min
Jun 27, 11:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQEssex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland68 min
Jun 27, 11:14 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach46 min
Jun 27, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk69 min
Jun 27, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach63 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.