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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 7, 1995City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 7, 1995, 2:11 AM EST for City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 1995, 2:11 AM EST (07:11 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 1995, 2:45 AM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 1995-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 1995-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 383 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
383 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
481 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Jan 7, 1:50 AM EST, 21 minutes before
VAZ084>098-070755-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA
150 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR THE HAMPTON ROADS
CITIES...THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE...MIDDLE PENINSULA...AND INTERIOR
SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...

AT 1:45 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST OF VIRGINIA. THIS
LINE WAS MOVING QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN SOUTHAMPTON
COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SUFFOLK AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH
CAROLINA.

AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN
BE ANTICIPATED.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS
SHOULD TAKE THE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

STEPHENS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 2:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson34 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.