Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1994, 8:55 PM EST for Lunenburg County, Nottoway County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 8:55 PM EST (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1994, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lunenburg County, VA, Nottoway County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 615 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 772 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRIC 280200 TORRIC VAC111-135-280230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 855 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RICHMOND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA ...LUNENBURG COUNTY...SOUTHERN NOTTOWAY COUNTY AT 8:55 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN CENTRAL LUNENBURG COUNTY. THE STORN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH WHICH WILL BRING IT INTO SOUTHERN NOTTOWAY COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES. THIS STORM WAS NEAR THE TOWN OF LUNENBURG MOVING TOWARD KENBRIDGE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTOh A DITCH OR CULVERT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 28 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, 32 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, 8:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Nottoway | 27 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.