Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 15, 1997Northampton County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1997, 10:13 PM EDT for Northampton County, Virginia. It was in force for 17 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
May 15, 1997, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1997, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Northampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 10:20 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCedar Grove, VAFew trees down between Cedar Grove and Cape Charles.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChowan20 min
May 15, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCamden, Pasquotank20 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.