1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 11, 12:10 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 110 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2001 UPDATED THE ZONES FOR WW BOX 545. NW WNDS GUSTNG OVR 20 MPH IN SPOTS...SO ADDED BREEZY TO WORDING. FCSTID = 44 .AKQ... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...SVR TSTRM WATCH VAZ063-064>070-100.
MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ048-049-060>100-112100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 910 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2001 ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATER TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AS THIS FRONT COMBINES WITH THE HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS CURRENTLY OVER THE REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO OCCUR WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOaR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION. 44
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down. Power line down. Also, a 58 mph gust recorded in Painter.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 2001
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