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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 3, 2006Currituck County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2006, 9:29 PM EDT for Currituck County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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 3, 2006, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Currituck 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 3, 8:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 8:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 5:57 AM EDT, 15 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
557 AM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-670-MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-
102-VAZ048-049-060>100-041000-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA-
CURRITUCK SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT
20 NM-
WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC FROM
20 TO 40 NM-DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-
MARYLAND BEACHES-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-
INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-
CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-
CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-
DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-
MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-
SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-
SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
557 AM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS SOUTHEAST
MARYLAND...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EASTERN
AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THE VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TODAY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICES
TO CLIMB BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON...
HIGHEST AWAY FROM THE COASTS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON INDEPENDENCE
DAY...WITH HEAT INDICES AGAIN BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES DURING
THE AFTERNOON.

OTHERWISE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. THREATS WILL INCLUDE SEVERE WIND GUSTS...
LARGE HAIL...AND FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY.

HURLEY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 8:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		44 min
Jul 4, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Nottoway	43 min
Jul 4, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg	28 min
Jul 4, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		91 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2006 Every 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.