1 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 Jul 4, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 300 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 2004 .SYNOPSIS...WARM FRONT LIFTING NE THRU FORECAST AREA SETS STAGE FOR A HOT/HUMID END TO HOLIDAY WEEKEND. PERIOD OF ABOVE NORMAL HEAT/HUMIDITY AND SLIGHT-LOW PCPN CHCS EXPECTED FOR MIDWEEK AS UPR RDG GRADUALLY AMPLIFIES OVR MID ATLC REGION...THEN A RELATIVELY DEEP UPR TROF/SHARP SFC COLD FRONT PUSHES THRU REGION FOR ABV NORML PCPN CHCS LATE WED-THU AND COOLER/DRIER CONDS BY END OF WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...WEAK UPR TROF/SFC REFLECTION WARM FRONT LIFTS THRU THIS EVE AND WILL MAINTAIN CONVECTION UNTIL FEATURE MOVES OFFSHORE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. SOME INDICATION THAT WEAKENING CONVECTION FROM MTNS MAY AFFECT FORECAST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT SO WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHC POPS GOING LATE. TYPICALLY MUGGY CONDS OVRNGT AND MAY SEE SOME PTCHY FOG TWD SUNRISE BUT SHUD BE ENOUGH BNDRY LYR MIXING TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG. MID LVL WESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ON MON IN WAKE OF DEPARTING SHORT WAVE. SUBSIDENCE/DOWNSLOPING HELPS TEMPS REACH INTO L90S MANY LOCATIONS AND WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE L70S YIELDS HEAT INDICES GENERALLY IN THE 100-105 RANGE. ALTHO NOT UNUSUAL FOR THIS TM OF YEAR...WL ISSUE AN SPS TO HIGHLIGHT SINCE LOTS OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CONTG FOR END OF HOLIDAY WEEKEND. EVEN WITH DRYING OF THE COLUMN CANT RULE OUT ISOLD/SCTD DIURNAL CONVECTION FIRING ON WEAK LOW LVL CONVERGENCE VIA LEESIDE TROFFING AND/OR LEFTOVR MESOSCALE BNDRIES. && .LONG TERM...AMPLIFYING UPR RDG/RISING HEIGHTS SUGG CAPPING WILL LIMIT CONVECTION ON TUE. MID LVL FLOW GRADUALLY BACKS AND DRAWS IN DEEPER MOISTRUE AHEAD OF APPROACHING UPR TROF/SFC COLD FRONT LATE WED THRU THU. EXPECT DRIER/SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDS ON FRI AS UPR TROF PUSHES OFFSHORE. UPR RDG/SFC HIGH BUILDS IN FOR EARLY NEXT WEEKEND SUGG DRY CONDS/SEASONAL TEMPS. && .AVIATION...GENERALLY VFR THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTN...WITH AREAS OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS IN SHOWERS AND TSTMS. OVERNIGHT...MVFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL BECOME A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD...WITH OCNL/ISOLATED IFR. MVFR/VFR CONDITIONS AROUND DAYBREAK WILL GIVE WAY TO VFR BY MIDDAY. && .MARINE...NO FLAGS THROUGH THE PERIOD. TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN AGAIN TAKING SHAPE WITH THE WEAK FLOW PATTERN AND OVER-WATER STABILITY. RIP CURRENT THREAT FOR MONDAY WILL REMAIN LOW WITH THE LACK OF SWELL AND ONSHORE FLOW (WINDS BECOME SOUTH). && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. VA...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SBY 68 89 71 90 / 40 30 20 10 OXB 70 83 73 86 / 40 40 20 10 WAL 70 89 73 88 / 40 30 20 10 FVX 71 92 69 92 / 40 30 20 10 RIC 74 92 73 93 / 50 30 20 10 PTB 73 94 72 93 / 50 30 20 10 AKQ 74 93 72 93 / 50 30 20 10 PHF 74 92 73 91 / 50 30 20 10 ORF 75 91 75 90 / 50 30 20 10 ECG 75 90 76 92 / 50 30 20 10 && B1/B2
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 530 AM EDT SUN JUL 04 2004 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-050900- 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 SUN JUL 04 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 33 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 306 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 2004 VAZ073-042100- KING AND QUEEN VA- 306 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 2004 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH KING AND QUEEN COUNTY... AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN VIRGINIA NORTH OF THE JAMES RIVER. OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS THE SHOWERS AND STORMS HAD BEEN PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF KING AND QUEEN COUNTY...AROUND 3 INCHES ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 5 PM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. HURLEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 342 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 2004 .HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 ON MONDAY. MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-050900- 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- 342 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 2004 A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OF THE MID ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT ALLOWING A WARM SOUTHWEST FLOW TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY. AS A RESULT...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH INTO THE LOWER 90S ON MONDAY. THESE TEMPERATURES IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH DEW POINTS WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DURING MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AGAIN EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DURING THE AFTERNOON. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...BEFORE...DURING AND AFTER SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. WEAR LOOSE FITTING, LIGHTWEIGHT, LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING. ALSO...WEAR A HAT AND SUNSCREEN IF YOU WILL BE OUT IN THE HEAT FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE REDUCED OR RESCHEDULED TO THE COOLEST TIME OF THE DAY. CULLEN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 422 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 2004 NCZ015-016-032-VAZ093>097-042115- CAMDEN NC-CHESAPEAKE VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC-SUFFOLK VA- 422 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 2004 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA... AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF WINDSOR TO HERTFORD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR DEEP CREEK AROUND 455 PM EDT SOUTH MILLS AROUND 505 PM EDT GREAT BRIDGE AROUND 515 PM EDT OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE CHURCHLAND... DOWNTOWN NORFOLK...DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH...DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK...NEWPORT NEWS...SMITHFIELD AND WINFALL. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. BROWN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 524 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 2004 VAZ083-084-089>091-093>096-042230- GLOUCESTER VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-JAMES CITY VA-NEW KENT VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-SUFFOLK VA-SURRY VA-YORK VA- 524 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS FROM TOANO TO DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK...MOVING EAST...NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR NORGE AROUND 535 PM EDT WILLIAMSBURG AROUND 545 PM EDT QUEENS LAKE AROUND 605 PM EDT NEWPORT NEWS AROUND 630 PM EDT OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE CHURCHLAND... DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH...GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE...GLOUCESTER POINT... PATRICK HENRY FIELD...SEAFORD...SMITHFIELD AND SURRY. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. EXPECT OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AS WELL. BROWN
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A section of Route 17 north of Ballahack Road, in the Great Dismal Swamp Area, was washed out as a result of torrential rain.
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, July 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: 5413778.