9 thunderstorm wind, 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 28, 2:14 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 314 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 .SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... A BROAD SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW HAS ALLOWED SKIES TO CLEAR UP THIS AFTERNOON AND BREEZY WINDS. HOWEVER...TROF AXIS FROM NW...WHICH HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT BACK IN THE MIDWEST...IS CURRENTLY SETTLING OVER OUR REGION. INTERESTING FORECAST SHAPING UP FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BROAD LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PROPAGATING FROM W TO E JUST N OF VA. SPC HAS ISSUED WATCH FOR OUR MARYLAND COUNTIES SINCE TRAILING EDGE OF LINE COULD REACH DOWN INTO THIS AREA. BELIEVE MOST OF THIS IS SYNOPTICALLY ENHANCED BY AFOREMENTIONED FRONT. HOWEVER...THE THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS TO OUR S AND E. WHEN TROF AXIS IS FULLY SETTLED OVER OUR SE CWA BELIEVE THIS INTERACTION WILL KICK OFF A BETTERE CHC FOR SCATTERED TSTORMS. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... SATURDAY AS AXIS DISSIPATES OVER US EXPECT LOWER TEMPS (IN THE UPPER 80S)...BUT HIGHER DW PTS SO WE WONT FEEL ANY RELIEF FROM HEAT. SL CHC TO LOW CHC OF POPS FOR THE WEEKEND. WRF AND GFS KEYING ON SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHC FOR -TSRA IN SOUTH. RIDGE FROM PLAINS BEGINS TO BUILD OVER REGION SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORN. THIS WILL BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE RIGHT ON THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPS AND DW PTS TO RISE TO ABOVE NORMAL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. MEXMOS ALREADY REPORTING MAX TEMPS OF 99/100 FOR TUE AND WED. && .AVIATION... VFR ALL TAF SITES ATTM. OUTSIDE OF CNVTV ACTIVITY...XPC VFR CONDS TO PREVAIL NEXT 24 HOURS. COULD BE SOME MVFR IN HZ TOMORROW...AS WELL AS IFR IN FOG AT KSBY TNGT. WINDS XPCD TO BE WEAKER TNGT ON DELMARVA...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR FOG TO DVLP TNGT. && .MARINE... NO FLAGS ATTMS...ALTHO WINDS WILL BE AROUND 15 KTS NEXT 12-18 HOURS ON THE BAY. WINDS DIMINISH AFTER TNGT...WITH NO FLAGS XPCD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SHOULD IN GENERAL BE GOOD BOATING CONDITIONS FROM A WIND PERSPECTIVE THROUGH SUNDAY. HWVR...MARINERS WILL NEED TO BE ALERT FOR TSTM ACTIVITY THROUGH SATURDAY. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SHORT/LONG TERM...33 AVIATION/MARINE...SAMMLER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 624 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ANZ630>632-650-652-654-656-658- MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-281030- 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- 624 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE EASTERN MARYLAND SHORE. .DAY ONE...TODAY... HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 99 AND 104 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY THROUGH MID NEXT WEEK. HEAT INDICES UP TO 110 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 218 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 VAZ067-068-080-281915- AMELIA VA-DINWIDDIE VA-NOTTOWAY VA- 218 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH NOTTOWAY COUNTY... AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF CREWE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR NOTTOWAY AT 225 PM EDT... BLACKSTONE AT 230 PM EDT...DOMINY CORNER AT 235 PM EDT...PATTERSONS STORE AT 240 PM EDT...NORTH WELLVILLE AT 245 PM EDT...EARLS AT 250 PM EDT. IF YOU CAN 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. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. 33
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 321 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 MDZ021-282015- DORCHESTER MD- 321 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD DORCHESTER COUNTY... AT 319 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 35 MILES WEST OF CAMBRIDGE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF LEONARDTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TAYLORS ISLAND AT 345 PM...MADISON AND WOOLFORD AT 355 PM...LLOYDS AND CHURCH CREEK AT 400 PM...CAMBRIDGE AT 405 PM...SECRETARY AND EAST NEW MARKET AT 415 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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. SAMMLER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 327 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 VAZ048-049-282030- FLUVANNA VA-LOUISA VA- 327 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN FLUVANNA AND LOUISA COUNTIES... AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF LOUISA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF PALMYRA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR WALDROP AT 350 PM EDT...BOSWELLS TAVERN AT 355 PM EDT...GREEN SPRINGS AT 400 PM EDT...TREVILIANS AT 405 PM EDT...LOUISA...AND...VAWTER CORNER AT 410 PM EDT. IF YOU CAN 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. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...LIGHTNING AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. 33
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:24 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down blocking Cedar Hill Road (Route 656).
Three trees down in yard.
Numerous trees down throughout county. Some trees on homes and cars.
Spotter measured 60 mph (52 knots) winds.
Trees and power poles down.
Trees down and blocking Hacks Neck Road.
Trees down.
Wind gust of 60 mph (52 knots) measured.
Trees down and blocking roads.
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, July 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: 5522199, 5522200, 5522201, 5522202, 5522326, 5522764, 5522765, 5522766, 5522767.