Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1998, 6:39 PM EDT for Caroline County, Virginia. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports 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 4, 1998, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1998, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Caroline County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:03 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Ladysmith, VA | |
| May 4, 7:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Bowling Green, VA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 4:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 31 min |
| May 4, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 33 min |
| May 4, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland | 30 min |
| May 4, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland | 33 min |
| May 4, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York | 34 min |
| May 4, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | New Kent | 32 min |
| May 4, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 32 min |
| May 4, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King William | 31 min |
| May 4, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 36 min |
| May 4, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico, City of Richmond | 35 min |
| May 4, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen | 33 min |
| May 4, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex | 36 min |
| May 4, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 35 min |
| May 4, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex | 15 min |
| May 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 35 min |
| May 4, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 28 min |
| May 4, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.