Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1997, 5:42 PM EDT for City of Suffolk, Virginia. It was in force for 33 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
- Jul 21, 1997, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1997, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County City of Suffolk, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates | 36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.