Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Baltimore/Washington

May 4, 1996City of Waynesboro, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1996, 8:59 PM EDT for City of Waynesboro, Virginia. It was in force for 51 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
May 4, 1996, 8:59 PM EDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 1996, 9:50 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County City of Waynesboro, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 1996-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 219 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 1996-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-1.1

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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 Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXHighland30 min
May 4, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Madison, Rappahannock33 min
May 4, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta, Rockingham30 min
May 4, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier35 min
May 4, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta, City of Staunton51 min
May 4, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXRockingham51 min
May 4, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXNelson51 min
May 4, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville51 min
May 4, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXStafford50 min
May 4, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXGreene, Madison, Page51 min
May 4, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXRappahannock51 min
May 4, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXKing George49 min
May 4, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Orange50 min
May 4, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPrince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park50 min
May 4, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFairfax, City of Fairfax50 min
May 4, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCity of Falls Church50 min
May 4, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXStafford50 min
May 4, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCity of Alexandria50 min
May 4, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCity of Alexandria38 min
May 4, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCharles49 min
May 4, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXSaint Mary's50 min
May 4, 10:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Calvert46 min
May 4, 10:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXSaint Mary's46 min
May 4, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXGrant, Hardy30 min
May 5, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXGrant, Pendleton45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.