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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 2, 2008Gloucester County, King and Queen County, Middlesex County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 5:06 PM EDT for Gloucester County, King and Queen County, Middlesex County, Virginia. It was in force for 29 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: Aug 2, 2008, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2008, 5:35 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Gloucester County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, Middlesex County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 2, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 Aug 2, 4:23 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 4:23 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 4:21 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 2:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
248 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0244 PM     HAIL             DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK        36.72N 76.59W
08/02/2008  M0.75 INCH       CITY OF SUFFOLK    VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            JUST SOUTH OF MAIN HAIL CORE.

&&

BJACKSON

Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
305 PM EDT SAT AUG 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0235 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK   36.73N 76.60W
08/02/2008                   CITY OF SUFFOLK    VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK ALONG HWY 58
            FROM MURPHYS MILL RD TO GODWIN BLVD.

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Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:08 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 2, 4:56 PM EDT, 10 minutes 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
Aug 2, 1:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight	35 min
Aug 2, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	26 min
Aug 2, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		57 min
Aug 2, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Suffolk	55 min
Aug 2, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth	49 min
Aug 2, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		61 min
Aug 2, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Louisa	65 min
Aug 2, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester	39 min
Aug 2, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		93 min
Aug 2, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		61 min
Aug 2, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack	53 min
Aug 2, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	45 min
Aug 2, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		65 min
Aug 2, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico	67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.