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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 9, 1995Nelson County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1995, 4:39 PM EDT for Nelson County, Virginia. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Nelson County, VA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 4:59 PM EDTTornado F0Nelson, VAA tornado was reported near Gladstone area around 1700 local time. One person saw the funnel. Electric company confirmed some trees and power lines down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-09Temperature 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KWBC 092040
TORWBC
VAC125-092115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WASHINGTON DC
439 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
 
   ...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NELSON COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN CENTRAL
NELSON COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. AFFECTED TOWNS INCLUDE
LOVINGSTON..SHIPMAN..AND ARRINGTON.
 
 
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 SHEL>TER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
ABW/JLW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Augusta, Nelson60 min
Jun 9, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXNelson61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.