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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 29, 20107 counties in North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2010, 4:13 PM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2010, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2010, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2010-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2160 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2010-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 29, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
310 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION FROM THE
NORTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...THEN BECOME CENTERED OFF THE SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND COAST SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SURFACE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO NORTHERN VA/CENTRAL
MD. ALONG/AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND PUSH SOUTHEASTWARD FROM NORTHERN VA EASTWARD TO THE
LOWER EASTERN SHORE. A LARGE PORTION OF OUR AREA...CENTRAL VA TO
THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE REMAINS IN A SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL 7PM. AS
THE FRONT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THIS
EVENING...WILL SEE A LARGER CONCENTRATION OF TSTMS DEVELOP
SOUTHWARD INTO OUR CWA. SO FAR CONVECTION LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE
MOST PRONOUNCED EAST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR...WITH RICHMOND AND
POINTS SOUTHWEST OF KRIC BEING IN THE RIP-OFF ZONE DUE TO MORE OF
A DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT TO THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW. THERE IS PLENTY OF
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE/INSTABILITY IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING WHICH WILL ALLOW TSTMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ALMOST ANYWHERE. HOWEVER...THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERE WX WILL
REMAIN OVER OUR NORTHERN ZONES INTO THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE WHERE
DYNAMICS ARE BETTER IN VICINITY OF THE COLD FRONT. HAVE HIGHEST
POPS THROUGH SUNSET FROM THE NORTHERN/MIDDLE PENINSULA EASTWARD
INTO THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE...THEN ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN
VA/NORTHEAST NC BETWEEN 00Z-06Z FRI AS THE FRONT PASSES.

THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH WELL SOUTH OF OUR CWA BY 12Z FRI. BASED
ON THE LATEST MODEL PROJECTIONS HAVE CONTINUED TO LINGER POPS OVER
E/SE AREAS (ESPECIALLY THROUGH 06Z). EXPECTING QUICK CLEARING
BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT/EARLY FRI AM AS THE HIGH BUILDS IN
FROM THE OH VLY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID-60S IN THE
EASTERN PIEDMONT TO MID-70S IN SE VA/NE NC.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
FRIDAY...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL ALLOW FOR DRY WEATHER...EXCEPT
FOR MAYBE A STRAY SEABREEZE INDUCED SHWR/TSTM OVER NE NC. NOT TOO
CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY...SO HAVE ONLY GHOSTS POPS
(<15%). HIGH TEMPS WILL DROP BACK SLIGHTLY INTO THE 80S TO NR 90
ON FRIDAY AS MODEL THICKNESSES LOWER IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD
FRONT.

SATURDAY...
HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EASTWARD OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC
COAST BY LATE IN THE DAY. WITH THE HIGH TO OUR EAST...THE
LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL TURN MORE TO THE SOUTH...EXCEPT REMAINING E OR
SE AT THE COAST. THIS WILL USHER SOME MOISTURE/CLOUDS UP FROM THE
CAROLINAS...PARTICULARLY INTO OUR WESTERN ZONES NEAREST THE
MTNS/FOOTHILLS. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS ANY TSTMS THAT DEVELOP
WILL REMAIN CONFINED TO THE MTNS/FOOTHILLS AND THUS HAVE ONLY ISOLATED
POPS IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR EXTREME WESTERN COUNTIES. WHAT WE WILL
SEE IS AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE DAY. HIGHS WILL BE
IN THE UPPER 80S/LOW 90S.

SUNDAY...
MODELS SHOW A SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSING THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC
REGION ON SUNDAY...WITH A FAIRLY DECENT MOISTURE TAP FROM THE
SOUTH. MODELS ARE PICKING UP ON A GOOD POSSIBILITY OF SHRS/TSTMS
THAT DAY...BUT DO NOT WON'T TO GO OVERBOARD ATTM. HAVE CONTINUED
WITH SOLID CHC POPS (30-40%) ALL AREAS ON SUNDAY. TEMPS WERE ALSO HELD
BELOW 90 DEGREES ALL AREAS DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE CLOUD COVER AND
GOOD CHANCE OF PRECIP.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
LATEST 12Z RUNS OF THE GFS/ECMWF REMAIN SIMILAR IN THE OVERALL MID
LVL PATTERN ALTHOUGH WITH THE ECMWF CONTINUING TO BE MUCH MORE
AMPLIFIED BY MON/TUE WHEN IT DEVELOPS A CUTOFF LOW OFF THE VA/NC
COAST. EVEN THOUGH THIS SEEMS UNUSUAL FOR LATE JULY...THE GFS HAS
TRENDED TWDS THE ECMWF IN THIS REGARD...AND THE ECMWF HAS BEEN
FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH THIS OVER ITS PAST SEVERAL RUNS (AND HAS
PERFORMED WELL THUS FAR THIS SUMMER). HAVE THERFORE FAVORED A
SOLN A BIT CLOSER TO THE ECMWF. SAT NGT...BUMPED POPS UP TO CHC
FOR THE PIEDMNT/SCHC FARTHER EAST AS BOTH MODELS SHOW GOOD
OVERRUNNING/700-850MB WAA PATTERN AND SE FLOW AT THE SFC (IF
TRENDS CONTINUE POPS WILL NEED TO BE INCREASED FURTHER). HAVE
BROAD-BRUSHED 12-HR POPS OF 30-40% CHANCES FOR SHWRS/TSTMS
SUNDAY/SUNDAY NGT/AND AGAIN MON. THIS IS ABOVE CL IMO FOR A
CHANGE...COULD WE BE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT PATTERN SHIFT? HAVE ALSO
UNDERCUT MEX GDNC HIGH TEMPS BY ABOUT 5 F DUE TO MORE CLOUDS AND
ELY FLOW...THIS YIELDS HIGH MAINLY IN THE MI-UPR 80S AS OPPOSED TO
THE LWR 90S ADVERTISED BY THE MEX NUMBERS.

THE BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND THE MID/UPR LVL LOW SHOULD BE EAST
OF THE AREA BY TUE (ECMWF IS PROBABLY A BIT TOO SLOW AND AMPLIFIED)...SO
HAVE THEN DIMINISHED POPS TO <20% AND EXPECT TO SEE TEMPERATURES
WARM BACK INTO THE 90S OVER THE INTERIOR.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
CURRENTLY VFR AT ALL TAF SITES. AS COLD FRONT NEARS EXPECT
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST THEN MOVE TO THE SOUTH AND
EAST. THUNDERSTORMS THAT IMPACT TAF SITES COULD BRINGS STRONG
WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND LOWERED CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES.
CONDITIONS COULD APPROACH MVFR OR IFR IN STRONGER STORMS.

THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS
EVENING SHIFTING THE WINDS FROM THE SW TO THE N. FOG COULD BE AN
ISSUE FRIDAY MORNING IF ANY TAF SITES RECEIVE RAIN TODAY AND HAVE
LIGHT/CALM WINDS OVERNIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AS HIGH
PRESSURE TAKES OVER ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM COULD IMPACT THE AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT.

&&

.MARINE...
FAIRLY WEAK GRADIENT IN SW FLO AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS
AFTN/ERLY EVENG. MODELS NOT SHOWING MUCH WIND IN THE WAKE OF THE
COLD FRONT FRI MRNG...BUT THIS IS PROBABLY UNDERDONE CONSIDERING
THE FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMIC SETUP WHEN 850MB TEMPS DROP OFF TO
14-16C AND MIXING INCREASES. TOO EARLY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF
FLAGS...AS WILL CAP NE WNDS AT 15 KT IN THE BAY AND 15 TO 20 KT AT
THE CST ERLY FRI...AS HI PRES BLDS IN FM THE NNE. BEYOND THIS...A
FAIRLY QUIET PATTERN LATER FRI INTO SAT...AS SFC HI BLDS OVR THE
NE STATES/NEAR MID ATLC. MORE UNCERTAIN FOR SUN/MON AND MODELS
SEEM TO BE NARROWING IN ON A SOLN THAT DEPICTS SFC HI OFF THE NEW
ENGLAND CST...AND AT LEAST A TROF OF LO PRES MOVNG INTO AND ACRS
THE AREA...RESULTING IN SE OR S FLO MAINLY LESS THAN 15 KT.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...JDM
NEAR TERM...JDM
SHORT TERM...JDM
LONG TERM...LKB
AVIATION...DAP
MARINE...LKB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 12:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1231 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>064-066>078-080>086-089-090-099-100-301645-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-
LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-
KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-
DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-
MATHEWS-SURRY-JAMES CITY-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
1231 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 548 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF
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...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ065-079-087-088-091>098-301645-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-MECKLENBURG-BRUNSWICK-
GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-
NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-
VIRGINIA BEACH-
1231 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER
BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA
OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. A FEW
STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.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.

ANZ630-631-650-652-654-301645-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA-
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-
1231 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 548 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY AND 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.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

ANZ632-633-656-658-301645-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA-
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-
1231 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.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, Jul 29, 2:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:38 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
338 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

MDZ021>025-292030-
DORCHESTER MD-INLAND WORCESTER MD-MARYLAND BEACHES MD-SOMERSET
MD-WICOMICO MD-
338 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN
SHORE WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
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.

LAT...LON 3803 7523 3803 7527 3823 7516 3801 7539
      3795 7605 3823 7607 3852 7635 3854 7634
      3850 7633 3863 7629 3857 7604 3870 7584
      3865 7571 3846 7570 3845 7509 3836 7509
      3845 7505

ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:38 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
338 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

VAZ049-292015-
LOUISA VA-
338 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS LOUISA COUNTY...

AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BOSWELLS TAVERN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF
LOUISA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
BYRD MILL AT 345 PM EDT...LOUISA AT 355 PM EDT...LOUISA AIRPORT AT
400 PM EDT...MINERAL AT 410 PM EDT...CUCKOO...AND...PENDLETON AT 415
PM EDT.

EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THE RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL
MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3813 7819 3814 7817 3814 7815 3804 7775
      3803 7773 3783 7794 3786 7799 3790 7803
      3794 7815 3799 7825

44
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:08 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
408 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

VAZ048-292045-
FLUVANNA VA-
408 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING FLUVANNA COUNTY...

AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF LAKE MONTICELLO...OR ABOUT 13
MILES WEST OF PALMYRA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ANTIOCH...AND...NAHOR AT 425 PM EDT...
CUNNINGHAM AT 435 PM EDT...CENTRAL PLAINS AT 440 PM EDT...COHASSET AT
445 PM EDT.

EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THE RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL
MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3801 7831 3798 7824 3795 7820 3794 7814
      3790 7807 3782 7812 3769 7824 3771 7832
      3773 7836 3773 7838 3780 7850

44
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 4:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
413 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

NCZ013>017-030>032-292115-
BERTIE NC-CAMDEN NC-CHOWAN NC-GATES NC-HERTFORD NC-PASQUOTANK
NC-PERQUIMANS NC-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC-
413 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING AND DEVELOPING OVER
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS. PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS
ALSO POSSIBLE. 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.

LAT...LON 3607 7733 3647 7708 3655 7717 3655 7591
      3654 7601 3611 7579 3607 7579 3629 7615
      3628 7620 3619 7607 3615 7606 3623 7632
      3612 7658 3600 7655 3626 7670 3593 7670
      3581 7689

ZIMMERMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline42 min
Jul 29, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ47 min
Jul 29, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ60 min
Jul 29, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthumberland61 min
Jul 29, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ38 min
Jul 29, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWestmoreland47 min
Jul 29, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa37 min
Jul 29, 4:05 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ24 hr
Jul 29, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna37 min
Jul 29, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGoochland, Hanover51 min
Jul 29, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ87 min
Jul 29, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ43 min
Jul 29, 4:49 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach26 min
Jul 29, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSouthampton, Sussex55 min
Jul 29, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, James City, City of Williamsburg37 min
Jul 29, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ95 min
Jul 29, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond46 min
Jul 29, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan53 min
Jul 29, 5:14 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach31 min
Jul 29, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLancaster, Middlesex67 min
Jul 29, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChesterfield, Dinwiddie, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg43 min
Jul 29, 5:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach114 min
Jul 29, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ58 min
Jul 29, 5:38 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach37 min
Jul 29, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Prince George, City of Petersburg37 min
Jul 29, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie32 min
Jul 29, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ71 min
Jul 29, 6:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQYork, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson and 2 more93 min
Jul 29, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack, Northampton62 min
Jul 29, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ95 min
Jul 29, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQYork31 min
Jul 29, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach31 min
Jul 29, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ92 min
Jul 29, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach53 min
Jul 29, 7:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach86 min
Jul 29, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ113 min
Jul 29, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGates, Hertford60 min
Jul 29, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHertford, Northampton55 min
Jul 29, 12:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico64 min
Jul 29, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico, Worcester59 min
Jul 29, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico, Worcester61 min
Jul 29, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSomerset, Wicomico49 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.