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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1996, 11:45 AM EST for City of Suffolk, Virginia; Camden County, Gates County, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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
- Jan 19, 1996, 11:45 AM EST (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1996, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Camden County, NC, Gates County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, City of Suffolk, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 12:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Northern Portion, NC |
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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 531 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.2
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, 9:35 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 9:35 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 935 AM EST FRI JAN 19 1996 WBC...MAY NEED TO PULL BACK ON AFTN TEMP DROP. RDU...NONE. DISCN: IMPRESSIVE SQLN MOVING THRU CWA ATTM. ISOLD SVR RPRTS RECEIVED HERE ...BUT NOT AS WIDESPREAD AS 11/11/95 ATTM. AMS STILL JUICY/UNSTBL AND 12Z UA DATA/SOUNDINGS SHOW IMPRESSIVE DYNAMICS WITH SYS. CURRENT WW/S LOOK GOOD. COOLER AIR A LTL SLOWER TO MOVE IN THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. STILL IN 50S IN ROA/BCB...SO MAY NOT REACH LOWER 30S MUCH OF CWA TIL EVE. REST OF FCST APPRS ON TRACK ATTM. NO TIME TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE. RIC 66/20 +0 ORF 71/27 +0 SBY 68/19 +0 ECG 70/27 +0 SAMMLER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 7:14 AM EST, 4 hours 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, 4 hours 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, 4 hours 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, 4 hours 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
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 11:28 AM EST, 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 7:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 60 min |
| Jan 19, 7:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 60 min |
| Jan 19, 8:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna | 50 min |
| Jan 19, 8:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Nottoway, Powhatan | 48 min |
| Jan 19, 8:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Louisa | 48 min |
| Jan 19, 8:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 59 min |
| Jan 19, 9:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 62 min |
| Jan 19, 9:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 62 min |
| Jan 19, 9:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 62 min |
| Jan 19, 9:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Prince George | 66 min |
| Jan 19, 9:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 66 min |
| Jan 19, 9:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 66 min |
| Jan 19, 9:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hopewell | 66 min |
| Jan 19, 10:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King and Queen, King William, New Kent | 59 min |
| Jan 19, 10:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 59 min |
| Jan 19, 10:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex | 59 min |
| Jan 19, 10:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, York | 59 min |
| Jan 19, 10:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry | 59 min |
| Jan 19, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland | 61 min |
| Jan 19, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 61 min |
| Jan 19, 11:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 60 min |
| Jan 19, 11:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews | 60 min |
| Jan 19, 12:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 55 min |
| Jan 19, 12:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 58 min |
| Jan 19, 12:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 65 min |
| Jan 19, 11:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester | 56 min |
| Jan 19, 12:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico | 61 min |
| Jan 19, 12:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Worcester | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1996Severe 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.