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NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 1:35 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 235 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004 .SYNOPSIS... LRG AREA OF RAIN/EMBDD TSTMS MOVG ACRS CWA ATTM ASSOCD WITH MID LVL VORT MAX. XPC MOST PRECIP TO BE ALG/E OF CHESAPEAKE BAY BY 12Z... WIHT LINGERING POTENTIAL FOR WINDELY SCT SHWRS/ISOLD TSTM LTR THIS AFTERNOON XTRM SE ZONES. COOLER/DRIER AMS COMING IN LTR TODAY/TNGT... AND SHOULD MAKE FOR A BEAUTIFUL DAY ON SUN. NEXT UPR SYS AND ASSOCD PCPN TO AFFECT RGN MON/MON NGT...WITH DRY WX MIDWEEK PD. && .SHORT TERM... APPRS VORT MAX AND ASSOCD PCPN WORKING ACROSS CWA ATTM. ONCE THIS PRECIP EXITS...THINGS SHOULD BEGIN TO DRY OUT. HOWEVER...SOME SUGGESTION...SPCLY IN ETA...THAT CDFNT MAY HANG UP TEMPORARILY INOUR XTRM SE ZONES...AND PLAN TO KEEP SLGT CHC SHWR/TSTM THIS AREA THROUGH DAY. HWVR...WILL MONITOR PCPN TRENDS CLOSELY NEXT HR OR SO...AND MAY DROP PCPN SE AREAS BASED ON LATEST TRENDS. DRY/COOLER WX TNGT AND SUN...THEN NEXT CHC FOR PCPN ON MON. && .LONG TERM... ETA/GFS SIMILAR W.R.T. NEXT SYS FOR THE 12Z MON TO 00Z TUE TIME FRAME. THUS HAVE ADDED RAIN CHCS ERYR IN DAY MON...AS BOTH MDLS SUGG FASTER MSTR RETURN. MDLS DIVERGE IN THE 00Z TUE TO 12Z TUE TIME FRAME...AND HAVE SIDED WITH GFS DURING THIS PD DUE TO ITS SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE WITH LAST 2 SYSTEMS. NO CHGS PLANNED TO GRIDS BEYOND 12Z TUE...UNLESS 00Z XTNDD GUIDANCE IS RADICALLY DIFFERENT FROM CURRENT FCST. XTNDD GFS VIA INTERNET SUGG GENLY DRY WX MID TO LATE WEEK...AS IN CURRENT GRIDS. && .AVIATION... MVFR/IFR CONDS IN ASSOCN WITH CURRENT PRECIP SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR EVERYWHERE BY 18Z. VFR SUNDAY. && .MARINE... NO FLAGS. SOME SURGE XPCD TNGT/ERY SUN AS COOLER/DRIER AIR COMES IN. BUT...WILL BE SHORT LIVED AND WINDS/SEAS NOT XPCD TO REACH SCA CRITERIA. RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS XPCD REMAINDER OF PD. && .HYDROLOGY... WIDESPREAD .5 TO 1.0 INCH AMTS ACRS CWA WITH RAINFALL LAST 18 HOURS. SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME RISES ON RIVERS/STREAMS...BUT NO FLOODING XPCD. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. VA...NONE. NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SBY 84 58 81 59 / 30 10 10 10 OXB 79 60 76 62 / 30 10 10 10 WAL 85 62 80 63 / 30 10 10 10 FVX 86 58 84 63 / 20 10 10 10 RIC 84 60 84 65 / 20 10 10 10 PTB 87 59 84 64 / 20 10 10 10 AKQ 85 59 84 64 / 20 10 10 10 PHF 86 62 84 65 / 30 10 10 10 ORF 82 67 83 68 / 40 10 10 10 ECG 84 65 85 68 / 50 10 10 10 SAMMLER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 530 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-270900- 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 SAT JUN 26 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. SAMMLER 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 1140 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ065-066-079>081-087>089-092-093-095>098- 260530- BERTIE NC-BRUNSWICK VA-CAMDEN NC-CHESAPEAKE VA-CHOWAN NC- DINWIDDIE VA-EASTERN CURRITUCK NC-GATES NC-GREENSVILLE VA- HERTFORD NC-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-LUNENBURG VA-MECKLENBURG VA- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-NORTHAMPTON NC-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC- PRINCE GEORGE VA-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SUFFOLK VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA- VIRGINIA BEACH VA-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC- 1140 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA... AT 1145 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING SOUTHSIDE HAMPTON ROADS...THROUGH 130 AM. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND RAINFALL TOTALS OF AN INCH OR MORE...IN THE PATH OF THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND PERHAPS SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...IS ALSO POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. SLOW DOWN WHEN PRECIPITATION IS FALLING...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER THE ROADWAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS AND RIVERS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE...AND AVOID DRIVING ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE DEPTH OF THE WATER. SAMMLER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 110 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004 VAZ060-065>067-079-260615- BRUNSWICK VA-LUNENBURG VA-MECKLENBURG VA-NOTTOWAY VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA- 110 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD LUNENBURG AND MECKLENBURG COUNTIES... AT 108 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHASE CITY TO 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHASE CITY...OR FROM BROOKNEAL TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TURBEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CHASE CITY AROUND 150 AM EDT..VICTORIA AROUND 210 AM EDT...AND KENBRIDGE AROUND 215 AM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AS WELL. SAMMLER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 324 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004 MDZ022>025-VAZ070-071-073-077-078-080>086-088>091-093-094-099-100- 260900- ACCOMACK VA-CHARLES CITY VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-DINWIDDIE VA- GLOUCESTER VA-HENRICO VA-INLAND WORCESTER MD-ISLE OF WIGHT VA- JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-LANCASTER VA-MARYLAND BEACHES MD- MATHEWS VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NEW KENT VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA- NORTHAMPTON VA-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-SOMERSET MD- SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA-WICOMICO MD-YORK VA- 324 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004 AT 325 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF THE TRI-CITIES AREA EAST NORTHEAST INTO THE VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH...AND WILL END IN THE RICHMOND AND TRI CITIES AREAS BY 430 AM. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE-HALF INCH TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE RICHMOND AND TRI-CITIES AREAS...INTO THE MIDDLE PENINSULA...NORTHERN NECK...LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE AND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE UNTIL THE PRECIPITATION MOVES EAST OF THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE MIDDLE PENINSULA AND NORTHERN NECK...INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE DELMARVA THROUGH 8 AM. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND PERHAPS SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS...IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN AREAS RECEIVING HEAVY RAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. SLOW DOWN WHEN PRECIPITATION IS FALLING...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER OVER THE ROADWAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS AND RIVERS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE...AND AVOID DRIVING ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE DEPTH OF THE WATER. SAMMLER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
512 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM TSTM WND GST 4 W COURTLAND 36.71N 77.14W
06/25/2004 60 MPH SOUTHAMPTON VA TRAINED SPOTTER
PINE TREE SNAPPED IN HALF AND HICKORY TREE BLOWN OVER
NEAR INDIAN WOODS TRAIL.
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CULLENThe Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Dept of Defense Ammo Facility Supervisor reported partial roof damage. Flying debris broke windows in fire truck. Small limbs off trees and water damage inside building.
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