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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 8, 1997City of Chesapeake, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 1997, 4:35 PM EDT for City of Chesapeake, Virginia. It was in force for 40 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
Sep 8, 1997, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 1997, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County City of Chesapeake, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.