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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 20, 2002Gates County, Hertford County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2002, 5:24 PM EDT for Gates County, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 20, 2002, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2002, 5:50 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC

The radar

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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 Jul 20, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
NCZ012-VAZ060-065>067-079>081-087-088-202000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
307 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2002

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A PRINCE
EDWARD TO SOUTHERN PRINCE GEORGE LINE IN VIRGINIA...ON INTO PORTIONS
OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...THROUGH 400 PM.

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE IN DANGER OF BEING
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.  SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
NCZ012-VAZ087>089-092-093-202100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
420 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2002

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES
NORTH OF HOMEVILLE TO 4 MILES NORTH OF DAHLIA TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GUM FORKS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR
EMPORIA.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
   WAVERLY AND DAHLIA AT 425 PM
   LUMBERTON AND ADAMS GROVE AT 430 PM
   CLARESVILLE AND LITTLETON AT 435 PM
   JOYNER AND DREWRYVILLE AT 440 PM
   GARYSBURG AND BRYANTS CORNER AT 445 PM
   DENDRON AND WAKEFIELD AT 450 PM

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH.  IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE IN
DANGER OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.  SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE
STORMS PASS. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

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&&
LAT...LON 3708 7711 3677 7742 3664 7755 3629 7794
          3630 7736 3664 7697 3708 7653
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:46 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
NCZ012-VAZ087-092-202130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
446 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2002

...MERGING THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA...

AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEABOARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE MERGING WITH A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING
NORTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. THE
RESULTING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH AND NEARLY CONTINUOUS DEADLY LIGHTNING...AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
SOUTHEAST GREENSVILLE COUNTY...NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   SEABOARD AT 445 PM
   MARGARETTSVILLE AT 500 PM
   BRANCHVILLE AT 530 PM

RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.  IF YOU
ARE OUTSIDE AND CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE IN DANGER OF BEING STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING.  SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL AFTER THE STORMS PASS.

SAMMLER
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LAT...LON 3653 7765 3642 7748 3654 7716 3672 7743
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:20 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 11:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ31 min
Jul 20, 11:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ31 min
Jul 20, 12:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.