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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 28, 2006Bertie County, Hertford County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2006, 7:35 PM EDT for Bertie County, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 55 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 28, 2006, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2006, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bertie 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 28, 3:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 3:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
314 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
A BROAD SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW HAS ALLOWED SKIES TO CLEAR UP THIS
AFTERNOON AND BREEZY WINDS. HOWEVER...TROF AXIS FROM NW...WHICH
HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT BACK IN THE MIDWEST...IS CURRENTLY SETTLING
OVER OUR REGION. INTERESTING FORECAST SHAPING UP FOR THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. BROAD LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PROPAGATING FROM W TO
E JUST N OF VA. SPC HAS ISSUED WATCH FOR OUR MARYLAND COUNTIES SINCE
TRAILING EDGE OF LINE COULD REACH DOWN INTO THIS AREA. BELIEVE MOST OF
THIS IS SYNOPTICALLY ENHANCED BY AFOREMENTIONED FRONT. HOWEVER...THE
THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS TO OUR S AND E. WHEN TROF AXIS IS
FULLY SETTLED OVER OUR SE CWA BELIEVE THIS INTERACTION WILL KICK OFF
A BETTERE CHC FOR SCATTERED TSTORMS.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SATURDAY AS AXIS DISSIPATES OVER US EXPECT LOWER TEMPS (IN THE UPPER
80S)...BUT HIGHER DW PTS SO WE WONT FEEL ANY RELIEF FROM HEAT. SL
CHC TO LOW CHC OF POPS FOR THE WEEKEND. WRF AND GFS KEYING ON
SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHC FOR -TSRA IN SOUTH. RIDGE FROM PLAINS BEGINS TO
BUILD OVER REGION SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORN. THIS WILL BE THE
DOMINANT FEATURE RIGHT ON THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK NEXT
WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPS AND DW PTS TO RISE TO ABOVE NORMAL FOR
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. MEXMOS ALREADY REPORTING MAX TEMPS OF
99/100 FOR TUE AND WED.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR ALL TAF SITES ATTM. OUTSIDE OF CNVTV ACTIVITY...XPC VFR CONDS TO
PREVAIL NEXT 24 HOURS. COULD BE SOME MVFR IN HZ TOMORROW...AS WELL
AS IFR IN FOG AT KSBY TNGT. WINDS XPCD TO BE WEAKER TNGT ON
DELMARVA...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR FOG TO DVLP TNGT.

&&

.MARINE...
NO FLAGS ATTMS...ALTHO WINDS WILL BE AROUND 15 KTS NEXT 12-18 HOURS
ON THE BAY. WINDS DIMINISH AFTER TNGT...WITH NO FLAGS XPCD THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. SHOULD IN GENERAL BE GOOD BOATING CONDITIONS FROM A
WIND PERSPECTIVE THROUGH SUNDAY. HWVR...MARINERS WILL NEED TO BE
ALERT FOR TSTM ACTIVITY THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&

SHORT/LONG TERM...33
AVIATION/MARINE...SAMMLER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 6:24 AM EDT, 13 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
624 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

ANZ630>632-650-652-654-656-658-
MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-281030-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND TO CHINCOTEAGUE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO NC-VA BORDER OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM NC-VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT OUT 20 NM-
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-
624 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY...
HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 99 AND 104 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
A PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY
THROUGH MID NEXT WEEK. HEAT INDICES UP TO 110 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

FORECASTER ID
25

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHanover, Louisa16 min
Jul 28, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline46 min
Jul 28, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQEssex, Richmond27 min
Jul 28, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthumberland, Westmoreland45 min
Jul 28, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ97 min
Jul 28, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack56 min
Jul 28, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ2 hr
Jul 28, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChowan, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans64 min
Jul 28, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDorchester43 min
Jul 28, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWicomico, Worcester44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.