Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Wakefield, VA

Issued

Jun 6, 2002, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 2002, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Wakefield, VA

Area

Whole counties

County Lunenburg County, VA

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

000 
WUUS51 KAKQ 061943
SVRAKQ
VAC111-062015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
343 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LUNENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF ORAL OAKS...MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH
  ORAL OAKS AND GARY AROUND 345 PM
  KENBRIDGE AROUND 355 PM
  LAFOON CORNER AND BACONS FORK AROUND 400 PM

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS.
  WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.

$$

GINGRICH
&&
LAT...LON 3699 7834 3702 7803 3683 7804 3683 7828

NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 6, 3:15 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
315 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2002

WL NEED TO KEEP THIS SHORT AS SVR TSTMS ALREADY MOVG THRU PIEDMONT
COUNTIES. STRONG S/W MOVG THRU KY WL SPARK WIDESPREAD CNVTN...WITH
SCTD SVR STORMS...ACRS MOST CWA THRU EARLY EVE. WATCH ALREADY IN
PLACE FOR VA/MD COUNTIES.

PCPN ENDS EARLY FRI AS SFC BNDRY SLIPS S INTO NC. UPR RDG/SFC HIGH
PRES IN CONTROL THRU THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BRINGING
DRY CONDS AND NR SEASONAL TEMPS.

FCSTID =20
SBY   61  68  55  74 /  70  10   0   0
OXB   60  67  55  70 /  70  20  10  10
ECG   70  75  62  75 /  60  30  10  10
ORF   70  75  62  75 /  60  30  10  10
PHF   64  72  58  73 /  70  20   0   0
AKQ   64  75  56  79 /  70  20   0   0
RIC   61  72  54  77 /  70  10   0   0
FVX   60  72  54  77 /  70  10   0   0

.AKQ...
MD...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM.
NC...NONE.
VA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM.

CULLEN

In the hours before

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-062045-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1055 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING...

THE THREAT AREA INCLUDES...THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN
SHORE...CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.

THE TIME OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...IS MAINLY BETWEEN 4 AND 10
PM.

SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO
60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/AKQ.

CULLEN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.