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 27, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
300 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002
...INCREASING HEAT AND HUMIDITY SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
SOUTH WINDS WILL TURN TO SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY WHICH WILL
HELP PUMP IN HEAT FROM THE MID-WEST. TEMPS EXPECTED TO INCREASE
SUNDAY TO LOW 90S DELMARVA TO UPPER 90S INTERIOR VIRGINIA WITH A FEW
100 READINGS AROUND...ESPECIALLY HOT SPOTS LIKE PTB/RIC/FMX. THE DPS
WILL RISE ALSO TO MID 70S. THE RESULTANT HEAT INDICES WILL REACH
NEAR 105 MOST AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST. WILL CONTIUE WITH SPS FOR
HIGH HEAT/HUMIDITY AND ALLOW MID SHIFT TO VIEW ONE MORE RUN TO
DECIDE ON EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY OR WARNING SUN THRU TUE. A SHORT
WAVE WILL MOVE ESE ACROSS VIRGINIA TONIGHT WHICH WILL TRIGGER
SCATTERED TSTMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FOR CWA. SHOULD LAST TILL MIDNIGHT
SE VA AND NE NC ZONES...ENDING EARLIER OVER DELMARVA TO RIC AND WEST
OF I-95. DRY SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THEN RETURNING SLIGHT CHCS FOR
TSTMS BEGINNING AGAIN ON TUE...WITH APPROACH OF ANOTHER SHORT WAVE.
FYI...
RCRD HI TEMPS SUN (7/28) AND MON (7/29)
7/28 7/29
RIC 102 1952 101 1993
ORF 97 1955 103 1993
SBY 100 1940 97 1954
ECG 100 1952 99 1993
CWF...NO FLAGS...S WINDS BECOMING SW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...THEN W.
FCSTID =
SBY 74 92 75 94 / 40 10 10 20
OXB 76 86 75 88 / 40 10 10 20
ECG 75 92 76 94 / 40 10 10 20
ORF 75 94 77 96 / 40 10 10 20
PHF 75 94 77 96 / 40 10 10 20
AKQ 73 95 75 97 / 40 10 10 20
RIC 72 97 75 99 / 40 10 10 20
FVX 72 97 75 99 / 40 10 10 20
.AKQ...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
HOULEMDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-280900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 315 PM EDT SAT JUL 27 2002 ...INCREASE IN HEAT AND HUMIDITY FOR NEXT FEW DAYS... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT...THEN REMAIN OVER THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY IN THE UPCOMING WEEK. WINDS WILL TURN FROM THE SOUTH TO WEST SOUTHWEST...RESULTING IN INCREASING LEVELS OF HEAT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MID AND UPPER 90S...MAINLY AWAY FROM THE COAST. THE HIGHER TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY...MAY YIELD INLAND HEAT INDICES BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 105 DEGREES...AND POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 110 DEGREES IN A FEW LOCATIONS. A HEAT ADVISORY OR EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED SUNDAY AND MONDAY. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH CRONIC RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS ARE AT GREATER RISK TO THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION, CRAMPS, OR IN EXTREME CASES HEAT STROKE CAN RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS. FRIENDS, RELATIVES, OR NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. 22
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Couple trees down. Sheet metal roof of auto body shop partially torn off.
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