Thunderstorm Wind, Prince Edward
- When
- June 23, 1:25 AM EST
- Where
- Prince Edward County, Elam
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.283, -78.617
Trees down. Small hail reported.
Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 23, 2006
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $17,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jun 22, 9:13 PM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 9:13 PM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1013 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT/... WAL AND LWX SOUNDINGS SUGGEST AMS STILL POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE...BUT LIKELY BECOMING CAPPED. CAP A LITTLE WEAKER N AND W...AS EVIDENT BY CELL NOW NEAR CULPEPER AND MANASSAS...WHICH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVER PAST 15 MINUTES. FOR THIS REASON...WILL KEEP MENTION OF ISOLD SHOWERS AND TSTRMS FOR N AND W...BUT WILL EXPAND THE PRECIP FREE AREA OVER THE SE. HAVE ALSO CUT BACK ON SKY COVER...ESP SE...BASED ON SATELLITE TRENDS. && .MARINE... FEW CHANGES TO UPDATE. && .FIRE WEATHER... REISSUED AFTERNOON FIRE WX FORECAST...BASED ON LATER MODEL DATA...WITH SOME MODIFICATION OF TRANSPORT WIND DIRECTION WHICH WERE INADVERTENTLY GENERATED INCORRECTLY WITH EARLIER ISSUANCE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 330 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006) SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... NO CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ACROSS FA ATTM (AIRMASS JUST TO WRM ALOFT). SHORT TERM FCST GOVERNED BY WHAT HAPPENS TO TSTRM COMPLEXES NOW DVLPNG TO THE W. MODELS NOT HANDLING THESE SYSTMS VRY WELL. XPCT BEST CHANCES FOR POPS WILL BE ACROSS N AND WRN CNTYS. WILL KEEP ISLTD POPS IN THRU MOST OF THE NITE...GIVEN THE CHC ANY OF THESE COMPLEXES HOLDS TOGETHER AFTR MIDNITE. RIDGE KEEPS SERN CSTL AREAS DRY. CONT RTHR HUMID WITH LOWS ONLY ARND 70. FRNTL BNDRY APPRCHS FROM THE NW BY FRI AFTRN THEN BEGINS TO STALL. LIKE THE PAST FEW DAYS...THESE COMPLEXES TEND TO RPDLY DSPT DRNG ERLY AM HRS B4 FIRING UP IN THE AFTRN. THUS...WILL KEEP FRI AM DRY BUT INCRS POPS IN THE AFTRN AS MORE COMPLEXES DVLP ALONG BNDRY. HIGHEST POPS N & W. TMPS UP TO NR 90 ONCE AGAIN B4 CLDS ARRIVE. HIGH CHC POPS CONT FRI NITE AND SAT. GREATEST QPF XPCTD FROM A SBY-RIC-FVX LINE ON N & W. CUD SEE BTWN 1-3 INCHES THESE AREAS BY LATE SAT AFTRN. LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... THIS PRD TO BE GOVERNED BY WHAT THE TRPLCL MSTR OFF THE SE COAST DOES. MODELS TAKE TRPLCL MSTR TOWARDS THE SERN US COAST THIS WKEND THEN TRACK IT NW INTO STALLED FRNTL BNDRY. HOWEVER...TDYS SAT LOOP SHOWS THIS MSTR NRLY STNRY RTHR THAN MOVG W. SO WITH THE UNCERTAINITY OF ITS MOVEMENT...WILL KEEP THE XTNDD FCST AS MSTLY CLDY WITH CHC POPS FOR NOW UNTIL A BETTER PICT OF WHERE THE TRPCPL MSTR GOES. OTW...SERIES OF S/WS RIDING ALONG THE BNDRY KEEPS AXIS OF HVYST QPF N & W OF FA. AVIATION... VFR WITH CHC OF ISOLATED TSTMS FOR THE LATE AFTN/EVENING. HZY CONDITIONS AT SBY BRINGING TWR VSBY TO 3-4 MILES, BUT 6+ AT THE SFC. FOG/HAZE WITH MVFR VSBY PSBL FOR EARLY AM FRI. PREFRONTAL TROF AHEAD OF APPRCHNG COLD FRONT ON FRI MRNG MAY BRING A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS. XPCT INCREASING CHC OF TSTMS FOR FRI AFTN/EVENING AS FRONT NEARS REGION. MARINE... WL MONITOR POTENTIAL FOR MARGINAL SCA FOR WINDS...WAVES AND SEAS OVER THE BAY AND COASTAL WATERS LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH THE APPROACHING SLOW MOVING WEAK COLD FRONT. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO RAISE FLAGS AT THIS TIME. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...REILLY MARINE...CURRY FIRE WEATHER...REILLY/LYNCH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:40 AM EST, 20 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 540 AM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-670-230945- 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- 540 AM EDT THU JUN 22 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... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES OVER THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST ON FRIDAY. HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-230945- 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- 540 AM EDT THU JUN 22 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 INDICES MAY REACH NEAR 100 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST ON FRIDAY. HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FRIDAY AFTERNOON. CULLEN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 12:47 AM EST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 147 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 VAZ060-061-230615- CUMBERLAND VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA- 147 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY... AT 146 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF HAMPDEN SYDNEY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF RED HOUSE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR TUGGLE...AND...KINGSVILLE AT 200 AM EDT... REEDS...AND...FARMVILLE AT 210 AM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. CULLEN
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:14 AM EST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 214 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 MDZ021-230700- DORCHESTER MD- 214 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO DORCHESTER COUNTY... AT 213 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASTON TO COVE POINT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR CAMBRIDGE AROUND 245 AM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. CULLEN
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:21 AM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 221 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 VAZ048-049-062>064-230715- CAROLINE VA-FLUVANNA VA-GOOCHLAND VA-HANOVER VA-LOUISA VA- 221 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO FLUVANNA AND LOUISA COUNTIES... AT 221 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WARES CROSSROADS AT 235 AM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. 33
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:22 UTC.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Prince George
- When
- June 23, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Prince George County, 1 mi SE of Prince George
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -77.267
Several trees down near 801 Walther Street.
Thunderstorm Wind, Portsmouth (C)
- When
- June 23, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Portsmouth (C) County, Portsmouth
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.817, -76.333
Trees down at Palmer and Effingham.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hampton (C)
- When
- June 23, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Hampton (C) County, Hampton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.017, -76.350
Trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Norfolk (C)
- When
- June 23, 3:56 PM EST
- Where
- Norfolk (C) County, Norfolk
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.867, -76.267
Measured at Norfolk International Airport.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesapeake (C)
- When
- June 23, 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Chesapeake (C) County, 3 mi N of Great Bridge
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.767, -76.233
Trees down on car at Crosswinds Drive.
Hail, Chesterfield
- When
- June 23, 4:17 PM EST
- Where
- Chesterfield County, Bellwood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.417, -77.433
Numerous trees down along Jeff Davis Highway near Defense Supply Center.
Flash Flood, Chesterfield
- When
- June 23, 10:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chesterfield County, 2 mi W of Bellwood
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 37.379, -77.587 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash flooding caused the closure of Hopkins Road in the Beulah District.
Flash Flood, Powhatan
- When
- June 23, 11:00 PM EST to 11:15 PM EST
- Where
- Powhatan County, 1 mi S of Subletts
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.550, -77.915 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash flooding caused high water on Route 711 and Manakin Ferry Road and at Judes Ferry Road.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 23, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 23 to 24, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 23, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Massachusetts, June 23, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 23 to 24, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 23, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 23, 2006
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 23, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 23, 2006
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, June 23, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 23, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 23, 2006
More
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Sources
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: 5516969, 5516970, 5516971, 5516972, 5516973, 5516974, 5516975, 5517051, 5517052.