2 hail, 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 20, 1:22 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 222 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2003 CURRENT FCST IN GOOD SHAPE...AND NO MAJOR CHGS TO PREVIOUS GRIDS/TEXT PRODUCTS. MDLS IN GENL AGREEMENT ON SCENARIO NEXT 3-5 DAYS...AS UPR TROF AMPLIFIES OVER ERN U.S.. ASSOCD SLOW MOVG CDFNT WILL MOVE ACRS RGN DURG THE TUE-FRI TIME FRAME. MAIN QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED IS HOW MUCH RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY FROPA. BOTH ETA/GFS FAIRLY WET...SUGG TRPCL/SUBTRPCL MSTR WILL GEN ENTRAINED ALG/AHD CDFNT. HAVE THUS PAINTED A FAIRLY WET PICTURE STARTING TUE...AND ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THU NGT/FRI. TNGT-TUE...MAINLY CLR TNGT...WITH PATCHY FOG DVLPG. HWVR...XPC FOG TO BE LESS WIDESPREAD TNGT DUE TO INCRG GRADIENT. AT LEAST PTLY SUNNY XPCD MON WITH TEMPS 3-6 DEG ABV NORMAL MOST AREAS. PTLY CLDY MON NGT WITH MOST AREAS NOT GETTING BLO 70. SOME SUGGESTION ON BOTH GFS/ETA THAT THERE IS A CHC OF SHWRS/TSTMS...BUT NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO ADD ATTM. TUE...MORE CLDS XPCD...CHC SHWRS/TSTMS ABT ANY TIME...WITH TEMPS A COUPLE DEG COOLER THAN MON. DAY 6/7...WOULD LIKE TO HAVE GOTTEN A LOOK AT GFS BEYOND 120 HRS...AS WAVY FNTL BNDRY STILL CLOSE TO RGN...AND MDLS HAVE RECENTLY HAD A DFCLT TIME WITH SUCH BNDRYS. HWVR...COMMS PROBLEMS AT NCEP PREVENTED A LOOK AT XTNDD 12Z GFS...SO LEANED ON LAST NGTS MRF FOR GUIDANCE. ATTM...THINK FRI WILL BE A MAINLY DRY DAY WITH TEMPS AT OR SLGTLY BLO NORMALS. AVN...GENLY VFR NEXT 24 HRS...XCP FOR SOME PATCHY FOG /LCL MVFR/ TNGT. MARINE...NO FLAGS...BUT INCRG SWLY GRADIENT MON NGT AND TUE SHOULD BE SUF FOR SCA DURG THAT TIME. FCSTID = 59 SBY 64 92 70 90 / 0 0 10 40 OXB 71 86 73 85 / 0 0 10 40 ECG 73 92 76 89 / 0 0 10 40 ORF 72 93 77 90 / 0 0 10 40 PHF 70 91 73 89 / 0 0 10 40 AKQ 68 93 72 90 / 0 0 10 40 RIC 69 93 72 89 / 0 0 10 40 FVX 68 93 71 89 / 0 0 10 40 .AKQ... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. SAMMLER
MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-201600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 530 AM EDT SUN JUL 20 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 25 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.
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:45 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Couple of trees and numerous large limbs down.
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, July 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: 5379332, 5379331, 5379330.