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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 10, 2014Brunswick County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2014, 11:21 AM EDT for Brunswick County, Virginia. It was in force for 54 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 10, 2014, 11:21 AM EDT (15:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2014, 12:15 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

County Brunswick County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2014-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 340 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2014-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
340 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1039 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 10, 6:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
650 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS OVER THE REGION TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THIS BOUNDARY
TONIGHT THEN PUSHES OFFSHORE FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH
ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THIS WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
LATEST MSAS SHOWING FRONTAL BNDRY NOW STALLED ACROSS THE FA WITH A
WEAK SFC TROF ALONG THE COAST. LATEST RADAR SHOWING SHWRS/TSTRMS
CONTG TO DVLP ALONG THE COAST WITH SCNDRY BATCH OF LIGHTER PCPN
APPRCHG WRN CNTYS FROM THE WEST. ADJUSTED MORNING GRIDS A BIT MORE
TOWARD THESE CURRENT CNDTNS.

PVS DSCN:
MODELS AGREE THE FRONT STALLS ACROSS SERN PORTIONS OF FA LATER
TODAY DUE TO A FLATTENING WSW FLOW ALOFT BCMG PARALLEL TO THE
BOUNDARY. WHERE THE MODELS DIFFER IS WHAT THIS BOUNDARY DOES ONCE
A WEAK S/W APPROACHES FROM THE SW BY THIS EVENING. NAM MOST
AGGRESSIVE IN RETROGRADING THE BOUNDARY TO NEAR THE I95 CORRIDOR
FOCUSING THE CONVECTION THERE. GFS/SREF HAVE IT MEANDERING AROUND
THE COASTAL PLAIN AREAS...FOCUSING CONVECTION ACROSS SERN AREAS.

TOSSED AROUND THE IDEA OF A FF WATCH FOR SERN VA/NE NC LATER TODAY
AND TONIGHT GIVEN DUAL POLE ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3.5 IN (WHICH HAS
VERIFIED BY GROUND REPORTS) AND AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 TO 2.5 IN OF QPF.
HOWEVER...MY CONFIDENCE LOWERED AFTER SEEING THE 00Z GUIDANCE WHERE
THE NAM PUSHES AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL WEST OF WHERE ANY WATCH
WOULD BE GIVEN THE RECENT RAINFALL AND WHERE IT HAS BEEN RATHER
DRY OF LATE (I95 CORRIDOR) WHILE THE GFS ACTUALLY HAS THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL AFTER 00Z TONIGHT. DECIDED TO HOLD OFF AN ANY FF WATCH
ATTM (FF GUID FOR THOSE AREAS AOA 2 IN PER HR)...BUT MENTIONED
THE LCLLY HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT IN HWO. LEANED TOWARD A SREF TIMING
SOLN WITH THIS PACKAGE WHICH SEEMS TO BE A COMPROMISE BTWN THE MODELS.

GIVEN THE ABOVE SCENARIO...HAVE EXPANDED THE LIKELY POPS A BIT FURTHER
NORTH THIS AFTRN BUT KEPT CHC POPS ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF FA. ALSO
KEPT THE CHC POPS ACROSS WRN HALF OF FA THIS MORNING GIVEN BATCH OF
PCPN MOVG NE FROM WRN NC. HIGHS M-U80S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY/...
S/W ENERGY TRACKS NE ALONG THE BNDRY TONIGHT. THIS WILL NOT ONLY
ENHANCE CONVECTION CHCS THIS EVENING BUT SHOULD KEEP THE THREAT OF
PCPN GOING THROUGH THE NIGHT. HIGHEST POPS ACROSS SERN AREAS GIVEN A
SREF SOLN. POPS WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO BE RAISED FURTHER WEST IF NAM
VERIFIES. LOWS M60S-L70S.

SYSTEM LINGERS ALONG COASTAL AREAS FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE SLOWLY
EXITING OFF THE COAST DURING THE AFTRN. DATA SHOWS PLNTY OF MSTR
ARND ALONG WITH SOME INSTABILITY TO INCLUDE CHC POPS THROUGH THE
DAY WITH THE HIGHEST POPS SERN AREAS. HIGHS GNRLY IN THE M80S.
SCT EVENING POPS FRI NIGHT...OTW BCMG PT CLDY. LOWS 65-70.

MODELS INDICATING THE FRONT WASHES OUT / DISSIPATES ACROSS THE AREA
SAT. KEPT A 20-30% POP OVER THE FAR NW AND IN SE VA/NE NC. PARTLY
SUNNY WITH HIGHS IN THE M-U80S.

QPF NXT 72 HRS AVGG 2/3RDS TO 1 IN ACROSS NWRN AREAS...1 TO 1.5
IN ACROSS CNTRL AREAS...1.5 TO 2.5 ACROSS SERN VA/NE NC.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AMPLIFIED UPPER FLOW OVER THE HIGHER LATITUDES WILL PUSH ANOTHER
ANOMALOUS TROUGH INTO THE NERN CONUS EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE RESULT
WILL BE BELOW NORMAL TEMPS AND WET CONDITIONS FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST
TO THE OH VALLEY. HOWEVER...THE LOCAL AREA REMAINS SEASONABLY WARM
AS MUCH OF THE COOLER AIR WILL BE LOCKED WEST OF THE CNTRL
APPALACHIANS.

FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND...ONGOING RETURN FLOW ON THE
BACKSIDE OF HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OVER THE WRN ATLANTIC WILL RESULT
IN SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS SUN COMPARED TO SAT.
THICKNESSES YIELD TEMPS RIGHT AROUND 90 DEGS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION SUN WITH SFC TROUGHING DEVELOPING OVER
THE LOCAL AREA. THETA-E ADVECTION AND A MOIST BL WILL RESULT IN
MLCAPE VALUES ~1500 J/KG. MODEL DERIVED PRECIP WATERS RANGE FROM
1.75 TO 2 INCHES. WHILE MOISTURE/INSTABILITY LOOK FAVORABLE...BEST
DYNAMICS/FORCING REMAINS WELL WEST OF THE AREA WITH THE BETTER
HEIGHT FALLS AND STRONGER WINDS ALOFT. SHEAR IS ALSO UNIMPRESSIVE
AND SOUNDINGS DEPICT SUBSIDENCE/WARM AIR ALOFT. WILL CARRY CHANCE
POPS IN THE NW...TAPERING OFF TO SILENT IN THE SE. BETTER COVERAGE
EXPECTED MON AS HEIGHT FALLS AND INCREASING WINDS ALOFT PROVIDE
BETTER FORCING FOR ASCENT AND COOLER MID-LEVEL TEMPS. COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO REACH THE CNTRL APPALACHIANS LATE MON...SHARPENING THE
THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE LOCAL AREA. WARMER TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS WILL
PUSH MLCAPE VALUES HIGHER...BUT SHEAR REMAINS MARGINAL (AOB 20 KT).
THE RESULT WILL BE SCT AFTERNOON SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH
OF THE REGION. COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE REGION TUES-TUES NIGHT.
EXACT TIMING OF THE FRONT WILL IMPACT SENSIBLE WEATHER OVER THE
LOCAL AREA. WILL TREND TOWARD A BLEND BTWN THE MEDIUM RANGE
GUIDANCE...KEEPING THE BEST POPS ALONG THE COAST TUES. BASED ON THE
AIRMASS...WILL ALSO CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS MON NIGHT-TUES MORNING
AS THE FRONT CROSS THE REGION. UPPER LOW BEGINS TO EJECT FROM THE
GREAT LAKES REGION TUES INTO SE CANADA...SLOWING THE FRONT AS IT
PUSHES OFFSHORE TUES NIGHT-WEDS MORNING. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH
ATTM...BUT WILL HANG ON TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ALONG THE COAST WEDS
BASED ON THE FRONT LIKELY STALLING OFFSHORE.

TEMPS WILL REMAIN AROUND SEASONABLE NORMS...WARMING INTO THE UPPER
80S-LOW 90S THRU THE PERIOD. ANTICIPATE TUES TO BE THE WARMEST IN
ADVANCE OF THE FRONT...WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOW 90S.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE UPPER 60S-LOW 70S...WITH MID
70S NEAR THE COAST.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
TSTMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE ALBEMARLE SOUND. THIS IS ALONG
THE OUTFLOW FROM THE EARLIER CONVECTION. LOOKING AT THE HRRR THINK
THESE WILL FINALLY END BY AROUND 14Z. WILL HAVE A TEMPO GROUP AT
KECG AS THESE TSTMS COULD MOVE ACROSS THERE AT TIMES. UPPER TROF
CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL BOUNDARIES
ACROSS THE AREA WHICH COULD FOCUS CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. ALL MODELS AGREE ON CONVECTION DEVELOPING JUST NOT SURE
WHETHER TO THE WEST MOSTLY RECEIVES IT OR BACK ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST. MOST HI RES MODELS ARE LEANING TOWARD SE VA AND NE NC
SO WILL PUT A TEMPO GROUP IN THAT AREA THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER
THINK MOST AREAS WILL GO TO MVFR OR EVEN IFR IN TSTMS SOMETIME
THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. WITH DIMINISHING FLOW BY TONIGHT ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE. OUTSIDE OF THE
PRECIPITATION EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS WITH SOME CLOUDS AROUND 10
THOUSAND FEET.

FRONT CROSSES AREA BY FRIDAY...LEAVING FRI NGT/SAT DRY ATTM. NEXT
FRONT COULD BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SHWRS/TSTMS TO THE REGION
LATE SUNDAY OR MONDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
SUB-SCA CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WATERS THROUGH THE WEEK. A
WEAK TROF IS TO THE WEST OF THE WATERS KEEPING MAINLY A LIGHT
SOUTHERLY WIND OVER THE WATERS. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE
ALONG THIS BOUNDARY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW THE WINDS TO
BE MORE SOUTHEAST AT TIMES. AFTER THE LOW MOVES PAST FRIDAY NIGHT
THE TROF WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST SATURDAY. WILL HAVE LIKELY
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN WATERS
WITH A CHANCE ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS.SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATERS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WEST TO NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND. FLOW
VEERS TO THE SOUTH SUN...REMAINING SUB SCA AT 10-15 KT. SEAS REMAIN
2-3 FT. LOW PRESSURE LIFTS INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION MON AS A COLD
FRONT PUSHES INTO THE OH VALLEY. GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY
OVER THE WATERS SUN NIGHT-MON...BUT REMAINS SUB-SCA. PERSISTENT SLY
FLOW WILL PUSH SEAS TO 4 FT IN THE NRN WATERS...BUT ANTICIPATE SEAS
TO REMAIN UNDER 5 FT. COLD FRONT CROSSES THE WATERS TUES NIGHT-WED
MORNING.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...MPR
NEAR TERM...MPR
SHORT TERM...MPR
LONG TERM...SAM
AVIATION...JAB
MARINE...JAB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 3:01 AM EDT, 8 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
301 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

MDZ021>025-NCZ012-VAZ048-049-060>091-094-099-100-110715-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
NORTHAMPTON NC-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-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-ACCOMACK-
NORTHAMPTON VA-
301 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...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...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NWS.

NCZ013>017-030>032-VAZ092-093-095>098-110715-
HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-
PERQUIMANS-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-
CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-
301 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA AND SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND
CONTINUE TONIGHT. ANY THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. GIVEN THE RECENT
HEAVY RAINFALL...ANY RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF
LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NWS.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:19 AM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
619 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

NCZ015>017-030>032-102-101100-
BERTIE-CAMDEN-CHOWAN-EASTERN CURRITUCK-PASQUOTANK-PERQUIMANS-WESTERN
CURRITUCK-
619 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS JUST NORTH OF THE
ALBEMARLE SOUND...

AT 617 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
COINJOCK TO SNUG HARBOR TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF MERRY HILL...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM CURRITUCK TO HERTFORD TO PLYMOUTH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE
  SNUG HARBOR AROUND 625 AM EDT...
  SHILOH AROUND 700 AM EDT...

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

GIVEN THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS...THE RUNOFF
FROM THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD
ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

LAT...LON 3625 7668 3638 7645 3644 7648 3652 7639
      3654 7602 3629 7587 3635 7584 3654 7600
      3654 7585 3622 7577 3627 7585 3620 7583
      3607 7639 3600 7651 3603 7666 3588 7673
      3588 7682 3580 7689 3581 7689

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:56 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
656 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

NCZ015>017-031-032-102-101130-
CAMDEN-CHOWAN-EASTERN CURRITUCK-PASQUOTANK-PERQUIMANS-WESTERN
CURRITUCK-
656 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ACROSS
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

AT 655 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM COROLLA TO SNUG HARBOR...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANDY TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HERTFORD...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE   OLD TRAP AROUND 700 AM
EDT...
  OLD TRAP AROUND 705 AM EDT...
  GRANDY AROUND 730 AM EDT...

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

GIVEN THE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS...THE RUNOFF FROM
THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING
DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE
AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE
DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

LAT...LON 3654 7620 3653 7602 3646 7601 3642 7591
      3629 7587 3635 7583 3641 7588 3641 7585
      3648 7599 3653 7600 3652 7585 3625 7577
      3623 7577 3627 7585 3606 7579 3617 7599
      3604 7650

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 11:16 AM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1116 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

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

0457 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OCEAN VIEW              36.95N  76.24W
07/09/2014                   CITY OF NORFOLK    VA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LIGHT POLE FELL ONTO APARTMENT COMPLEX...KNOCKING
            SEVERAL BRICKS OFF THE EXTERIOR WALL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1401153

MINNICK
Local storm report, Jul 10, 11:19 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1119 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

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

0457 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HYDE PARK HOMES         36.93N  76.25W
07/09/2014                   CITY OF NORFOLK    VA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED ONTO POWER LINES ON WOODFORD
            STREET.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1401154

MINNICK
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 11:21 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1121 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

VAZ065>067-079-080-087-088-101615-
BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-GREENSVILLE-LUNENBURG-MECKLENBURG-NOTTOWAY-
SUSSEX-
1121 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS
MECKLENBURG...LUNENBURG...BRUNSWICK...DINWIDDIE...NOTTOWAY...
GREENSVILLE AND SUSSEX COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 PM EDT...

AT 1120 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER LA CROSSE...OR ABOUT OVER BRODNAX...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR FORKSVILLE AT 1125 AM EDT...MEREDITHVILLE AT
1135 AM EDT...PRICES MILL...AND...LAWRENCEVILLE AT 1140 AM
EDT...COCHRAN...AND...ALBERTA AT 1145 AM EDT...DOLPHIN AT 1155 AM
EDT...WARFIELD AT 1205 PM EDT.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

LAT...LON 3711 7801 3688 7760 3654 7804 3675 7836

LBROWN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach62 min
Jul 9, 8:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach2 hr
Jul 9, 11:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, Mathews, York, City of Williamsburg56 min
Jul 10, 3:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach39 min
Jul 10, 5:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ23 min
Jul 10, 12:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGreensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia54 min
Jul 10, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGreensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia41 min
Jul 10, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk45 min
Jul 10, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk52 min
Jul 10, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk54 min
Jul 10, 2:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, City of Suffolk3 hr
Jul 10, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ86 min
Jul 10, 2:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach3 hr
Jul 10, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach52 min
Jul 10, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSouthampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk64 min
Jul 10, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ88 min
Jul 10, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach58 min
Jul 10, 5:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCity of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach113 min
Jul 10, 7:29 PM EDTFlood WatchAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach5 hr
Jul 9, 8:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank3 hr
Jul 9, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie, Chowan54 min
Jul 9, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Pasquotank, Perquimans49 min
Jul 9, 10:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBertie, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans3 hr
Jul 9, 10:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBertie, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans3 hr
Jul 10, 4:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans44 min
Jul 10, 6:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans41 min
Jul 10, 6:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans34 min
Jul 10, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie, Chowan, Hertford66 min
Jul 10, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and 1 more34 min
Jul 10, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHertford, Northampton17 min
Jul 10, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank56 min
Jul 10, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie, Hertford55 min
Jul 10, 3:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBertie, Hertford, Northampton3 hr

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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.