2 flash flood, 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 Aug 2, 11:15 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1215 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 UPDATED ZONES (AWHILE AGO) TO INCREASE POPS TO CAT IN NC/HI LKLY SE VA W/ GOOD LOW LVL (1000 TO 950 MB) CONV SEEN ON RUC. RETAINED HVY RAIN WORDING IN ZONES AS PREC WTRS ARE NEAR 2.5 INCHES...HAVE ALREADY ISSUED FFW FOR ORF/PORTSMOUTH...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR STORMS CLOSELY FOR TORRENTIAL RAINS AND FLOODING. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. VA...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && BROWN && PREV AFD BLO .SYNOPSIS... STNRY FNTL BNDRY XTNDG FM CNTRL NEW ENG TO TN GRDLY DSPTS DURG THE NEXT 24-36 HRS...WHL LO PRES GIVES GLANCING SHOT AT THE SE CONUS CST. WK HI PRES TAKES HOLD TUE AFTN INTO WED...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT CDFNT APPROACHING THE RGN WED NGT...PUSHING OFFSHR THU. UNSEASONABLY STRNG TROF ALOFT DVLPS OVR ERN STATES BY THE WKND. && .SHORT TERM... LINGERING CNVTN GENLY W OF RIC ATTM...WL START THE FCST (THIS MORNING) W/ LOEST POPS SE SXNS OF VA/NE NC...HIEST W OF RIC. WL BE LLVL BNDRYS GALORE ACRS THE FA TDA...SO HARD TO PINPOINT WHR GREATEST THREAT FOR PCPN WOULD BE TDY. ENUF IS ENUF WRT RA...BUT APRS THAT CONTD HIER THAN CLIMO CHCS AGAIN TDA INTO TNGT. LCLLY HVY RA FM TSRAS INTO TNGT...GIVEN PERSISTENT PWS AOA 2 ACRS FA. LTL IF ANY SGNFT EFFECTS FM LO BRUSHING CST TDA THRU TUE. MDLS SUGG THAT DEEP MSTR AXIS SLIPS OFFSHR BY TUE AFTN...LEADING TO DCRSG POPS HEADING INTO MIDWEEK. && .LONG TERM... LIKELY TO BE AN END TO OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY BY THE END THE WK/WKND AS STRNG TROF ALOFT FORMS OVR SE CANADA AND XTNDS SWD THRU ERN STATES. XTNDD TEMPS (FRI THRU SUN) WL LIKELY NEED TO BE ADJSTD DN...AND WL LET DAYSHIFT HANDLE THAT AFT COORD. && .AVIATION... LO CIGS FOR A WHL THIS MORNING...THEN IFR/MVFR IN TSRAS (MNLY THIS AFTN INTO TNGT). && .MARINE... MRGNL INCRS IN SEAS (TO 5 TO 6 FT) XPCTD FM S TO N ALG CSTL WTRS LT TNGT THRU TUE...WHL WND SPDS RMN BLO SCA. && .HYDROLOGY... SEBRELL CONTS TO BE JUST ABV FLD STAGE...FCST TO FALL BLO LTR TDA/TNGT. WL HV TO MONITOR OTR LCTNS FOR RISES GIVEN RECENT RA (AND PSBL ADDTNL HVY RA NEXT 12-24 HRS). && 25/32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1154 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 VAZ092-030900- SOUTHAMPTON VA- 1154 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY... MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE NOTTOWAY RIVER AT SEBRELL. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO GO BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>091-093>100-030900- 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-SUFFOLK VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA-VIRGINIA BEACH VA- WESTERN CURRITUCK NC-WESTMORELAND VA-WICOMICO MD-YORK VA- 1154 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. .DAY ONE...TODAY... THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO TONIGHT. RAINFALL MAY EXCEED 4 INCHES IN SOME AREAS...POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ADDITIONALLY...REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER CONCERNING THE TRACK OF TROPICAL STORM ALEX. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. BROWN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 850 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 NCZ017-102-VAZ098-021330- EASTERN CURRITUCK NC-VIRGINIA BEACH VA-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC- 850 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN VIRGINIA BEACH... AT 850 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL CURRITUCK COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CURRITUCK...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR SANDBRIDGE BEACH AT 930 AM EDT. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. FOSTER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1029 AM EDT MON AUG 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0306 PM LIGHTNING ELIZABETH CITY 36.30N 76.22W
08/01/2004 PASQUOTANK NC EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 2 INJ *** TWO GOLFERS INJURED ON THE GOLF
COURSE...ONE CRITICAL.
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KLLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1059 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 NCZ013>017-030>032-102-VAZ095>098-021600- BERTIE NC-CAMDEN NC-CHESAPEAKE VA-CHOWAN NC-EASTERN CURRITUCK NC-GATES NC-HERTFORD NC-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC-SUFFOLK VA-VIRGINIA BEACH VA-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC- 1059 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2004 ...TROPICAL LIKE SHOWERS OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND HAMPTON ROADS... AT 1059 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND HAMPTON ROADS. THE HEAVIEST RAINS EXTENDED FROM GATES COUNTY TO CURRITUCK...AND FROM SUFFOLK TO VIRGINIA BEACH AND NORFOLK. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THIS REGION OVER THE NEXT HOUR. AREAS LIKELY TO HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL INCLUDE CURRITUCK...DEEP CREEK...DOWNTOWN NORFOLK...DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH...DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK...ELIZABETH CITY...GRANDY...GREAT BRIDGE...HERTFORD...KEMPSVILLE...SOUTH MILLS...AND VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANFRONT. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR MAY OCCUR WITH SOME STORMS AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. FOSTER
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:15 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Duke and Randolph Streets reported closed due to high water. Flooding on I-264 and Portsmouth Boulevard.
Flooding reported at the intersection of Park Avenue and Virginia Beach Boulevard, and at the intersection of Robinhood Road and I-64 Underpass.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, August 2004
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: 5422665, 5422666.