Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 5, 1996, 9:40 PM EST for Henrico County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 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
- Dec 5, 1996, 9:40 PM EST (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 5, 1996, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henrico County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 9:50 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Varina, 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 9:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 33 min |
| Dec 5, 9:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hopewell | 33 min |
| Dec 5, 9:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent | 32 min |
| Dec 5, 10:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, King and Queen, King William | 32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.