2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 22, 10:00 AM EST, 18 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AFDAKQ AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1000 AM EST SAT MAR 22 2003 VSBY SAT LOOP & SFC OBS (AS WELL AS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW) SHWNG BKN DECK OF AC ARND 8K FT ACROSS MOST OF FA THIS AM. BUFKIT PICKS UP ON THIS AND KEEPS THIS LYR ARND INTO THE AFTRN. XPCT SOME SCT CU TO DVLP AS WELL. SO WILL UPDATE TO CHANGE WORDING TO PT SUNNY MOST PLACES. FCSTD MAX TMPS (M60S TO L70S) SPRTD BY 12Z DATA. CWF...SEAS HAVE FALLEN BLO 5 FT ACROSS NRN WTRS SO HAVE LWRD SCA FLAGS. FCSTID = 44 .AKQ... .MD...NONE. .NC...NONE. .VA...NONE.
MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-221600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 515 AM EST SAT MAR 22 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): HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/AKQ.
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 3 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:24 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees blown down onto Route 460.
Several trees blown down at Southpark Mall.
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, March 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: 5349400, 5349401.