1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Apr 2, 1:55 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 155 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER NORTHEASTERN VIRGINIA..WILL MOVE TO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA BY THIS EVENING. BY MONDAY MORNING THE LOW WILL BE OVER NEW ENGLAND...WITH A COLD FRONT WELL OUT TO SEA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC MONDAY...AND WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER INTO THURSDAY. THURSDAY WILL SEE AN ELONGATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXTENDING FROM HUDSON BAY TO NEW ORLEANS. BY FRIDAY...THE LOW WILL BE OVER NEW YORK STATE WITH A COLD FRONT TO JACKSONVILLE. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)... A WIDESPREAD RAIN EVENT WITH WARM FRONT THAT MOVED NORTH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST AND ITS ASSCIATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PIEDMONT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN .75 TO 1 INCH OCCURRED EARLY TODAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL .50 INCH AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AS WRAP-AROPUND FROM THE LOW SPINS MOISTURE OFF THE ATLANTIC THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE POTENTIAL WAS THERE THIS MORNING FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AS FAST MOVING STORMS (50 TO 60 MPH) IN BOWING LINES FORMED OVER THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT. HOWEVER...RAINFALL AND OVERCAST SKIES KEPT TEMPS DOWN ENOUGH TO HINDER ENOUGH HEATING TO INCREASE THE INSTABILITY OVER THE REGION. REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS/TSTMS WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. RAIN CHANCES DROP OF CONSIDERABLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS LOW PROGRESSES SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD AND AWAY FROM THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN ON MONDAY AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS PROMPTED BY HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE ON WEDNESDAY. THEN A COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION ON THURSDAY WITH MORE CHANCES OF PRODUCING SHOWERS AND TSTMS THROUGH FRIDAY. WEEKEND LOOKS GOOD FOR NOW. && .AVIATION... VFR/MVFR CONDITIONS LATER THIS EVENING AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE...THEN TOTAL VFR CONDITIONS LATTER TONIGHT. && .MARINE... STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER FROPA TONIGHT...THEN WEST AFTER DAYBREAK SUNDAY. GALE WARNINGS UP ON ALL COASTAL WATERS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ON CHES BAY AND CURRITUCK SOUND. ALSO MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED IN DORCHESTER COUNTY ESPECIALLY AROUND CAMBRIDGE DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDES THIS EVENING AND AGAIN AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY. SEE WBCCFWAKQ FOR DETAILS AND TIDE TIMES. && .HYDROLOGY... INLAND FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED AT NOON TODAY. FLOOD WARNING FOR LOWER JAMES BASIN AT PALMYRA AND RICHMOND WESTHAM... WHERE MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED INTO MONDAY. FLOOD STATEMENT FOR THE NOTTAWAY IN THE CHOWAIN BASIN...AT SEBRELL. A UNIFORM RAIN EVENT OCCURRED OVER THE AREA WITH RAIN AMOUNTS ON THE ORDER OF .75 TO 1.00 INCHES AS WARM FRONT MOVED NORTH AND NORTHWEST AND COLD FRONT APPROACHED FROM THE WEST...ITS ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT. AN ADDITIONAL .25 TO .50 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SEE WBCFLWAKQ/WBCFLSAKQ FOR DETAILS. .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...GALE WARNING FOR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT. ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POIN AND FOR CURRITUCK SOUND. && SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...22 AVIATION/MARINE...22 HYDROLOGY...FC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 530 AM EST SAT APR 02 2005 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-031030- 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 EST SAT APR 02 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE EASTERN MARYLAND SHORE. .DAY ONE...TODAY... FLLOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR AREAS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NEAR AND WEST OF I 95. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. FORECASTER ID 25 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.
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 359 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005 VAZ084-086-090-091-093-094-096-097-022130- CHESAPEAKE VA-GLOUCESTER VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-JAMES CITY VA-MATHEWS VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-SUFFOLK VA-YORK VA- 359 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN HAMPTON ROADS... AT 359 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE TO WINDSOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...PATRICK HENRY FIELD AROUND 405 PM...GLOUCESTER POINT AROUND 410 PM...SEAFORD AROUND 415 PM...POQUOSON AROUND 425 PM...AND LANGLEY AFB AROUND 430 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MALOIT
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree blown down onto Belvidere Road. The large tree fell and smashed a Ford Explorer. The force of the falling tree knocked the Ford Explorer into a light pole, killing the woman driver.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Perquimans | 2005-04-02 | 61 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2005
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: 5445914.