1 funnel cloud, 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 Jul 12, 9:40 AM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1040 AM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 .SHORT TERM (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... LATEST RADAR COMPOSITES INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS...WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY LINED UP OVER THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THIS ACTIVITY WAS ASSOC WITH CONVERGENCE ASSOC WITH A WEAK WARM FRONT DIVIDING SSW WINDS FROM SSE FLOW ACROSS THE EASTERN SHORE. AMS VERY MOIST IN LOWER LEVELS...WITH DEWPTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S...AND MODIFIED WAL SOUNDING...DESPITE AN INVERSION AROUND 550 MB...GIVES AROUND 3000 J/KG...WITH VERY LITTLE CAP. FOR THIS REASON...WUD EXPECT TSTRM DEVELOPMENT TODAY ALONG ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION...AND ALSO ALONG AND NORTH OF FRONT PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED WITH RESPECT TO ACTIVITY NOW ONGOING OVER BAY. FOR THIS REASON...HAVE GONE WITH HIGHEST POPS OVER THE MD ERN SHORE...80 PCT...TAPERING TO SCATTERED OR 50 POPS OVER SW ZONES...WITH LIKELY IN BETWEEN. NOT THINKING MUCH OF A SEVERE THREAT IN TERMS OF WIDNS OR HAIL...AS SHEAR RELATIVELY WEAK...AND SHOULD SEE MAINLY PULSE STORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LIGHTING. ONLY PLACE WHERE SHEAR APPEARS TO BE MARGINAL FOR ORGANIZATION AND SEVERE...WUD BE MD ERN SHORE...WITH ZERO TO 6 KM SHEARS IN MODELS INDICATING 20 TO 30 KTS OR SO IN THE ETA...SUGGESTIVE OF POSSIBLE MULTICELL DEVELOPMENT...BUT THERE THE CAPE SHOULD BE LESS. BEST CHANCE FOR ISOLD SEVERE WOULD BE ALONG OR JUST N OF FRONT...WHERE SHEAR WOULD BE MAXIMIZED...ALTHOUGH AGAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LIGHTING EXPECTED WITH ALL OF THE STORMS. ALSO...MADE VERY LITTLE ADJUSTMENT TO TEMPS...JUST A DEGREE OR TWO HIGHER SOME ZONES BASED ON LATEST TRENDS IN SFC OBS. && REILLY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1152 AM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-130900- 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- 1152 AM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE EASTERN MARYLAND SHORE. .DAY ONE...TODAY... HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS THE EASTERN SHORE...WHERE THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GREATEST...DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. FORECASTER ID 18 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 819 AM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 MDZ021>023-121330- DORCHESTER MD-SOMERSET MD-WICOMICO MD- 819 AM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE... AT 815 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 CLUSTERS OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE FIRST CLUSTER WAS AFFECTING NORTHERN AND WESTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS NEAR CAMBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO TALBOT AND CAROLINE COUNTIES BETWEEN 9 AM AND 930 AM. A SECOND LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN DORCHESTER COUNTY...SOUTHWARD THROUGH SMITH ISLAND...TO NEAR SMITH POINT VIRGINIA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH...AND IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT SMITH ISLAND AND SOUTHERN DORCHESTER COUNTY THROUGH 9 AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN WICOMICO AND WESTERN SOMERSET COUNTIES...INCLUDING CRISFIELD...BY 9 AM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF YOU HEAR THUNDER. STAY TUNED TO ALL HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/AKQ . SAMMLER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1236 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 VAZ098-121715- VIRGINIA BEACH VA- 1236 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH VIRGINIA BEACH... AT 1236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANFRONT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR DAM NECK AT 1250 PM EDT...RUDEE HEIGHTS AT 105 PM EDT. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED WITH THIS STORM...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED...ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF TOUCH DOWN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THUS FAR. REILLY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1236 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 VAZ098-121715- VIRGINIA BEACH VA- 1236 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH VIRGINIA BEACH... AT 1236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANFRONT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR DAM NECK AT 1250 PM EDT...RUDEE HEIGHTS AT 105 PM EDT. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED WITH THIS STORM...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED...ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF TOUCH DOWN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THUS FAR. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF ROTATION. RELAY ANY REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. REILLY
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:38 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel cloud reported between Sandbridge Beach and Back Bay. No damage reported as funnel did not touch down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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