Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1997, 7:11 PM EDT for Chesterfield County, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 26, 1997, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1997, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chesterfield County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinwiddie, VA | Few trees and power lines down. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Powhatan | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Emporia | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hopewell | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 47 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.