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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 3, 1996City of Petersburg, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1996, 3:39 PM EDT for City of Petersburg, Virginia. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 1996, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 1996, 4:40 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Whole counties

County City of Petersburg, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 3, 10:15 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 10:15 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
1015 AM EDT WED JUL 03 1996

ITS BEEN REALLY FUN BEING MARINE/PUBLIC/AVIATION FCSTR/RDR
OPERATOR AND DEALING WITH COMPUTER/DATABASE MODIFICATIONS.
TAFS NOT BEHAVING SO FAR THIS AM AS CLDS/SHRS PUSH THRU RGN.
QUIK (AND I MEAN VRY QUIK) LUK AT REALTIME DATA SHOWS CONTD
WK BNDRY FM CNTRL NJ INTO SC WITH MAIN CDFNT PUSHING THRU
CNTRL MTNS. HIEST DWPTS CONFINED TO AREAS INVOF CHESY BAY
TO ATLC CST...WHL A LTL MR TOLERABLE AMS FARTHER INLAND.
MODIFYING GSO 12Z RAOB FOR 85/67 GIVES 2500-3000 J/KG SO
CUD BE SUM CNVTN (ESP CNTRL/ERN AREAS) THIS PM B4 REAL FNT
PASSES THRU. THAT`S ABT IT...RDRS ALRMG AND TAFS NEED ATTN
AGAIN. OH BOY!!!

AVLBRIGHT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

VAZ048-049-060>100-501-MDZ021-025-501-040000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
130 PM EDT WED JUL 3 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 715 IN EFFECT UNTIL 0800 PM FOR
CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...
THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS
FROM FENWICK ISLAND TO VIRGINIA BEACH...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

ALBRIGHT

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

NC012>017-030-032-102-504-040100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
210 PM EDT WED JUL 3 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 716 IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS AND
CURRITUCK SOUND...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIOX... COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

ALBRIGHT

Local storm report, Jul 3, 2:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
217 PM EDT WED JUL 03 1996

TIME(EDT)    ...CITY LOCATION...      STATE       ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE         ...COUNTY LOCATION...

210 PM       |BREMO BLUFF               VA          NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT
07/03/96     FLUVANNA                              THE BREMO BLUFF POST
                                                   OFFICE.

RUSNAK

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:00 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
300 PM EDT WED JUL 03 1996

TIME(EDT)    ...CITY LOCATION...      STATE       ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE         ...COUNTY LOCATION...

240 PM       8BALLSVILLE & TABACCOVILLE             GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
07/03/96     WESTERN POWHATAN                      IN BOTH TOWNS.
                                                   REPORTED BY EOC.

RUSNAK

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:31 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
330 PM EDT WED JUL 03 1996

TIME(EDT)    ...CITY LOCATION...      STATE       ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE         ...COUNTY LOCATION...

315 PM       FLAT ROCK                             HAIL (.75) / WIND
07/03/96     POWHATAN/CHESTERFIELD LINE            DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES
                                                   DOWN ON RT 60 NEAR
                                                   FLAT ROCK.

318 PM       WOODLAKE SECTION                      HAIL (1.50) ON RT
07/03/96     CHESTERFIELD                          360 NEAR WOODLAKE.

RUSNAK

Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna	45 min
Jul 3, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Cumberland	50 min
Jul 3, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Powhatan	49 min
Jul 3, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville	46 min
Jul 3, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan	63 min
Jul 3, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Emporia	37 min
Jul 3, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, City of Colonial Heights	46 min
Jul 3, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Prince George, City of Hopewell	61 min
Jul 3, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk	61 min
Jul 3, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	61 min
Jul 3, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	47 min
Jul 3, 3:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Northampton	33 min
Jul 3, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Hertford	47 min
Jul 3, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chowan	31 min
Jul 3, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie	31 min
Jul 3, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie	34 min
Jul 3, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chowan	34 min
Jul 3, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester	63 min
Jul 3, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico	49 min
Jul 3, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Worcester	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.