Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1994, 7:53 PM EDT for Caroline County, Virginia. It was in force for 22 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1994, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1994, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Caroline County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRIC 212355 TORRIC VAC033-220015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RICHMOND VA 753 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RICHMOND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA ...NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTY AN OFF DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE VICINITY OF PORT ROYAL IN NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. LIPSON &
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, Jun 21, 5:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 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, 2 hours 29 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, 2 hours 6 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, 2 hours 6 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, 7:25 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
VAZ074>078-084>098-220125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 725 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE NORTHERN NECK...MIDDLE PENINSULA AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST... AT 7:20 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN CHARLES COUNTY MARYLAND. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST AND IN EASTERN MIDDLESEX AND LANCASTER COUNTIES AROUND WINDMILL POINT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES AND SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. STEPHENS N
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:25 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
VAZ074>078-084>098-220125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 725 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE NORTHERN NECK...MIDDLE PENINSULA AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST... AT 7:20 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN CHARLES COUNTY MARYLAND. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST AND IN EASTERN MIDDLESEX AND LANCASTER COUNTIES AROUND WINDMILL POINT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES AND SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. STEPHENS N
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Buckingham | 54 min |
| Jun 21, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Nottoway | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.