10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 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 May 9, 10:20 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 1120 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2003 LATEST RADAR COMPOSITES SHOW AREA OF RAIN ASSOC WITH DECAYING MCS MOVING SE INTO NRN VA. WOULD EXPECT THIS RAIN AREA TO CONTINUE ON ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT AND CORFIDI VECTORS...ACROSS MAINLY NE PORTIONS OF CWA. SW COUNTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO HEAT UP...WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE. WITH DIFFERENTIAL HEATING DUE TO CLOUD COVER VARIATIONS...AND EXPECTED RAIN INTO THE COOLER...CLOUDIER SIDE...THINK SET UP IS FAVORABLE FOR A PRETTY GOOD BOUNDARY TO SET UP ACROSS MY CWA...POSSIBLY DOWN INTERSTATE 64 SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...OR A LITTLE FARTHER N. WITH STRONG NW FLOW ALFT...MORE OR LESS PARALLEL TO THAT SFC BOUNDARY...LOOKS LIKE A SET UP FOR MORE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TODAY NEAR THAT BOUNDARY. HAVE MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS...A LITTLE COOLER OVER NE ZONES BASED ON MORE CLOUDS...PRECIP...AND A SE WIND. ALSO...BUMPED UP POPS NE ZONES...WITH RAIN AREA SET TO MOVE THROUGH THERE. WENT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH. FCSTID = 18 .AKQ... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. REILLY
MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-091600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 530 AM EDT FRI MAY 09 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEE SPSAKQ AND SWODY1 FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEE SWODY2 FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1117 AM EDT FRI MAY 09 2003
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0315 PM JAMAICA VA 1.75 IN HAIL
05/08/03 MIDDLESEX
REILLYMDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-091800- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1240 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... A WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH ACROSS VIRGINIA AND THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...AND AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY. AS THE STORMS MOVE INTO MORE UNSTABLE AIR...THEY WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY. STORMS MAY ALSO FORM SOUTH OF THE EXISTING STORMS...ALONG ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT ARE GENERATED. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE...AND EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/AKQ. REILLY
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:27 UTC.
10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees downed or sheared off by F0 tornado in southwest Fluvanna county. The tornado moved from Albemarle county into Fluvanna county.
Trees and outbuildings blown over. Several large trees on a home and numerous trees uprooted.
Widespread major damage to trees and power lines, along with some structural damage by F1 tornado in Amelia county. One farm near the end of the tornado path suffered major damage to several barns and outbuildings.
Numerous trees down at intersection of Route 153 and Route 360.
Trees down on Route 360.
Hail size between 1.25 and 2.75 inches. Hail damage to several buildings near intersection of US Route 1 and VA Route 650.
Large oak tree down along US Route 1. Part of tin roof ripped off home and windows blown out.
Numerous trees downed by F0 tornado in southwest Sussex county.
Roof blown off Rocky Hill Church on Route 153. Numerous trees down.
Damage to trees and outbuildings, and minor damage to a home by F0 tornado in northwest Southampton county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Virginia, 2003Warnings in Virginia, May 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: 5331049, 5331067, 5331050, 5331051, 5331052, 5331053, 5331054, 5331055, 5331056, 5331057, 5331058, 5331059, 5331060, 5331062, 5331063, 5331061, 5331064, 5331065, 5331066.