1 tornado, 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 14, 8:53 AM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 953 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... WILL BUMP UP POPS TO LIKELY FOR MOST AREAS TODAY. VERY MOIST AIRMASS ALONG WITH WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES EXPECTED TO INITIATE SHOWERS AND TSTMS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION TODAY. SFC BOUNDARY NOW POSITIONED ACROSS THE EASTERN SHORE...WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING. PRECIP ESTIMATES OF ABOUT 1.5 INCHES WERE SEEN OVER THE MD EASTERN SHORE. WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE...WEAK INSTABILITY...AND H5 VORTICITY LOBES MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE WEAK FLOW AT MID LEVELS...WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. HAVE ALSO INCREASED THE THUNDER AREA TODAY BASED ON OVERALL MILDLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION. CURRENT TEMP FCST LOOKS GOOD. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 730 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005) UPDATE...BNDRY LIFTING NWD THRU ERN SHORE HAS SET OFF A LINE OF SHWRS/TSTMS IN MD...SO HAVE SENT UPDATED ZONES FOR TSTM AND HVY RAIN MENTION AND THERE ALL DAY (NOT JUST IN AFTN). OTHERWISE...AREA OF SHWRS ACRS WRN VA GRADUALLY MVG EWD SHOULD REACH OUR PIEDMNT CNTYS BY LATE MRNG/ERLY AFTN SO LIKELY POPS STILL LOOKS GOOD THERE. PREV AFD BLO SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)...QUIET ERLY MRNG UNDERWAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME. ASIDE FROM A FEW LGT RETURNS ON RADAR ACRS PIEDMONT...BULK OF AREA IS DRY. FRONTAL BNDRY THAT ACTED AS A FOCUS FOR LIFT YESTERDAY ALONG CSTL ZONES LOOKS TO DRIFT BACK NWD TODAY...ALLOWING MORE OF A SW FLOW RATHER THAN SSE. DESPITE AMPLE MSTR TODAY...THINK ENOUGH MIXING WILL OCCUR FOR PSUNNY SKIES AFTER INITIAL LOW CLDS/FOG BURN OFF...THEN A RETURN TO MCDY AGAIN BY LATE AFTN THRU EVENG. HAVE HIGHEST POPS (LIKELY) FOR AFTN HRS IN PIEDMNT ZONES WHERE DEEPEST MSTR WILL BE CLOSER TO REMANANTS OF DENNIS CNTRD OVR THE OH VLY. WILL HAVE SCTD SHWRS/TSTMS ELSEWHERE. HAVE MENTION OF HVY RAIN IN FCST AGAIN FOR ALL ZONES W/ DEW PTS AGAIN IN LOW TO MID 70S AND PRC WTRS AROUND 2 INCHES. LOW LVL SW JET 20-30 KTS SHOULD HELP TO KEEP STORMS MOVING HOWEVER...SO DO NOT EXPECT AS MUCH FLOODING AS YESTERDAY. FOR TEMPS...FOLLOWED WARMER MAV/FWC AS MET NUMBERS IN LWR 80S SEEM TOO COOL GIVEN AT LEAST A FEW HRS OF SUNSHINE AND SW FLOW. FRI/SAT...LOW PRESSURE DRIFTS NEWD FROM OH VLY INTO GRT LAKES AND WEAKENS THRU THE PERIOD...AS MID LVL HGTS RISE A BIT OVR SE CONUS/MID ATLC. THIS SHOULD ACT TO PUSH TEMPS BACK INTO 90S BY SAT AND WILL CAUSE CONVECTION TO BE MORE ISOLATED/SCTD THAN THE WIDESPRD ACTIVITY OF LATE. AGAIN FOLLOWED WARMER MAV/FWC GDNC AS NAM/MET GDNC APPEARS TOO COOL. HAVE TRIMMED BACK SKY CVR TO PCDY RATHER THAN MCDY FOR THIS PERIOD. LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...LOOKS TO BE A HOT PERIOD W/ WIDESPRD HIGHS IN 90S AS UPR RIDGE REMAINS ANCHORED OVR SE CONUS. LEFT IN CHC TSTMS AND PCDY SKIES FOR NOW...ALTHOUGH LATER SHIFT MAY BE ABLE TO SCALE BACK ON POPS AS MODELS ARE HINTING AT SOME DEGREE OF WLY DRYING FLOW BY MON/TUE. AVIATION... EXPECT PERIOD OF MAINLY MVFR CIGS/VSBYS A FEW HOURS EITHER SIDE OF SUNRISE THIS MORN AS LIGHT FOG AND STRATUS LAYERS DEVELOP DUE HIGH NEAR SFC MOISTURE. FOG/STRATUS GRADUALLY LIFTS OUT DURING MID MORN WITH SEVERAL HOURS VFR EXPECTED INTO EARLY AFTN. PATCHY MVFR CONDS AGAIN BY MID-LATE AFTN IN VCNTY OF SCTD SHWRS/TSTMS. MARINE... OTHER THAN LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS/WAVES AND LTG STRIKES IN THE VCNTY OF ANY TSTMS OVR MARINE AREA...GENERALLY BENIGN BOATING CONDS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. WEAK BNDRY WILL SLOWLY LIFT NE THRU MARINE AREA THRU FRIDAY WITH SE/S WINDS GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE SW. WIND SPEEDS GENERALLY 10 KTS OR LESS NEXT FEW DAYS IN THE BAY/SOUND WITH MAINLY 10-15 KTS OVR CSTL WTRS. SW WINDS PERSIST (WITH LTL IF ANY SPEED INCREASE) THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS BERMUDA HIGH INFLUENCE BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED. AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...BROWN && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 530 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ANZ630>632-650-652-654-656-658- MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-151030- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY- COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND TO CHINCOTEAGUE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO NC-VA BORDER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC-VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT OUT 20 NM- 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 THU JUL 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE EASTERN MARYLAND SHORE. .DAY ONE...TODAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. BROWN 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 957 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 MDZ021>023-141500- DORCHESTER MD-SOMERSET MD-WICOMICO MD- 957 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED BUT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS THROUGH 11 AM EDT OVER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE... AT 957 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRINCESS ANNE TO PRINCESS ANNE...OR FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF CAMBRIDGE TO PRINCESS ANNE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... WIDGEON AROUND 1005 AM EDT... TYASKIN AROUND 1015 AM EDT... WETIPQUIN AROUND 1030 AM EDT... TRINITY AROUND 1035 AM EDT... ALLEN AROUND 1050 AM EDT... EDEN AROUND 1055 AM EDT... EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. 22
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1137 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM TORNADO DOMINY CORNER 37.08N 77.97W
07/13/2005 NOTTOWAY VA NWS STORM SURVEY
F0 TORNADO. DAMAGED PART OF THE ROOF OF A HANGER AT
BLACKSTONE ARMY AIR FIELD. ALSO DAMAGE TO 2 PLANES AND
TREES DOWN. INTERMITTENT PATH LENGTH OF ONE QUARTER MILE.
TORNADO ESTIMATED TO BE 60 YARDS WIDE.
&&
ALSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
120 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 S CHESAPEAKE AIRPORT 36.59N 76.32W
07/13/2005 CITY OF CHESAPEAKE VA BROADCAST MEDIA
ONE HALF MILE OF MURRAY DRIVE NEAR FENTRESS IN THE GREEN
HAVEN SUB-DIVISION, 1/2 MILE OF ROAD UNDER WATER.
&&
CROSSLEYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 140 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 MDZ022-141830- WICOMICO MD- 140 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED IN WICOMICO COUNTY... AT 140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN WICOMICO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF FRUITLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ROYAL OAK AT 150 PM EDT...CATCHPENNY AT 200 PM EDT...HEBRON AT 230 PM EDT. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. 22
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 200 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 VAZ095-141815- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA- 200 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER NORFOLK... AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DOWNTOWN NORFOLK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR NORFOLK INTERNATIONAL AIR AT 205 PM EDT...OCEAN VIEW AT 210 PM EDT. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. 22
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 231 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 MDZ022-141900- WICOMICO MD- 231 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER WICOMICO COUNTY... AT 231 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR DELMAR AT 300 PM EDT. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. 22
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:44 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Brief F0 tornado touchdown caused minor damage to golf practice facility and downed tree limbs near Dam Neck Road and Holland Road.
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