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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 8, 2004Prince George County, City of Hopewell, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2004, 2:41 PM EDT for Prince George County, City of Hopewell, Virginia. It was in force for 19 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 8, 2004, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2004, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties City of Hopewell, VA, Prince George County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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 nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2004-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 240 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2004-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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 8, 9:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 9:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 5:30 AM EDT, 9 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
530 AM EDT THU JUL 08 2004

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-090900-
ACCOMACK VA-AMELIA VA-BERTIE NC-BRUNSWICK VA-CAMDEN NC-CAROLINE VA-
CHARLES CITY VA-CHESAPEAKE VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-CHOWAN NC-
CUMBERLAND VA-DINWIDDIE VA-DORCHESTER MD-EASTERN CURRITUCK NC-
ESSEX VA-FLUVANNA VA-GATES NC-GLOUCESTER VA-GOOCHLAND VA-
GREENSVILLE VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-HERTFORD NC-INLAND WORCESTER MD-
ISLE OF WIGHT VA-JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA-
LANCASTER VA-LOUISA VA-LUNENBURG VA-MARYLAND BEACHES MD-MATHEWS VA-
MECKLENBURG VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NEW KENT VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-
NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-NORTHAMPTON VA-NORTHAMPTON NC-
NORTHUMBERLAND VA-NOTTOWAY VA-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC-
POWHATAN VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-RICHMOND VA-
SOMERSET MD-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SUFFOLK VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA-
VIRGINIA BEACH VA-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC-WESTMORELAND VA-WICOMICO MD-
YORK VA-
530 AM EDT THU JUL 08 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT LATER
TODAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMMAGING WINDS. SEE SPSAKQ FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.

FORECASTER ID
44

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): HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/AKQ.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:55 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:19 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
219 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004

VAZ070-081>083-090-081845-
CHARLES CITY VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-JAMES CITY VA-NEW KENT VA-PRINCE
GEORGE VA-
219 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ORGANIZING IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF
CHESTERFIELD AND HENRICO COUNTIES...

AT 217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ROXBURY TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
NEAR COLONIAL HEIGHTS AROUND 235 PM EDT...HOPEWELL AROUND 240 PM
EDT...AND CHARLES CITY AROUND 245 PM EDT

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AREAS.

SAMMLER
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:26 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
226 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004

MDZ021>023-081915-
DORCHESTER MD-SOMERSET MD-WICOMICO MD-
226 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004

...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN SOMERSET...SOUTHWEST WICOMICO
AND SOUTHERN DORCHESTER COUNTIES...

AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN ST. MARYS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7
MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CROCHERON AT 250 PM EDT...DEAL ISLAND AT
300 PM EDT...DAMES QUARTER...AND...WATERVIEW AT 305 PM EDT...MOUNT
VERNON...AND...MONIE AT 310 PM EDT...ORIOLE...AND...CHAMP AT 315 PM
EDT.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW
LYING AREAS. MARINERS ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BETWEEN DRUM POINT AND
SMITH ISLAND SHOULD HEAD TO SAFE PORT UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.

SAMMLER
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:37 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
237 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004

VAZ079-081900-
BRUNSWICK VA-
237 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO BRUNSWICK COUNTY...

AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR PRICES MILL AT 240
PM EDT...COCHRAN AT 245 PM EDT...ALBERTA AT 250 PM EDT...DOLPHIN AT
300 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

SAMMLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ71 min
Jul 7, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ71 min
Jul 8, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ60 min
Jul 8, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ60 min
Jul 8, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ30 min
Jul 8, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ45 min
Jul 7, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCurrituck21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.