Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 7, 1995, 2:11 AM EST for City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, 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 Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KORF 070711 RRA SVRORF VAC550-650-700-710-735-810-070745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORFOLK VA 211 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORFOLK HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA THE INDEPENDENT CITIES OF ...CHESAPEAKE...HAMPTON...NEWPORT NEWS...NORFOLK ...POQUOSON...VIRGINIA BEACH A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH THE HAMPTON ROADS AREA...WINDS GUSTED TO 69 MPH AT THE NORFOLK AIRPORT DURING THE LAST FEW MINUTES. HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 34 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.