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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 20, 2003Henrico County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2003, 5:02 PM EDT for Henrico County, Virginia. It was in force for 18 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, 2003, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2003, 5:20 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henrico County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 2:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
222 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2003

CURRENT FCST IN GOOD SHAPE...AND NO MAJOR CHGS TO PREVIOUS
GRIDS/TEXT PRODUCTS. MDLS IN GENL AGREEMENT ON SCENARIO NEXT 3-5
DAYS...AS UPR TROF AMPLIFIES OVER ERN U.S.. ASSOCD SLOW MOVG CDFNT
WILL MOVE ACRS RGN DURG THE TUE-FRI TIME FRAME. MAIN QUESTION TO BE
ANSWERED IS HOW MUCH RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY FROPA. BOTH ETA/GFS FAIRLY
WET...SUGG TRPCL/SUBTRPCL MSTR WILL GEN ENTRAINED ALG/AHD CDFNT.
HAVE THUS PAINTED A FAIRLY WET PICTURE STARTING TUE...AND ENDING
FROM WEST TO EAST THU NGT/FRI.

TNGT-TUE...MAINLY CLR TNGT...WITH PATCHY FOG DVLPG. HWVR...XPC FOG
TO BE LESS WIDESPREAD TNGT DUE TO INCRG GRADIENT. AT LEAST PTLY
SUNNY XPCD MON WITH TEMPS 3-6 DEG ABV NORMAL MOST AREAS. PTLY CLDY
MON NGT WITH MOST AREAS NOT GETTING BLO 70. SOME SUGGESTION ON BOTH
GFS/ETA THAT THERE IS A CHC OF SHWRS/TSTMS...BUT NOT CONFIDENT
ENOUGH TO ADD ATTM. TUE...MORE CLDS XPCD...CHC SHWRS/TSTMS ABT ANY
TIME...WITH TEMPS A COUPLE DEG COOLER THAN MON.

DAY 6/7...WOULD LIKE TO HAVE GOTTEN A LOOK AT GFS BEYOND 120
HRS...AS WAVY FNTL BNDRY STILL CLOSE TO RGN...AND MDLS HAVE RECENTLY
HAD A DFCLT TIME WITH SUCH BNDRYS. HWVR...COMMS PROBLEMS AT NCEP
PREVENTED A LOOK AT XTNDD 12Z GFS...SO LEANED ON LAST NGTS MRF FOR
GUIDANCE. ATTM...THINK FRI WILL BE A MAINLY DRY DAY WITH TEMPS AT OR
SLGTLY BLO NORMALS.

AVN...GENLY VFR NEXT 24 HRS...XCP FOR SOME PATCHY FOG /LCL MVFR/
TNGT.

MARINE...NO FLAGS...BUT INCRG SWLY GRADIENT MON NGT AND TUE SHOULD
BE SUF FOR SCA DURG THAT TIME.

FCSTID =   59
SBY   64  92  70  90 /   0   0  10  40
OXB   71  86  73  85 /   0   0  10  40
ECG   73  92  76  89 /   0   0  10  40
ORF   72  93  77  90 /   0   0  10  40
PHF   70  91  73  89 /   0   0  10  40
AKQ   68  93  72  90 /   0   0  10  40
RIC   69  93  72  89 /   0   0  10  40
FVX   68  93  71  89 /   0   0  10  40

.AKQ...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.

SAMMLER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 5:30 AM EDT, 11 hours 32 minutes before

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-201600-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
530 AM EDT SUN JUL 20 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...AND
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
WAKEFIELD, VA CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING
(LOWER CASE): WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/AKQ.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Henrico	28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.