Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2004, 4:08 AM EDT for Accomack County, Virginia. It was in force for 22 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 26, 2004, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2004, 4:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Accomack County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 36 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
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 May 26, 2:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 12:10 PM EDT, 15 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1210 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>098-261000- AMELIA VA-BERTIE NC-BRUNSWICK VA-CAMDEN NC-CAROLINE VA- CHARLES CITY VA-CHESAPEAKE VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-CHOWAN NC- CUMBERLAND VA-DINWIDDIE VA-EASTERN CURRITUCK NC-ESSEX VA-FLUVANNA VA- GATES NC-GLOUCESTER VA-GOOCHLAND VA-GREENSVILLE VA-HANOVER VA- HENRICO VA-HERTFORD NC-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-JAMES CITY VA- KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA-LANCASTER VA-LOUISA VA- LUNENBURG VA-MATHEWS VA-MECKLENBURG VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NEW KENT VA- NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-NORTHAMPTON NC- NORTHUMBERLAND VA-NOTTOWAY VA-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC- POWHATAN VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-RICHMOND VA- SOUTHAMPTON VA-SUFFOLK VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA-VIRGINIA BEACH VA- WESTERN CURRITUCK NC-WESTMORELAND VA-YORK VA- 1210 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL...EAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORM WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVIATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. MDZ021>025-VAZ099-100-261000- ACCOMACK VA-DORCHESTER MD-INLAND WORCESTER MD-MARYLAND BEACHES MD- NORTHAMPTON VA-SOMERSET MD-WICOMICO MD- 1210 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE. .DAY ONE...TODAY... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORM WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVIATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. CULLEN
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 12:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1254 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1125 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 SW KILMARNOCK 37.65N 76.46W
05/25/2004 LANCASTER VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
BOAT HOUSES DAMAGED AT IRVINGTON MARINA. POWER LINES DOWN
IN TOWN OF IRVINGTON.
&&
DRSpecial weather statement, May 26, 1:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 113 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2004 VAZ070-071-081-082-260545- CHARLES CITY VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-HENRICO VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA- 113 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 113 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF BROKEN THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF ROXBURY TO COLONIAL HEIGHTS...OR FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHLAND SPRINGS TO CHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ROXBURY AROUND 130 AM EDT...CHARLES CITY AROUND 140 AM EDT OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE FORT LEE AND HOPEWELL. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTHING IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. 44
Special weather statement, May 26, 1:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 148 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2004 VAZ081>083-090-260615- CHARLES CITY VA-JAMES CITY VA-NEW KENT VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA- 148 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 148 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY TO FORT LEE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TOANO AROUND 200 AM EDT..NORGE AROUND 205 AM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE HOPEWELL AND PETERSBURG. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. 44
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 241 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2004 VAZ081-082-084-090-091-260715- CHARLES CITY VA-GLOUCESTER VA-JAMES CITY VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-YORK VA- 241 AM EDT WED MAY 26 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE MIDDLE PENINSULA... AT 241 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHARLES CITY TO WILLIAMSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR QUEENS LAKE AROUND 250 AM EDT...TOANO AROUND 300 AM EDT... GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE AROUND 315 AM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE NORGE. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. 44
Special weather statement, May 26, 3:11 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 52 min | |
| May 25, 11:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 44 min | |
| May 26, 4:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 31 min | |
| May 26, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 36 min | |
| May 26, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Powhatan | 33 min |
| May 26, 7:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Goochland | 37 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.