Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2008, 5:02 PM EDT for Hanover County, King William County, Virginia. It was in force for 43 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
- May 31, 2008, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hanover County, VA, King William County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa | 47 min |
| May 31, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 80 min |
| May 31, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 97 min | |
| May 31, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King William, Louisa, Powhatan and 1 more | 63 min |
| May 31, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 20 min |
| May 31, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 57 min | |
| May 31, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William, Richmond, Westmoreland | 63 min |
| May 31, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William | 23 min |
| May 31, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 88 min | |
| May 31, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 114 min | |
| May 31, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 2 hr | |
| May 31, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | King and Queen | 17 min |
| May 31, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King William | 28 min |
| May 31, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 117 min | |
| May 31, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 71 min |
| May 31, 5:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Richmond, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, King William | 18 min |
| May 31, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 73 min |
| May 31, 6:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Accomack | 3 hr |
| May 31, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 114 min | |
| May 31, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent | 52 min |
| May 31, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 2 hr | |
| May 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 90 min |
| May 31, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 113 min | |
| May 31, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mathews | 20 min |
| May 31, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 83 min | |
| May 31, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester | 81 min |
| May 31, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 54 min |
| May 31, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester | 39 min |
| May 31, 4:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester | 3 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.