Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1998, 9:21 PM EDT for Camden County, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 9, 1998, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1998, 9:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Camden County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 9:25 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Elizabeth City, NC |
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.
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 9, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
VAZ063-071>073-078-081>086-089>091-093-094-092310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 610 PM EDT THU APR 9 1998 ...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 605 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF I95 FROM RICHMOND TO AROUND PETERSBURG ON EAST TO THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA ABOUT 730 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH MAY FLOOD QUICKLY IN VERY HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
VAZ063-071>073-078-081>086-089>091-093-094-092310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 610 PM EDT THU APR 9 1998 ...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 605 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF I95 FROM RICHMOND TO AROUND PETERSBURG ON EAST TO THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA ABOUT 730 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 OR 45 MPH...IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH MAY FLOOD QUICKLY IN VERY HEAVY RAIN. ALBRIGHT
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
VAZ063-071>073-078-081>086-089>091-093-094-092310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 610 PM EDT THU APR 9 1998 ...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 605 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF I95 FROM RICHMOND TO AROUND PETERSBURG ON EAST TO THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA ABOUT 730 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH MAY FLOOD QUICKLY IN VERY HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
VAZ063-071>073-078-081>086-089>091-093-094-092310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 610 PM EDT THU APR 9 1998 ...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 605 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF I95 FROM RICHMOND TO AROUND PETERSBURG ON EAST TO THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA ABOUT 730 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 OR 45 MPH...IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH MAY FLOOD QUICKLY IN VERY HEAVY RAIN. ALBRIGHT
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
VAZ095-097-098-092335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 647 PM EDT THU APR 9 1998 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA... AT 647 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A COUPLE CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA... FROM ABOUT THE WESTERN PART OF THE NEWPORT NEWS SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE PORTSMOUTH...NORFOLK AREAS BY 710 PM...THEN INTO SECTIONS OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA BEACH AND CHESAPEAKE BY 725 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ALBRIGHT
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
VAZ095-097-098-092335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 647 PM EDT THU APR 9 1998 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA... AT 647 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A COUPLE CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA... FROM ABOUT THE WESTERN PART OF THE NEWPORT NEWS SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE PORTSMOUTH...NORFOLK AREAS BY 710 PM...THEN INTO SECTIONS OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA BEACH AND CHESAPEAKE BY 725 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ALBRIGHT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 17 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.