3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 7, 2:29 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 329 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... CHANGEABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS HIGHLIGHT THIS FCST PERIOD. LARGE UPR RIDGE OVER SE STATES RETROGRADES ACRS SOUTHERN MSVLY AND INTO SOUTHERN PLAINS AS BAND OF WESTERLIES ALONG THE CANADIAN/US BORDER SHIFTS SOUTH ACRS NE/NRN MID ATLC STATES. COOLER/DRIER AIRMASS GRADUALLY MOVES IN AS SFC FRONT PLUNGES SOUTH ACRS THE REGION BUT NOT BEFORE BRINGING GOOD CHCS OF PCPN DURING THE TRANSITION. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY STARTING TO POP ACRS PORTIONS OF THE MID ATLC AS WEAK DISTURBANCE ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE WESTERLIES CROSSES THE MTNS. EXPECT ACTIVITY WILL BE INCREASING WITH INSTABILITY DURING LATE AFTN INTO EARLY EVE AIDED BY WEAK LOW LVL CONVERGENCE ON LEESIDE/PREFRONTAL TROFFING. DEGREE OF INSTABILITY SUGGS SOME STORMS LIKELY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE BIGGEST THREAT BEFORE WEAKENING WITH DIURNAL HEAT CYCLE LOSS AFTER SUNSET. PCPN CHCS CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS SFC COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES INTO REGION. FRONT MAKES ONLY SLOW PROGRESS THROUGH FCST AREA ON TUESDAY SO WILL NEED TO KEEP MOCLOUDY SKIES AND PCPN CHCS IN FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. BEST PCPN CHCS SHOULD FOCUS ALONG BNDRY OVER SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA DURING AFTN AS INSTABILITY BECOMES MAXIMIZED. STILL VERY WARM/HUMID FOR MUCH OF THE DAY BUT CLOUDS HELP INHIBIT MAX TEMP/HEAT INDEX POTENTIAL. MAY BEGIN TO SEE SOME CLEARING ACRS NORTHERN AREAS BY LATE AFTN AS WEAK SHORT WAVE/MID LVL DRYING SHIFTS SOUTH. LINGERING PCPN CHCS ACRS SOUTHERN AREAS INTO TUESDAY NIGHT PER GFS SUGGESTION OF WEAK WAVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG SLOW MOVING BNDRY. OTHERWISE DRIER/COOLER AIR GRADUALLY WORKS INTO FORECAST AREA AS SFC HIGH PRES AND DRY NW FLOW ALOFT SETS UP. WEDNESDAY SHAPING UP TO BE A GREAT MID SUMMER DAY WITH SLIGHTLY BLO NORML TEMPS AND WELL BLO NORM HUMIDITY. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... LARGE MODEL DIFFERENCES DEVELOP EARLY THIS FCST PERIOD. WITH GENERALLY SUPERIOR RECENT PAST PERFORMANCE...WILL LEAN TOWARD GFS SOLUTION WHICH KEEPS PCPN FOCUSED ALONG STALLED FRONTAL BNDRY SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL SHORT WAVE ENERGY ON BACKSIDE OF DEVELOPING POLAR VORTEX OVER EASTERN CANADA DROPS THRU NE STATES AND BRINGS BETTER CHCS FOR PCPN FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY THEN REINFORCED COOLER/DRIER AIR FOR LATE WEEKEND/EARLY NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER CONFIDENCE ON DETAILS IS LOW ESPECIALLY GIVEN HPC MANUALLY DRAWN PROGS SHOWING STALLED FRONTAL BNDRY/SFC WAVE DEVELOPMENT JUST SOUTH OF FCST AREA. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS OVER ALL TAF SITES. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WITH LOW PRES TROF TO THE WEST WILL CAUSE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR SCATTERED TSTMS THRU THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SLOW MOVG COLD FRONT OVER THE OHIO VALLEY EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH INTO CENTRAL VA OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MORNING TUE. AN AREA OF SHOWERS OR TSTMS LIKELY TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN SHORE MD AND AFFECT SBY. NW WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE MORNING WITH WEAK HIGH PRES BLDG INTO THE REGION && .MARINE... NO FLAGS ISSUED THIS FORECAST PACKAGE...THOUGH IMPORTANT TO NOTE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY WINDS COULD INCREASE TO MARGINAL SCA STATUS LATE TOMORROW MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. MODELS MAY BE UNDERESTIMATING WINDS WITH THIS FROPA...SO BUMPED UP WINDS APPROX 5-7 KTS HOWEVER THIS STILL KEPT US OUT OF A SCA. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER POSSIBLE FLAGS ANTICIPATED. SPECIAL MARINE STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS ARE ALWAYS POSSIBLE IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH TRAVERSE OVER THE WATERS. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...CULLEN AVIATION...FOSTER MARINE...33
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 355 AM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-080800- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND- NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE- SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT- NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 355 AM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 95 TO 100 DEGREES...HIGHEST BEING ALONG AND WEST OF THE I95 CORRIDOR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW...ANY STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-080800- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA- CURRITUCK SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT 20 NM- 355 AM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 223 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 VAZ088-089-092-093-071915- ISLE OF WIGHT VA-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA- 223 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN TIDEWATER... AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER WAKEFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR BOOTH FORK AT 230 PM EDT...ELLIS FORK AT 250 PM EDT...DENDRON AT 255 PM EDT...RUNNYMEDE AT 310 PM EDT...ELBERON AT 315 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO OCCUR. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. CULLEN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 340 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 NCZ012>014-016-030-031-VAZ092>097-072045- BERTIE NC-CAMDEN NC-CHESAPEAKE VA-CHOWAN NC-GATES NC-HERTFORD NC-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-NORTHAMPTON NC-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SUFFOLK VA- 340 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES WEST OF NEWPORT NEWS TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICH SQUARE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AT THE CURRENT PACE...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH NEWPORT NEWS AROUND 350 PM EDT...MAPLETON AROUND 355 PM EDT...WOODLAND AROUND 400 PM EDT...HILTON VILLAGE AROUND 405 PM EDT...AND RODUCO AROUND 410 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED UNDER THE STRONGEST STORMS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. HURLEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 442 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 NCZ012-072145- NORTHAMPTON NC- 442 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHAMPTON COUNTY... AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICH SQUARE TO 10 MILES EAST OF HALIFAX...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR RICH SQUARE AROUND 520 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IN ADDITION... SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. HURLEY
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees blown down along Bryantown Road near Boones Crossroads.
Large pine tree and power poles blown down on Route 32.
Large branches and power lines blown down at Aydlett Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2006
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: 5528483, 5528484, 5528485.