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NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 2:25 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 325 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... LTL 20KT LLJ SEGMENT CONTS TO SUSTAIN CNVCTN IN REGION OF BNDRY LYR WAA...SO ACKNOWLEDGING CHCS FOR TSTMS THS EVENING OVR ERN VA AND NE NC. CNVCTN WL DIE DOWN ARND AND AFTER SUNSET. CNVCTV DEBRIS OVRNGT AND SOME PTCHY FOG...BUT LESS THN PAST CPL OF NGTS. FLAT UPR RDG BUILDS IN TMRW AND FRIDAY...AS DOES THE LLVL THERMAL TROF...SO TEMPS ARND 90 AND JUST ISOLD TSTM ACTVTY. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... FEW CONFLICTS IN THE GDNC FOR TIMING OF THE PASSAGE OF THE SFC BNDRY SATURDAY NGT AND SUNDAY. SFC WSHFT BNDRY TRACKS THRU SATURDAY NGT... AS DOES A SLGTLY ENHNCD BNDRY LYR WND SPD MAX...WHCH WL SUPPORT SOLID CHCS FOR TSTMS SATURDAY AFTN AND NGT. BNDRY LYR COOLING THRU SUNDAY...AND UPR DYNMCS BRUSHING N OF THE REGION SUNDAY...SO LINGERING SMALL CHCS FOR SHRA/TSTM IN ERN AREAS SUNDAY. TEMPS ARND 90 SATURDAY AND ARND 80 TO LWR 80S SUNDAY AND MON. SLOW GRDL WAA TUE AND WED AS FLAT UPR RIDGING BUILDS BACK INTO THE REGION. SOME ISOLD TSTMS PSBL IN WAA...BUT THIS FAR OUT...WITHOUT ANY DFNTV LLVL FRCG... KPG OUT OF FCST. && .AVIATION...MVFR/IFR IN TSTMS THIS EVENING...THEN AGN IN PTCHY FOG OVRNGT. VFR FROM MIDMORNING TMRW INTO AFTN. && .MARINE...NO STG SYSTEMS TO PRODUCE STG ENUF PRES GRAD FOR SCA...BUT LOCALLY ENHNCD WNDS PSBL EACH AFTN...AND GUSTY IN TSTMS. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE && NS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 530 AM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-190900- 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 WED AUG 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE EASTERN MARYLAND 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. 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 303 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 VAZ063-071>077-082-083-085-182000- CHARLES CITY VA-ESSEX VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-KING AND QUEEN VA- KING WILLIAM VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NEW KENT VA-NORTHUMBERLAND VA- RICHMOND VA-WESTMORELAND VA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...CALLAO...CHAMPLAIN... CHARLES CITY...COLONIAL BEACH...DELTAVILLE...DOWNTOWN RICHMOND... FAIR PORT...HIGHLAND SPRINGS...KING AND QUEEN COURTHOUSE... KING WILLIAM...MECHANICSVILLE...MONTROSS...NEW KENT...ROBLEY... ROXBURY...SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH...TALLEYSVILLE...TAPPAHANNOCK... TUCKAHOE...URBANNA...WARSAW AND WEST POINT 303 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS BETWEEN RICHMOND AND TAPPAHANNOCK... AT 300 PM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF RICHMOND AND HANOVER...THROUGH KING WILLIAM...AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES...WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE MIDDLE PENINSULA AND NORTHERN NECK WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH 4 PM...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE MIDDLE PENINSULA AND NORTHERN NECK. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY IN POWHATAN AND CHESTERFIELD WILL MOVE INTO THE RICHMOND AND HANOVER AREAS. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 20 MPH IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE IN DANGER OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED. NS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 347 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 VAZ079-087>089-092-093-182100- BRUNSWICK VA-GREENSVILLE VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SURRY VA- SUSSEX VA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOYKINS...BRODNAX...CLAREMONT... COURTLAND...DAHLIA...EMPORIA...FRANKLIN...LAWRENCEVILLE...PURDY... SMITHFIELD...SURRY...WAKEFIELD...WAVERLY AND WINDSOR 347 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS OF SOUTHERN VIRGINIA... AT 345 PM...RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAWRENCEVILLE TO EMPORIA AND COURTLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA...AND SPREAD THROUGH SUSSEX...SURRY AND ISLE OF WIGHT THROUGH 5 PM. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE IN DANGER OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED. NS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 350 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 VAZ063-071>078-082-083-085-090-182100- CHARLES CITY VA-ESSEX VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-JAMES CITY VA- KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA-LANCASTER VA-MIDDLESEX VA- NEW KENT VA-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-RICHMOND VA-WESTMORELAND VA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...CALLAO...CHAMPLAIN... CHARLES CITY...COLONIAL BEACH...DELTAVILLE...DOWNTOWN RICHMOND... FAIR PORT...HIGHLAND SPRINGS...KILMARNOCK... KING AND QUEEN COURTHOUSE...KING WILLIAM...MECHANICSVILLE... MONTROSS...NEW KENT...NORGE...ROBLEY...ROXBURY... SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH...TALLEYSVILLE...TAPPAHANNOCK...TOANO... TUCKAHOE...URBANNA...WARSAW...WEST POINT AND WILLIAMSBURG 350 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... AT 345 PM...RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM RICHMOND AND ASHLAND TO WEST POINT AND KING AND QUEEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS AREAS FROM WILLIAMSBURG...THROUGH THE MIDDLE PENINSULA AND NORTHERN NECK THROUGH 5 PM. EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE IN DANGER OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED. NS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 519 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 VAZ088-092-182145- SOUTHAMPTON VA-SUSSEX VA- 519 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EMPORIA...MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN SUSSEX AND WESTERN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTIES... AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 31 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAVERLY...OR ABOUT OVER EMPORIA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GRIZZARD AT 525 PM EDT...ADAMS GROVE...AND...MASON AT 530 PM EDT...DREWRYVILLE AT 545 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR...WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. 25
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 533 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 VAZ067-068-070-080-182200- AMELIA VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-DINWIDDIE VA-NOTTOWAY VA- 533 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST AMELIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF MANNBORO...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR SPAINVILLE AT 540 PM EDT...EARLS AT 550 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR...WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. 25
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 553 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 NCZ012-013-VAZ092-182230- HERTFORD NC-NORTHAMPTON NC-SOUTHAMPTON VA- 553 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA... AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF BOYKINS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR LITTLE TEXAS AT 600 PM EDT...BRANCHVILLE AT 625 PM EDT...SHILOH AT 630 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. ADDITIONALLY...EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. 25
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:47 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees down off Highway 186.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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