1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 30, 3:00 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 400 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2004 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HIGH WILL THEN EXTEND ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COAST FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY SATURDAY MORNING...AND EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN PUSH OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST SUNDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... ABUNDANT SURFACE MOISTURE...PRODUCING EARLY MORNING STRATUS AND FOG THIS MORNING AND AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING WILL BURN OFF AROUND MID MORNING BOTH DAYS. BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY DURING THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS...MOS SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN MAV AND THE BETTER CHOICE FOR TODAY AND FRIDAY...WITH TEMPS NEAR 70 DELMARVA TO UPPER 70S NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA TODAY...AND 3-4 DEGREES WARMER ON FRIDAY. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... COLD FRONT MOVES INTO WESTERN COUNTIES LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND TO THE COAST SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SCT TSTORMS ENDING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN BRIEF CLEARING BEHIND FRONT SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY BEFORE SECONDARY DRY COLD FRONT BRINGS REINFORCING COLD AIR WITH COLD AIR ALOFT CLOUDINESS DUE TO DOWNSLOPING. DRY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NEXT WEEK...WITH TEMPS BARELY GETTING INTO THE 70S MOST AREAS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...A FEW LOW TO MID 70S NORTH CAROLINA ZONES. OVERNIGHT LOWS MONDAY NIGHT ...TUESDAY NIGHT...WEDNESDAY NIGHT...IN THE LOW TO MID 50S. && .AVIATION... AREAS OF FOG (MVFR/IFR VSBYS) WILL GIVE WAY TO VFR CONDITIONS AFTER SUNRISE...THEN DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT WITH THE CLEARING SKIES/ CALM WINDS. && .MARINE...LATEST BUOY REPORTS SHOW SCA CONDITIONS CONTINUING ALONG THE MID ATLC COAST FROM FENWICK ISLAND S THROUGH CAPE CHARLES LIGHT (SEAS 6-7 FT N TO 5 FT S ACROSS THIS REGION...RESULTING FROM LINGERING NE SWELL). EXPECT SWELL HEIGHTS TO FALL BELOW SCA CRITERIA BY AFTERNOON...WITH THE NEXT CHANCE FOR HEADLINES SAT NIGHT AND ON SUNDAY BEHIND THE NEXT COLD FRONT. && .HYDROLOGY... MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ON THE JAMES RIVER...WITH CRESTS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...SCA ALL CSTL WTRS FOR SEAS. NC...NONE. VA...SCA CSTL WTRS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO CAPE CHARLES FOR SEAS. && SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...22 AVIATION/MARINE...13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 530 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2004 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-010900- ACCOMACK VA-AMELIA VA-BERTIE NC-BRUNSWICK VA-CAMDEN NC-CAROLINE VA- CHARLES CITY VA-CHESAPEAKE VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-CHOWAN NC- CUMBERLAND VA-DINWIDDIE VA-DORCHESTER MD-EASTERN CURRITUCK NC- ESSEX VA-FLUVANNA VA-GATES NC-GLOUCESTER VA-GOOCHLAND VA- GREENSVILLE VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-HERTFORD NC-INLAND WORCESTER MD- ISLE OF WIGHT VA-JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA- LANCASTER VA-LOUISA VA-LUNENBURG VA-MARYLAND BEACHES MD-MATHEWS VA- MECKLENBURG VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NEW KENT VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-NORTHAMPTON VA-NORTHAMPTON NC- NORTHUMBERLAND VA-NOTTOWAY VA-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC- POWHATAN VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-RICHMOND VA- SOMERSET MD-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SUFFOLK VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA- VIRGINIA BEACH VA-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC-WESTMORELAND VA-WICOMICO MD- YORK VA- 530 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE EASTERN MARYLAND SHORE. .DAY ONE...TODAY... MODERATE RIVER FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THE LOWER JAMES BASIN...INCLUDING CARTERSVILLE...RICHMOND WESTHAM AND RICHMOND LOCKS. SEE WBCFLSAKQ FOR DETAILS. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS WIND AND/OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. REFER TO WBCSRFAKQ ISSUED THIS MORNING FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FORECASTER ID 22 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 700 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2004 VAZ075-076-301130- RICHMOND VA-WESTMORELAND VA- 700 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2004 ...BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING INTO NORTHERN RICHMOND AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES... AT 700 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR WESTMORELAND STATE PARK...AND...STRATFORD HALL AT 705 AM EDT...CURRIOMAN LANDING AT 710 AM EDT. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE-HALF INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. 22
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Waterspout came onshore south of Taylors Island, and continued across a marshy area before dissipating.
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