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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1994, 6:17 PM EDT for Chesterfield County, Henrico County, Virginia. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1994, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1994, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chesterfield County, VA, Henrico County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRIC 292219 TORRIC VAC041-087-760-292300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 617 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RICHMOND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA ...CHESTERFIELD COUNTY... AT 617 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 9 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND ACROSS NORTHERN CHESTERFIELD MOVEMENT OF THE PARENT STORM WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH 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 INTO 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, Apr 29, 4:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
VAZ047-048-061-068-069-080-292200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 440 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994 AT 425 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN OVER WESTERN DINWIDDIE...AS WELL AS CUMBERLAND AMELIA AND WESTERN HANOVER. STORM MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. AS A RESULT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURHER UPDATES. BPM
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
VAZ074>078-084>086-292200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 510 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE NORTHERN NECK REGION... AT 505 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORM MAY AFFECT ESSEX...WESTMORELAND...RICHMOND...MIDDLESEX...AND GLOUCESTER DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHERN NECK AND MIDDLE PENINSULA SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO TV...RADIO...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. AWP
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:51 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
VAZ047-048-061-068-069-080-292300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 550 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994 AT 550 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTING OVER CAROLINE COUNTY. FLOODING OF AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE IS LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE COUNTIES OF WESTERN HANOVER...WESTERN HENRICO AND EASTERN GOOCHLAND. THE THUNDERSTORM OVER BUCKINGHAM CONTINUED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. CCC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 42 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.