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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2009, 5:51 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 18, 2009, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2009, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Charles City County, VA, James City County, VA, New Kent County, VA, York County, VA
The radar
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 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 Jun 18, 4:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 4:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
433 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAKENING COLD FRONT SETTLES ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...THEN
DISSIPATES EARLY FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE GULF COAST
STATES FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...USHERING IN A PERIOD OF VERY WARM
TO HOT WEATHER. A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION BY SATURDAY NIGHT.
LOW PRESSURE WILL LINGER JUST OFF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
WRMR/MR HUMID AMS HAS ARRIVED OVR FA. MUCH OF THE FA IS PSNY...W/
XCPTN TO NR THE LWR MD BCHS. MNWHL...MCS PASSING SE THROUGH ERN
KY...INTO XTRM SW VA/NW NC. CONTG TO MONITOR CNVTN DVLPG JUST N OF
FA...INVOF BWI/DCA ON S TO EZF. IS CNVTV SYS PASSING BY W OF FA
ATTM KPG CNVTV DVLPMNT ON HOLD/AT BAY? SVR WATCH OUT UNTIL 9 PM
FOR VA/MD CTYS. WL HV GENLY 40-60% POPS THROUGH ERY TNGT FOR THOSE
AREAS...20-30% POP FOR NE NC LCTNS. WK FNTL BNDRY SETTLES OVR THE
(NRN) PART OF FA BY LT TNGT...THEN DSPTS. GIVEN CONTD NW FLO
ALOFT...AND SURGE OF HOT AMS INTO THE OH VLY OVRNGT...WL NEED TO
WATCH NW OF FA FOR PTNTL CNVTV (COMPLEX) DVLPMNT...WHICH COULD
MAKE IT HERE ERY FRI (MRNG). LO TEMPS TNGT IN THE 60S TO L70S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/...
TURNING UP THE HEAT FRI/SAT. MLVL WRMFNT CRSS THE FA DURG THE
DAY FRI...OFFERING RESISTANCE E OF THE MTNS. CNVTV PTNTL APRS
LO...THOUGH ALWAYS CONCERNED ABT NW FLO ALOFT...AND HOT LLVL AMS
FM THE W. WL HOLD ONTO POPS ARND 20% FOR NOW. HI TEMPS FRI IN THE
L/M90S WELL INLAND...80S AT THE CST. INLAND...XPCTG HEAT INDICES
AVGG 95 TO 100.
VRY WRM/HUMID NGT FRI NGT...WITH LO TEMPS IN THE L/M70S FOR MANY
PLACES. DP LYRD WSWLY FLO ON SAT. COLD FRNT FM THE W TO CROSS THE
REGION IN THE LATE AFTN AND EVE HRS. DNSLPG MAY LIMIT COVERAGE OF
ANY CONVECTION...THO WITH HI TEMPS FM THE UPR 80S TO MID TO
(POSSIBLY) UPR 90S...WILL KEEP POPS ARND 30-40% N...20% S. LLVL
MIXING LIKELY TO LWR DWPTS (BY A FEW DEGS F)...ESPLY ACRS PDMNT/TO
THE I95 CORRIDOR (WHERE XPCTD HI TEMPS AT LEAST IN THE MID
90S). PTNTL HEAT INDICES AVGG 100 TO 105 DEGS F.
CDFNT PUSHES WELL E OF THE CST SAT NGT. LO PRES SFC-ALOFT DVLPS SE
OF NEW ENG ON SUN. MDLS DIFFERING IN STRNGTH/PLCMNT OF THAT LO LT
IN THE WKND. NNW FLO ALOFT OVR THE MDATLC STATES. WX SUN DEPENDENT
ON PLCMNT OF THAT LO TO THE NE OF FA. WL HV MR CLDS NE SXNS (ERN
SHR)...AND SLGT CHC POPS...P/MCLR FAR W. HI TEMPS SUN IN THE 80S TO
ARND 90.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
THE GFS KEEPS THE TROUGH AXIS/CLOSED UPPER LOW OFF THE MID ATLC
COAST THROUGH MID-WEEK..BEFORE IT DISSIPATES (GETS ENGULFED)
WITHIN THE BROADENING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. THE ECMWF MEANWHILE
CONTINUES TO BACK THE CLOSED LOW A BIT CLOSER TO THE MID ATLC
COAST MON AND TUE...AGAIN SUGGESTING THAT INCREASED CLOUDS/RAIN
CHANCES WOULD LINGER ACROSS AT LEAST THE ERN PTNS OF THE FCST
AREA. EITHER WAY...BY THE TIME THE LOW CLOSES OFF LATE SUN...
IT WILL BEGIN TO GO THROUGH A GRADUAL DECAY THROUGH MIDWEEK
AS THE BROAD...DEEP LAYER RIDGE EXPANDS INTO THE ERN CONUS. HAVE
STILL FOLLOWED THE ECMWF THAT DOES LINGER THE UPPER TROUGH CLOSER
TO THE COAST AND A LITTLE WHILE LONGER COMPARED TO THE GFS (I.E.
THROUGH THU). THUS...HAVE HELD ON TO SLIGHT CHANCE (ISOLATED) POPS
THROUGH THU. TEMPS AGAIN LOOK TO BE SEASONABLE (WITHIN A COUPLE
DEGREES OF NORMAL)...WITH HIGHS AVERAGING 80-85 AWAY FROM THE
COASTS OVER THE ERN SHORE AND MID 80S TO AROUND 90 ELSEWHERE.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
CIGS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO LIFT TODAY AS THEY HAVE REMAINED AROUND
3KFT. DAYTIME HEATING AND MIXING ARE HELPING CIGS TO GRADUALLY
LIFT AND SHOULD BE AROUND 4-6KFT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON MOST OF
THE DAY. ADDED CB GROUP FOR RIC AS SCT TS ARE DVLPING OVR
NORTHCENTRAL VA AND MOVING SE. GUSTY S WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH WITH SUNSET. EXPECT
SCT SHWRS LATE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY FRI MORNING AS WEAK COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT
WILL LEAD TO MVFR VIS (IFR NEAR SBY) AND WILL DIMINISH SHORTLY
AFTER SUNRISE FRI MORNING GIVING WAY TO VFR CONDS.
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT SOME MVFR DUE
TO HAZE OR MORNING FOG AND LOW CLOUDS ARE QUITE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
SAT WHEN DEW POINTS WILL BE IN THE LOWER 70S. PRECIP CHANCES
REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND COULD INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK
DUE TO A LOW DEVELOPING SOMEWHERE OFF THE COAST.
&&
.MARINE...
SFC LOW CONTINUES TO TRACK W TO E ACROSS THE NRN MID ATLC REGION
TONIGHT. SRLY GRADIENT FLOW HAS PICKED UP AS A RESULT...WITH SCA
CONDITIONS CURRENTLY BEING OBSERVED OVER CHES BAY AND THE NRN PTNS
OF THE MID ATLC CSTL WATERS. WIND WAVES WITH THE SRLY SURGE IS
BEING AUGMENTED SOMEWHAT BY SE SWELLS (9-10 SECOND PERIODS)...THUS
SEAS OVER THE CSTL WATERS...AT LEAST THE NRN WATERS...WILL LIKELY
BUILD TO 6-7 FT. EXPECTED CONDITIONS TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...
AS SCAS ARE SET TO EXPIRE AT 10Z (6 AM EDT).
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
TIDAL ANOMALIES OVER THE NRN BAY ROSE TO ABOUT 1.85 FT ABOVE NRML
LATE THIS AM...JUST BEFORE THE EARLY AFTN HIGH TIDE. THIS ANOMALY
WAS CLOSE TO 1 FT HIGHER THAN THE EXPECTED DEPARTURE PER THE
EXTRATROPICAL STORM SURGE GUIDANCE. SO...HAD HOISTED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY BEFORE NOON FOR AREAS NORTH OF CRISFIELD ALONG
CHES BAY AND ITS TRIBUTARIES (INCLUDING DORCHESTER...WICOMICO...AND
SOMERSET COUNTIES)...AND WILL CONTINUE THIS ADVISORY THROUGH 4 AM.
THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE HIGH TIDE LATE TONIGHT WILL BE
THE HIGHER OF THE DAILY HIGH TIDES...SO EVEN THOUGH THE TIDAL
DEPARTURE WILL BE LOWER (I.E. MORE LIKE 1 TO 1.5 FT INSTEAD OF
CLOSER TO 2 FT)...SOME MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY. FOR
GAGE AT CAMBRIDGE MARYLAND...THAT WOULD MEAN A MAXIMUM WATER
LEVEL BETWEEN 3.5 AND 4 FT (MEAN LOWER LOW WATER).
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR MDZ021>023.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR ANZ630>632.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR ANZ650-652-654.
&&
SYNOPSIS...ALB
NEAR TERM...ALB
SHORT TERM...ALB
LONG TERM...BKH
AVIATION...AM
MARINE...BKH
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 2:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 234 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 VAZ048-049-060>094-096-097-191845- 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-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- 234 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 464 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ012>016-030>032-191845- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS- 234 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ024-025-VAZ095-098>100-191845- INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-VIRGINIA BEACH- ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 234 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 464 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ021>023-191845- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET- 234 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 464 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ017-102-191845- INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- 234 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ650-652-654-191845- COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT TO 20 NM- 234 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ633-656-658-191845- CURRITUCK SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO 20 NM- 234 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630>632-191845- 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- 234 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 464 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 336 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 MDZ021-182030- DORCHESTER MD- 336 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING DORCHESTER COUNTY... AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMBRIDGE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF CHESAPEAKE BEACH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR HUDSON AT 410 PM EDT...LLOYDS AT 420 PM EDT...CAMBRIDGE AT 430 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. 44
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 347 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 VAZ075-076-182045- RICHMOND VA-WESTMORELAND VA- 347 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE NORTHERN NECK... AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLONIAL BEACH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR POTOMAC BEACH AT 400 PM EDT...COLONIAL BEACH AT 405 PM EDT...WESTMORELAND STATE PARK...AND...LERTY AT 440 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. 44
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 406 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 VAZ063-064-072-083-182100- CAROLINE VA-HANOVER VA-KING WILLIAM VA-NEW KENT VA- 406 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE REGION... AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF KING WILLIAM...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CALNO AT 410 PM EDT...ETNA MILLS AT 420 PM EDT...EPWORTH AT 425 PM EDT...POLLARDS CORNER AT 430 PM EDT...ENFIELD AT 435 PM EDT...TURPIN AT 440 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. 44
Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:01 PM EDT, 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:49 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Richmond, Westmoreland | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 65 min | |
| Jun 18, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Suffolk | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, Middlesex | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 9:48 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:23 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 16 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.