Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Wakefield, VA

Issued

May 19, 1995, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)

Expired

May 19, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Wakefield, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Isle of Wight County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
412 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
 
   ...ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY...NORTHERN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN SURRY COUNTY
 
AT 412 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN
SUSSEX COUNTY MOVING EAST TOWARD ISLE OF WIGHT...SURRY AND SOUTHAMPTON
COUNTIES AT 35 MPH.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADjLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 19, 2:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
237 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

WBC...KP POPS ALL ZONES THRU THS EVENING...ALL TEMPS FCSTS GUD AS
      GDNC IN GEN AGRMT WTH TEMPS FCST.  HGHS LOW 80S LOWS IN 50S.

RDU...CURRENT FCST GUD

18Z GSO SNDG VRY UNSTBL BUT CUT OFF AT H5.  ADAP INDCTS INCRSG SFC MOISTURE
CNVRGNC AND AXIS OF MAX INSTBLTY THRU ERN VA AND CNTRL CAROLINAS.  GUD
WSHFT BEHIND SFC BNDRY WHCH IS ENTERING PIED OF VA/NC.  SAT PIX INDCTS LOTS
OF CLRG AND LOTS OF TRW DVLPMT.  LN OF RW/TRW XPNDG NOW FROM S OF RIC TO
DAN AND WL CONT TO XPND SEEN ON KAKQ.  KDOX HAS BEEN TRACKING LN OF RW/TRW
FOR SVL HOURS NOW.  THINK HMPTN RDS/NERN NC AND LWR MD BEST CHC OF RW/TRW.
NERN NC VRY STBL NOW SEEN ON ADAP BUT SUNSHINE SHUD HLP DSTBLZ THEM. QUICK
PEEK AT GRIDDS SHWS LOW LVL PVA AND UPR S/WV GETTING TOGETHER TO KICK UP
STRMS THS EVE BUT EXIT TNGT LEAVING FINE WX FOR TMRW AND SUNDAY.  NGM HAS
BEST HNDL LUKG AT CURRENT AND FhCST BNDRY LYR AND H8 THETA-E...ETA MVS RDG/MAX
OFFSHORE TOO FAST. CURRENT SFC GEOS VORT MAX/LOBE OVR MD/VA/NC AIDING DVLPMT
OF CNVCTN.  TIME TO GET BACK ON THE RADAR AND CALL UPSTRM 88-D SITES.  NS

In the hours before

VAZ070-079>081-088-192025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD   VA
324 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995

AT 320 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NARROW LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF LUNENBURG AND DINWIDDIE
IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF DISPUTANTA AND STONY CREEK
BY 4 PM.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMAjTION.

REILLY

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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