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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 28, 2001Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2001, 12:10 AM EDT for Worcester County, Maryland. It was in force for 35 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
Aug 28, 2001, 12:10 AM EDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2001, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Worcester County, MD

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 Aug 27, 10:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 10:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 6:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
MDZ023>025-VAZ086-099-100-272330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
646 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2001

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR THE EASTERN SHORE...

AT 645 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH TO
ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAMPTON VIRGINIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST 25 MPH...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SPREADING INTO PORTIONS OF
SOMERSET AND SOUTHERN WORCHESTER COUNTIES IN MARYLAND...AND THE
VIRGINIAS EASTERN SHORE THROUGH 730 PM. THE STORMS WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AVERAGING ABOUT
1 INCH...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 30 TO 40 MPH.

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 7:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD,VA
729 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0529 PM    SALUDA                    VA   WIND DAMAGE
08/27/01   MIDDLESEX                      TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWNREPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0600 PM    GLOUCESTER                VA   WIND DAMAGE
08/27/01   GLOUCESTER                     TREES DOWN RTE 610, RTE
                                          601 AND RT 17 AT HOWARDS
                                          LANEREPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0630 PM    WILLIAMSBURG              VA   .75 INCH HAIL
08/27/01   WILLIAMSBURG                  REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0640 PM    YORKTOWN                  VA   WIND DAMAGE
08/27/01   YORK                           TREES DOWN MULTIPLE
                                          LOCATIONS ALONG COLONIAL
                                          PARKWAYREPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0640 PM    YORKTOWN                  VA   68 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
08/27/01   YORK                           MEASURED ON COLEMAN BRIDGE
                                          CONNECTING YORK COUNTY TO
                                          GLOUCESTER COUNTYREPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
Local storm report, Aug 27, 8:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD,VA
802 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0750 PM    FIFE                      VA   .75 INCH HAIL
08/27/01   GOOCHLAND                      REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 8:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
VAZ070-071-080>083-280100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
858 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2001

...THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR THE I 95 CORRIDOR FROM RICHMOND TO
PETERSBURG...

AT 856 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A DEVELOPING
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. THE LEADING
EDGE OF THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF RICHMOND TO JUST EAST OF BLACKSTONE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST
25 MPH...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE I 95 CORRIDOR FROM NEAR
RICHMOND TO AROUND AND JUST SOUTH OF PETERSBURG BETWEEN 915 AND 945
PM. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH IN STRONGER STORMS...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RAINFALL WILL
AVERAGE 3/4 TO 1 INCH. WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS DUE TO THE
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 10:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Dinwiddie, City of Colonial Heights39 min
Aug 27, 9:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQKing and Queen, King William36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.