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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 28, 2004Richmond County, Westmoreland County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 28, 2004, 2:17 PM EDT for Richmond County, Westmoreland County, Virginia. It was in force for 28 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 28, 2004, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2004, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 28, 11:25 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

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 Sep 27, 3:30 PM EDT, 22 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 3:30 PM EDT, 22 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 12:29 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield16 min
Sep 28, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen30 min
Sep 28, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ61 min
Sep 28, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ36 min
Sep 28, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ48 min
Sep 28, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ59 min
Sep 28, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ118 min
Sep 28, 11:44 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCamden, Pasquotank16 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.