3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Aug 9, 1:40 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 240 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ERN TROF REMAINS LOCKED IN PLACE THRU MID WEEK. WHAT ONCE LOOKED LIKE A CHANGE TOWARDS DRIER WX ACROSS RGN BY LATE NXT WEEK MAY BE IN QUESTION...MORE ON THIS LATER. WILL CONT TO SEE MORE S/WS ROUNDING BASE OF LONG WAVE TROF THRU MON. THUS...WILL CONT WITH A PERSISTANCE FCST...EVEN THOUGH THERE WILL BE LULLS IN PCPN COVERAGE. WILL KEEP CHC POPS IN...THNKG THE WDSPRD COVERAGE CRNTLY ON RADAR SHIFTS N. WITH EACH S/W WILL COME THE PTNTL FOR FRICTIONAL CONVERGENCE BTWN WATER/LAND AREAS...THUS CONTINUING WATERSPOUT CHCS. HIGHS IN THE 80S...LOWS 70-75. PCPN BECOMES MORE DIURNAL TUE AND HAVE ADDED CHC POPS IN FOR WED AS APPRCHG BNDRY BEGINS TO SLOW. FCST THEN BECOMES UNCERTAIN BY LATE WEEK. VA/NC RGN HAS QUICKLY BECOME THE GRAVEYARD OF FRONTS THIS SUMMER...AND NEXT WEEK MAY VERY WELL CONT THIS TREND. ADD WHAT CUD BE AN INTERESTING SYSTM APPRCHG THE SE US COAST FROM BAHAMAS BY FRI. INITIAL THOUGHTS WERE TO ADD CHC POPS IN FOR THU...BUT AFTR VIEWING SURROUNDING GRIDS...DECIDED TO KEEP IT DRY FOR NOW THINKING WRN XTNSN OF BERMUDA HIGH BUILDS IN. AVN...TSTRMS IN FCST THRU EVE HRS ALONG WITH MVFR TO PSBL IFR CNDTNS LATE TONITE DUE TO LOW CIGS & FOG. CWF...NO FLAGS XPCTD. PERSISTANCE CONTS AS S-SW WNDS CONT ALONG WITH SEAS BLO 5 FT. FCSTID = 44 .AKQ... .MD...NONE. .NC...NONE. .VA...NONE.
MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-091600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 530 AM EDT SAT AUG 09 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION TODAY AND THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN WAKEFIELD, VA CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING (LOWER CASE): WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/AKQ. GINGRICH
VAZ062>064-067>074-079>083-090-091700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1155 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 1150 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PIEDMONT AREAS FROM ALBERTA TO GOOCHLAND EASTWARD TO THE I95 CORRIDOR FROM PETERSBURG TO MECHANICSVILLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE RICHMOND METRO AREA THROUGH 1 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. UNDERPASSES ARE PARTICULARLY PRONE TO FLOODING. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AREA ALSO POSSIBLE. CULLEN
VAZ065-066-092000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 329 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHWEST LUNENBURG COUNTIES... AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHASE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR FINNEYWOOD AT 340 PM EDT...FORT MITCHELL AT 345 PM EDT...PLANTERSVILLE...AND KELLS CORNER AT 355 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE REHOBOTH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. REILLY && LAT...LON 3691 7868 3675 7858 3686 7824 3707 7837
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:20 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
South Meherrin River flowing over Route 49 near Mecklenburg County line. Road washed out.
Bridge washed out on Cemetary Road. Also, high water on area roadways. High water in apartment complex.
White House road and Bull Road closed due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, August 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5337448, 5337449, 5337450.