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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 19, 1996Prince Edward County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1996, 7:45 AM EST for Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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
Jan 19, 1996, 7:45 AM EST (12:45 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 1996, 8:45 AM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Prince Edward County, VA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 19, 8:25 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 48Farmville, VA
Jan 19, 8:43 AM ESTThunderstorm WindFarmville, VA

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 1996-01-19Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 1996-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jan 19, 2:08 AM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 2:08 AM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 19, 6:22 AM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
MDZ021>025-501-VAZ048-049-060>100-501-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-504-
191415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
625 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996

...SHARPLY COLDER AIR WILL BRING AN ABRUPT END TO OUR JANUARY THAW...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY...

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WAS CROSSING THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
EARLY THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WERE
PUSHING UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO THE MIDATLANTIC STATES.
ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE REGION...SOME WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND VERY GUSTY WINDS. SHARPLY COLD AIR WILL FOLLOW THE
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...AND TEMPERATURES DURING THE MIDDAY AND
AFTERNOON WILL PLUMMET INTO THE UPPER 20S AND 30S ACROSS THE AREA.

AT 615 AM...SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING NEAR THE ATLANTIC
COAST FROM EASTCENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO THE LOWER
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WAS LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN VIRGINIA...FROM NEAR SHENANDOAH TO
20 MILES WEST OF DANVILLE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST 20 MPH.

AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND CROSSES THE REGION TODAY...WINDS
WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 OR 35 MPH.
ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
COULD CONTAIN BRIEF WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO
TREES AND DOWNED POWER LINES.

ALBRIGHT
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 6:25 AM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MDZ021>025-501-VAZ048-049-060>100-501-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-504-
191415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
625 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996

...SHARPLY COLDER AIR WILL BRING AN ABRUPT END TO OUR JANUARY THAW...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY...

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WAS CROSSING THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
EARLY THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WERE
PUSHING UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO THE MIDATLANTIC STATES.
ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE REGION...SOME WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND VERY GUSTY WINDS. SHARPLY COLD AIR WILL FOLLOW THE
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...AND TEMPERATURES DURING THE MIDDAY AND
AFTERNOON WILL PLUMMET INTO THE UPPER 20S AND 30S ACROSS THE AREA.

AT 615 AM...SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING NEAR THE ATLANTIC
COAST FROM EASTCENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO THE LOWER
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WAS LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN VIRGINIA...FROM NEAR SHENANDOAH TO
20 MILES WEST OF DANVILLE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST 20 MPH.

AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND CROSSES THE REGION TODAY...WINDS
WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 OR 35 MPH.
ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
COULD CONTAIN BRIEF WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO
TREES AND DOWN POWER LINES.

ALBRIGHT
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 7:14 AM EST, 31 minutes before
VAZ048-049-060>098-100-501-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-504-MDZ501-192015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD   VA
714 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #22 IN EFFECT THRU 2 PM FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY...

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WAS MOVING EAST OUT OF THE APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND WILL REACH THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT COLLIDES WITH WARM AND HUMID AIR ACROSS THE
MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY OVER
55 MPH WITH ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. STRONG WINDS COULD UPROOT TREES
AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES.

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.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. OR...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DIRECTLY AT
1-800-737-8624.

ALBRIGHT
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 7:14 AM EST, 31 minutes before
VAZ048-049-060>098-100-501-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-504-MDZ021>025-
501-192015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT---CORRECTED UGC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD   VA
714 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #22 IN EFFECT THRU 2 PM FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY...

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WAS MOVING EAST OUT OF THE APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND WILL REACH THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT COLLIDES WITH WARM AND HUMID AIR ACROSS THE
MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY OVER
55 MPH WITH ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. STRONG WINDS COULD UPROOT TREES
AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES.

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.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. OR...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DIRECTLY AT
1-800-737-8624.

ALBRIGHT
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 7:17 AM EST, 28 minutes before
VAZ048-049-060>098-100-501-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-504-MDZ501-192015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD   VA
714 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #22 IN EFFECT THRU 2 PM FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY...

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WAS MOVING EAST OUT OF THE APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND WILL REACH THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT COLLIDES WITH WARM AND HUMID AIR ACROSS THE
MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY OVER
55 MPH WITH ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. STRONG WINDS COULD UPROOT TREES
AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES.

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.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. OR...CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DIRECTLY AT
1-800-737-8624.

ALBRIGHT
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 7:30 AM EST, 15 minutes before
VAZ048-049-060>098-100-501-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-504-MDZ021>025-
501-192015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT---CORRECTED UGC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD   VA
714 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #22 IN EFFECT THRU 2 PM FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY...

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WAS MOVING EAST OUT OF THE APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND WILL REACH THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT COLLIDES WITH WARM AND HUMID AIR ACROSS THE
MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY OVER
55 MPH WITH ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. STRONG WINDS COULD UPROOT TREES
AND BRING DOWN POWER LINES.

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.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. OR..H.CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DIRECTLY AT
1-800-737-8624.

ALBRIGHT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 7:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg60 min
Jan 19, 8:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland, Fluvanna50 min
Jan 19, 8:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Nottoway, Powhatan48 min
Jan 19, 8:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGoochland, Louisa48 min
Jan 19, 8:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg59 min
Jan 19, 9:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond62 min
Jan 19, 9:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHanover62 min
Jan 19, 9:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie62 min
Jan 19, 9:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, Prince George66 min
Jan 19, 9:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg66 min
Jan 19, 9:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline66 min
Jan 19, 9:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Hopewell66 min
Jan 19, 10:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHanover, King and Queen, King William, New Kent59 min
Jan 19, 10:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHenrico59 min
Jan 19, 10:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQEssex59 min
Jan 19, 10:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQJames City, York59 min
Jan 19, 10:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Surry59 min
Jan 19, 10:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLancaster, Northumberland61 min
Jan 19, 10:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMiddlesex61 min
Jan 19, 11:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Suffolk60 min
Jan 19, 11:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQYork, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson60 min
Jan 19, 11:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGloucester, Mathews60 min
Jan 19, 12:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach55 min
Jan 19, 12:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthampton58 min
Jan 19, 12:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack65 min
Jan 19, 11:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDorchester56 min
Jan 19, 12:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSomerset, Wicomico61 min
Jan 19, 12:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWorcester61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1996Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.