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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 16, 1996Amelia County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1996, 6:34 PM EDT for Amelia County, Virginia. It was in force for 36 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: Aug 16, 1996, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 1996, 7:10 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Amelia County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Cumberland	46 min
Aug 16, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Powhatan	48 min
Aug 16, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline	42 min
Aug 16, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield	48 min
Aug 16, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie	48 min
Aug 16, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick	51 min
Aug 16, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	New Kent	50 min
Aug 16, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester	45 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.