6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Aug 4, 1:43 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
243 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006
.SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT/...
TSRAS STARTING TO FIRE OVER VA AHEAD OF PRE FRONTAL TROF. CURRENTLY
H85 TROF (LOWERS THE DEW PT AT SFC) STRETCHES FROM SRN NEW
ENGLD...SOUTHEAST THROUGH WV AND INTO TN.
WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN COMBINATION WITH H85-H70 TROF DEFORMATION
AXIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MBE
VELOCITIES EXCEEDING 35 KTS OVER THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING HOURS SUGGESTING FAST MOVING STORMS. STORMS WILL
DEVELOP/INTENSIFY/DIMINISH QUICKLY (PULSE TYPE STORMS) THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT BUFKIT SUGGESTS THE LOW LVL
JET/CLOUD LAYER (UPDRAFT/DOWNDRAFT) VECTORS WILL NOT WORK AGAINST
EACH OTHER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT LONGER LIVED STORMS.
STORMS WILL BECOME MORE MULTICELL IN NATURE (LONGER DURATION STORMS)
BY LATE EVENING OVER SRN HALF OF THE CWA AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM
EARLIER STORMS INTERACT WITH WEAK SFC WIND CONVERGENCE ZONES.
STRONGER VERTICAL SHEER WILL ALSO EXIST...AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY.
TOWARDS LATE EVENING THE CHC FOR WIDESPREAD SHRA/TSRA WILL END OVER
NRN HALF OF THE CWA BUT A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS MAY PERSIST FOR A
FEW HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE H85 TROF PUSHES THROUGH ALLOWING DRY
AIR AT MID LVLS TO REACH THE SFC.
TOWARDS THE VA/NC BORDER MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
INTO PORTIONS OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS H85 FRONT STALLS OUT. AN
ISOLATED SEVERE STORM MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT (NC
ZONES). SOME AREAS MAY SEE STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
REDEVELOP (ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF 1-95).
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION ON SAT...BUT
CHCS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE AS H85 TROF HOLDS UP ALONG VA/NC BORDER.
ZONAL FLOW WILL BE IMPEDED BY FAST MOVG SHRTWVS OVER THE NRN HALF
OF THE CONUS AND PHASE WITH JET STREAKS COMING OUT OF THE DESERT SW.
COOLER AIR FROM THE NW WILL INTERACT WITH MOISTURE FROM THE SW
ALLOWING FOR CHCS FOR PRECIP OVER PORTIONS OF THE CWA THROUGH THE
WKND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WITH THESE QUICK MOVG SYSTEMS. FORECAST
TIMING OF THESE UNCERTAIN...BUT MOST ACTIVITY WILL BE MAINLY
AFTN/EVE ON SOME DAYS WITH DRY PERIODS IN BETWEEN.
&&
.AVIATION...
MVFR CONDITIONS AT MOST TAF SITES DUE TO REDUCED VSBY WITH HAZE.
SOME TSTMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED AS FRONTAL BNDRY APPROACHES...AND
TSTM ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTN AND INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...BUT GUSTS NOT
IN TAFS UNTIL WE CAN SEE WHERE THE TSTMS WILL DEVELOP. MOST TAF SITES
HAVE -TSRA STARTING AT 22Z.
&&
.MARINE...
A COLD FRONT IS SLOWLY PROGRESSING SOUTH ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC
THIS EVENING. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL GENERALLY BE
ONLY 10-15 KT TONIGHT. HOWEVER...TRENDS ON THE CHES BAY MAY HAVE TO
BE MONITORED IN THE CASE THAT WINDS OFF THE SFC APPROACH 20
KT...WITH SST ON THE BAY IN THE M/U80S COULD SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF
HIGHER WINDS. OTHERWISE...QUIET CONDITIONS ON THE WATERS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...HEAT ADVISORY FOR MDZ021>025 UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY.
NC...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR NCZ012>017-030>032-102 UNTIL 8 PM
FRIDAY.
VA...HEAT ADVISORY FOR VAZ048-049-060>086-088>091-094-095-099-100
UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY.
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR VAZ087-092-093-096>098 UNTIL 8 PM
FRIDAY.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...WAMSLEY
AVIATION...SIEBERS
MARINE...KIMBALLHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 456 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>086-088>091-094-095-099-100-050900- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- 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-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK- NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 456 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES. SEE WBCNPWAKQ FOR DETAILS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE TIME FRAME FOR ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IS BETWEEN 2 AND 10 PM. THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ087-092-093-096>098-050900- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-GREENSVILLE- SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- 456 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR HEAT INDEX VALUES AT OR ABOVE 110 DEGREES. SEE WBCNPWAKQ FOR DETAILS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE TIME FRAME FOR ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IS BETWEEN 4 AND 11 PM. THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-670-050900- 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- WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC FROM 20 TO 40 NM- 456 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND AND THE MID ATLANTIC OFFSHORE WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE TIME FRAME FOR ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IS BETWEEN 4 AND 12 PM. THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. 44
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 201 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 VAZ062-063-071-072-041900- GOOCHLAND VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-KING WILLIAM VA- 201 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE PEIDMONT AREA.. AT 201 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF ASHLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GILMAN AT 210 PM EDT...SHORT PUMP AT 230 PM EDT...ELMONT AT 240 PM EDT...LAUREL...AND...GLEN ALLEN AT 255 PM EDT...SOLOMONS STORE...AND...LAKESIDE AT 300 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE DOWNTOWN RICHMOND... EAST HIGHLAND PARK...HANOVER...HIGHLAND SPRINGS...MANQUIN... MECHANICSVILLE...MONTPELIER...STUDLEY AND TUCKAHOE. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THIS STORM REACHES YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. WAMSLEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 246 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 VAZ082>084-086-090-091-094-041945- CHARLES CITY VA-GLOUCESTER VA-JAMES CITY VA-MATHEWS VA-NEW KENT VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-YORK VA- 246 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO UPPER JAMES CITY COUNTY... AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TOANO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR NORGE AT 255 PM EDT...CROAKER AT 300 PM EDT...LIGHTFOOT AT 305 PM EDT...SKIMINO AT 310 PM EDT...ALLMONDSVILLE AT 315 PM EDT...CAMP PEARY AT 320 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THIS STORM REACHES YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ALS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 257 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 VAZ063-071>074-082-083-042000- CHARLES CITY VA-ESSEX VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA-NEW KENT VA- 257 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN KING WILLIAM...HANOVER...AND HENRICO COUNTIES... AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH TO HIGHLAND SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH AROUND 315 PM EDT... ROXBURY AROUND 350 PM EDT... TALLEYSVILLE AROUND 400 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THIS STORM REACHES YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ALS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 303 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 VAZ080-081-088-089-092-042000- DINWIDDIE VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA- 303 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN DINWIDDIE COUNTY... AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF DINWIDDIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR REAMS AT 310 PM EDT... CARSON AT 315 PM EDT...TEMPLETON AT 320 PM EDT...NEWVILLE AT 345 PM EDT...HOMEVILLE AT 350 PM EDT...WAVERLY AT 400 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THIS STORM REACHES YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ALS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 306 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 VAZ065-079-042000- BRUNSWICK VA-MECKLENBURG VA- 306 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO MECKLENBURG COUNTY... AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CHASE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ROGERS CORNER AT 320 PM EDT... BOYDTON AT 330 PM EDT...BASKERVILLE AT 345 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THIS STORM REACHES YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ALS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 324 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 VAZ089-090-093-094-096-042030- ISLE OF WIGHT VA-JAMES CITY VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-SUFFOLK VA-SURRY VA- 324 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING NEAR SURRY... AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SURRY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ALLIANCE AT 330 PM EDT...CHIPPOKES STATE PARK AT 340 PM EDT...BACONS CASTLE AT 345 PM EDT...POOLESVILLE AT 350 PM EDT...MOONLIGHT AT 400 PM EDT...LAWSON AT 420 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THIS STORM REACHES YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ALS
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:45 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees blown down over power line on Church Lane.
Trees blown down along Route 60.
Trees blown down on Forge Road.
Large tree blown down on Holloway Road in the Queens Lake subdivision.
Trees blown down on power lines on Old Williamsburg Road (Route 238).
Trees blown down on West Road in front of Chesapeake Regional Airport.
Penny to nickel size hail fell.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, 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: 5528473, 5528474, 5528475, 5528476, 5528477, 5528478, 5528479.