Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 10:21 PM EDT for Westmoreland County, Virginia. It was in force for 19 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
- Apr 8, 1998, 10:21 PM EDT (02:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1998, 10:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Westmoreland County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 8, 9:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 9:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 8, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 17 min |
| Apr 8, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 20 min |
| Apr 8, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex | 19 min |
| Apr 8, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 19 min |
| Apr 9, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, City of Richmond | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King William | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico, New Kent | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen | 17 min |
| Apr 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Richmond | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Middlesex | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 18 min |
| Apr 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York | 21 min |
| Apr 9, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 21 min |
| Apr 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mathews | 19 min |
| Apr 9, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 19 min |
| Apr 9, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 17 min |
| Apr 9, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Newport News | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Somerset | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Worcester | 16 min |
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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.