Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2002, 6:31 PM EDT for Albemarle County, City of Charlottesville, Virginia. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 4, 2002, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2002, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:00 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Crozet, VA | Golf ball sized hail dented over 100 cars. |
| Jun 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Hail 4.5 | Free Union, VA | Solfball sized hail fell. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
835 WFUS51 KLWX 042231 TORLWX VAC003-540-042315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 630 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER FREE UNION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... FREE UNION AT 632 PM CHARLOTTESVILLE AT 652 PM IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. $$ LAT...LON 3825 7864 3811 7878 3785 7841 3803 7824 HTS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Rockingham | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 44 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.