4 tornado, 2 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 Jan 13, 3:40 PM EST, 12 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 340 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... TEMP RECORDS HV BEEN BROKEN...SEE RER REPORTS FOR DETAILS. SFC WSHFT BNDRY CONTS TO MK PROGRESS TWD THE MTNS ATTM...AND BASED ON TIMING SEEN IN SAT PIX AND RADAR...WSHFT SHOULD TRACK THRU NWRN AREAS JUST BEFORE SUNRISE...AND TO I-95 CORRIDOR ARND SUNRISE... EVENTUALLY TO THE COAST BY MID MORNING. BAND OF SHRA AND SCT TSRA AHD OF FRNT OVRNGT ASSOC WTH SFC WSHFT CNVRGNC AND BNDRY LYR LLJ SEGMENT. AREA OF RAIN BHND THE FRNT...AS UPR DYNMCS TRAIL SFC BNDRY AND BNDRY LYR FRONTOGENESIS TRACKS THRU. STILL...GUD E PROGRESS OF SYSTEM...SO CLRG SHUD RCH CNTRL AND WRN AREAS DURG AFTN...AND CSTL AREAS TWD SUNSET. TEMPS SHUD DROP THRU THE DAY AS GRDL LLVL CAA OCCURS. MEAN ERN U.S. NRN STREAM UPR TROF AXIS W OF OUR REGION...SO COLDEST AIR REMAINS N AND W OF OUR REGION...BUT STILL...TEMPS GNRLY IN 40S FOR HGHS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. GDNC NOT IN AGREEMENT IN RESOLVING A TRAILING SRN STREAM FEATURE OFF THE CAROLINAS...SO ATTM...JUST KPG HMPTN RDS AND NE NC A LTL CLOUDIER AND WARMER THN OTHER AREAS...UNTIL EVOLUTION MORE APPARENT. && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... ANTHR NRN STREAM UPR SYSTEM BRUSHES N OF OUR AREA MON AND MON NGT... RESULTING IN MEAN NRN STREAM UPR TROF AXIS TO WORK MORE E... ALLOWING DEEPER CAA. HGH TEMPS IN MID/UPR 30S LWR MD...TO ARND 40 AND LWR 40S MOST OTHER PLCS THRU MUCH OF NXT WK. BY THE END OF NXT WK...SOME SUGG BY GDNC THAT MEAN NRN STREAM UPR TROF AXIS SHFTS A LTL E OF THE REGION. LONG RANGE GDNC STILL TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS PATN EVOLUTION THO...EVIDENT IN THE NOTICEABLE CHGS FROM RUN TO RUN...SO SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS COLD OUTBREAK VRY MUCH IN QUESTION. && .AVIATION... VFR NOW...BUT OVRNGT...IFR IN CIGS AND VSBY IN RAIN AND SCT TSTMS. SOME LLVL WND SHEAR AS WELL. IFR IN CIGS AND RAIN FRI MORN... IMPROVING INTO AFTN WHEN RAIN ENDS AND CLRG BEGINS. && .MARINE... STG LLJ OVRNGT WTH SCA WNDS...THEN GUSTS TO GALES WTH COLD SURGE TMRW AND TMRW NGT...LINGERING IN SRN AREAS IN SATURDAY. CONDS SUBSIDING TO SCA BEYOND THEN...AND CONTG AS SCA WELL INTO NXT WK. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...GALE WARNING FENWICK ISLAND TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT...CHES BAY S OF SMITH PT. SMALL CRAFT ADVSY CURRITUCK SOUND. && SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...NS AVIATION...MALOIT MARINE...MALOIT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 535 AM EST THU JAN 13 2005 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-141030- 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 THU JAN 13 2005 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... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING HEAVY SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. LOCALIZED FLOODING AND OCCURENCES OF DAMAGING WIND ARE POSSIBLE...BUT NOT LIKELY...ESPECIALLY WITHIN A FEW HOURS EITHER SIDE OF SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. CULLEN 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 229 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 VAZ048-049-060>069-140830- AMELIA VA-CAROLINE VA-CUMBERLAND VA-FLUVANNA VA-GOOCHLAND VA-HANOVER VA-LOUISA VA-LUNENBURG VA-MECKLENBURG VA-NOTTOWAY VA-POWHATAN VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA- 229 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE PIEDMONT... AT 229 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 24 MILES NORTH OF MINERAL TO 34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHASE CITY...OR FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CULPEPER TO 8 MILES NORTH OF ROXBORO...MOVING NORTH...NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TABSCOTT AROUND 235 AM EST YANCEYVILLE AROUND 240 AM EST WHITEVILLE AROUND 245 AM EST STODDERT AROUND 250 AM EST TAMWORTH AROUND 255 AM EST VIRSO AROUND 300 AM EST OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE AMELIA COURTHOUSE...CARTERSVILLE...CREWE...CUMBERLAND...FARMVILLE... GOOCHLAND...HADENSVILLE...HAMPDEN SYDNEY...LOUISA...POWHATAN AND VICTORIA. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. BROWN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 257 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>074-076>100-141200- ACCOMACK VA-AMELIA VA-BRUNSWICK VA-CAROLINE VA-CHARLES CITY VA- CHESAPEAKE VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-CUMBERLAND VA-DINWIDDIE VA- DORCHESTER MD-ESSEX VA-FLUVANNA VA-GLOUCESTER VA-GOOCHLAND VA- GREENSVILLE VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-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-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-NOTTOWAY VA- POWHATAN VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-RICHMOND VA- SOMERSET MD-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SUFFOLK VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA- VIRGINIA BEACH VA-WICOMICO MD-YORK VA- ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 16 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST... AT 255 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT FROM NEAR CHARLOTTESVILLE TO NEAR DANVILLE. THIS AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 50 TO 60 MPH AND POSSIBLY EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. CULLEN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 415 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 VAZ060>062-066>069-140945- AMELIA VA-CUMBERLAND VA-GOOCHLAND VA-LUNENBURG VA-NOTTOWAY VA-POWHATAN VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA- 415 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 ...STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT... AT 414 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARMVILLE TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF HAMPDEN SYDNEY...OR FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARMVILLE TO KEYSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONG STORMS WILL BE NEAR FARMVILLE AROUND 420 AM EST CUMBERLAND AROUND 435 AM EST OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE CARTERSVILLE. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 7 AM. CULLEN
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:29 UTC.
4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees down along Route 64.
Tree down in road.
F0 tornado downed several trees and sheared off others. Minor damage to barn.
F1 tornado damaged some porches and downed some trees.
F1 tornado downed several trees or trees snapped off. Roofs blown off outbuildings. Minor damage to one home.
F1 tornado downed numerous large trees along Route 608, Jarvis Point Road, and Kent Point Road. Structural damage to homes was mainly the result of downed trees on roofs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Virginia, 2005Warnings in Virginia, January 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: 5436810, 5436811, 5436806, 5436807, 5436808, 5436809.