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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 4, 1999City of Portsmouth, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 4, 1999, 6:36 PM EDT for City of Portsmouth, 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
Sep 4, 1999, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 1999, 6:55 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County City of Portsmouth, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 4, 11:30 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC13 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 1:11 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Hampton, City of Newport News34 min
Sep 4, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Norfolk20 min
Sep 4, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Hampton20 min
Sep 4, 6:36 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Newport News19 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 1999Every tornado warning in 1999Tornadoes in 1999

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.