Thunderstorm Wind, Hanover
- When
- August 10, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hanover County, Peaks
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 37.720, -77.380
Large tree was downed on Cadys Mill Rd.
Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 10, 2007
Scattered severe thunderstorms produced wind damage across portions of central and southeast Virginia.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $12,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 happened
The episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms produced wind damage across portions of central and southeast Virginia.
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 Aug 9, 7:29 PM EST, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 7:29 PM EST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
829 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERS ACROSS NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE
DELMARVA PENINSULA THIS EVENING BEFORE MOVING BACK NORTH AS A
WARM LATE TONIGHT. A STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA
FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN
FROM THE NORTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
NMRS CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES PROGGED TO MOVE ESE ALONG STALLED FRNTL
BNDRY ACROSS MID ATLNTC RGN. THESE STORMS SO FA HAVE BEEN HP PULSE
TYPE. HIGHEST POPS WILL BE ACROSS NRN NECK ON E TOWARD ERN SHORE.
WND CONVERGENCE / HTNG ALONG THERMAL TROF SETTING OFF CONVECTION
ACROSS SERN VA/NE NC ATTM. E FLOW MAY PREVENT MUCH CONVECTION FROM
GETTING TO THE CHES BAY NXT SVRL HRS WHILE AIRMASS REMAINS RTHR
CAPPED (NOTICE THE LOWER DP TMPS BY UP TO 10 DEGREES W OF RIC)
ACROSS SWRN CNTYS PREVENTING MUCH FROM DVLPNG THERE. MOST OF THESE
STORMS SHUD DSPT AFTR SS. HEAT ADVSRY CONTS THRU 8 PM.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
RIDGE OF HIGH PRS WHICH RESULTED IN ALL THE HEAT THE LAST WEEK
RETROGRADES W NXT 48 HRS. THIS ALLOWS ERN TROF TO MOVE S INTO MID
ATLNTC. B4 THAT HAPPENS...FRI WILL BE THE LAST XTREMELY HOT DAY
AHEAD OF STRNG CDFRNT. WND DRCTN PROGGED TO GO SW. THUS...APPEARS
LIKE ANTHR DAY WITH TMPS ARND 100 DEGREES AND HEAT INDICIES ARND
110. WILL GO WITH ANTHR HEAT ADVSRY FOR ALL AREAS XPCT FOR THE LWR
MD ERN SHORE WHERE HEAT INDICIES STAY ARND 100. MIDNITE SHIFT MAY
HAVE TO BUMP THIS UP TO A HEAT WRNG ACROSS SRN CNTYS IF PROGGED
HEAT INDICIES COME IN MUCH HIGHER THAN 110. I BASE THIS ON THE
OFFICIAL ASOS DP TMPS...NOT THE INFLATED AWOS DP TMPS.
FRNT COMES THRU FRI NITE. GFS PROGGS IT THRU MAINLY DRY...BUT WITH
ALL THE HEAT AND LEFT OVR BNDRYS ARND...WILL KEEP CHC POPS WITH IT
ENDING ERLY SAT AM ACROSS NE NC CNTYS. H5 RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE
N AND DRYS OUT AIRMASS SAT THRU SUN. TMP RETURN TO NR NRML WITH HIGHS
ARND 90. LOWS FINALLY DROP INTO THE COMFY 60S... PSBL 50S ACROSS LWR
MD ERN SHORE COME SAT NITE (SBY).
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
HIGH PRES DOMINATES THIS PRD XCPT FOR ANTHR FRNTL PASSAGE TUE. HAVE
SLGHT CHC POPS WITH THIS FTR. HIGHS NR 90. LOWS 65-70.
&&
.AVIATION /01Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH SCATTERED TSTM ACTIVITY
THAT MAY OCCUR OVER THE TERMINALS THIS EVENING. IFR/MVFR FOG/HZ
DURING PREDAWN HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE HAD PREVIOUS
RAINFALL. EXPECT MVFR CONDS ASSOSCIATED WITH SCATTERED TSTMS
AGAIN DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAINLY VFR DURING THE
WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN SAT AND SUN.
&&
.MARINE...
SERIES OF SHRTWVS WILL MOVE FROM THE OHIO VLY INTO THE REGION THIS
AFTN...LATER TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY ALONG A STALL OUT BOUNDARY.
THESE SHRTWVS WILL BRING THE CHC FOR NEAR SVR TO SVR WX AT TIMES
(MAINLY INLAND AND WEAKENING INTO THE WESTERN COASTLINE OF THE BAY).
WINDS MAY GUST TO 40 KTS WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAINFALL WITH THIS
ACTIVITY OVER THE BAY WATERS (WEAKER WIND GUSTS OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS).
OUTSIDE OF THIS ACTIVITY...AVG WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN 10-15 KTS OR
LESS INTO TONIGHT AND ON FRIDAY. DECENT CHANCE FOR SMALL CRAFT CONDS
IN BAY LATE FRI NGT-SAT MRNG AS MIXING OVER VERY WARM (LWR/MID 80S
BAY WTRS) WILL BE MAXIMIZED IN WAKE OF STRONGER COLD FRONT.
&&
.CLIMATE...
***NOTE*** ALTHOUGH RIC OVRNITE LOW TMP WAS 80 (WARMEST EVER ON
RECORD) THE OFFICIAL LOW WILL NOT BE RECORDED UNTIL 1 AM.
RICHMOND IS THE BIG WINNER CONCERNING HEAT RECORDS OF AUG 8TH...
--104F IS THE HOTTEST DAY SINCE JULY 6TH 1977 WHEN IT HIT 105F.
--ONLY 3 DATES HAVE BEEN HOTTER...8/6/1918 (107)...8/7/1918 (106)
AND 7/6/1977 (105).
--3 OTHER DATES HAVE HIT 104F (6/26/1952...7/10/1936 AND 7/21/1930)
***ANNUAL #DAYS...100F OR HIGHER/90F OR HIGHER***
2007 (SO FAR).....1 DAY / 34 DAYS
NORMAL............1 DAY / 41 DAYS
MOST..............9 DAYS (1954) / 70 DAYS (1977)
LEAST.............0 (SEVERAL) / 14 DAYS (1971/1927/1917)
RECORD HIGHS AND REC HIGH MINS FOR TODAY AND FRIDAY...
HIGHS RICHMOND NORFOLK SALISBURY ELIZABETH CITY
THUR 8/9...101 (1930)...100 (1930)...102 (1930)...102 (1977)
FRI 8/10...100 (1900)... 99 (1977)... 97 (1977)... 99 (1977)
HIGH MINS
THUR 8/9....79 (1900)....78 (2001)....78 (1918).....N/A
FRI 8/10....77 (1987)....79 (2001)....80 (1931).....N/A
LONGEST CONSECUTIVE STRETCHES OF 100+ DEGREE HEAT...
RICHMOND...5 DAYS (8/29-9/2/1953)
3 DAYS (10 TIMES/MOST RECENTLY 7/8-7/10/1993)
2 DAYS (15 TIMES/MOST RECENTLY 8/2-8/3/2006)
**YSDY AUG 8TH 2007 HAD A HIGH OF 104**
NORFOLK...3 DAYS (3 TIMES/MOST RECENTLY 7/21-7/23/1952)
2 DAYS (9 TIMES/MOST RECENTLY 8/2-8/3/2006)
**YSDY AUG 8TH 2007 HAD A HIGH OF 100**
SALISBURY...3 DAYS (2 TIMES/MOST RECENTLY 7/8-7/10/1993)
2 DAYS (3 TIMES/MOST RECENTLY 7/5-7/6/1999)
**LAST 100+ DEGREE READING WAS JULY 6TH 1999**
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR NCZ012>017-
030>032-102.
VA...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR VAZ048-049-
060>100.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...MPR
NEAR TERM...MPR
SHORT TERM...MPR
LONG TERM...MPR/WFA
AVIATION...BTC
MARINE...CCW
CLIMATE...LKBHazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 7:00 PM EST, 6 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 800 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-110000- 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- 800 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>098-110000- 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- 800 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ099-100-110000- ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 800 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK HEAT ADVISORY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ024-025-110000- INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- 800 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ021>023-110000- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET- 800 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SMF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 10:03 PM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1103 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 VAZ049-062-063-100400- GOOCHLAND VA-HANOVER VA-LOUISA VA- 1103 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH LOUISA...GOOCHLAND AND HANOVER COUNTIES... AT 1103 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES EAST OF MINERAL TO HADENSVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... HADENSVILLE AROUND 1110 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 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. SMF
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 10:11 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1111 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 MDZ021>024-VAZ077-099-100415- ACCOMACK VA-DORCHESTER MD-INLAND WORCESTER MD-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-SOMERSET MD-WICOMICO MD- 1111 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE... AT 1111 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM 20 MILES WEST OF PRINCESS ANNE TO 18 MILES WEST OF CRISFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CRISFIELD AROUND 1135 PM EDT... PRINCESS ANNE AROUND 1150 PM EDT... FRUITLAND AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT... WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS. 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. BROWN
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 10:48 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1148 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 VAZ048-049-062-100445- FLUVANNA VA-GOOCHLAND VA-LOUISA VA- 1148 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA PIEDMONT... AT 1148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF MINERAL TO 40 MILES WEST OF PALMYRA...OR FROM 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CULPEPER TO 17 MILES NORTH OF CLIFFORD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR LOUISA AROUND 1215 AM EDT... MINERAL AROUND 1225 AM EDT... PALMYRA AROUND 1235 AM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS. 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. BROWN
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 10:50 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1150 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 VAZ072>078-083>086-090-100445- ESSEX VA-GLOUCESTER VA-JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA-LANCASTER VA-MATHEWS VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NEW KENT VA-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-RICHMOND VA-WESTMORELAND VA- 1150 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN NECK AND MIDDLE PENINSULA... AT 1150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARSAW TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KING AND QUEEN COURTHOUSE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... KING AND QUEEN COURTHOUSE AROUND 1155 PM EDT... CALLAO AROUND 1215 AM EDT... WEST POINT AROUND 1220 AM EDT... URBANNA AROUND 1245 AM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 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. SMF
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 12:19 AM EST, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 119 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007 VAZ063-064-071-072-082-083-100600- CAROLINE VA-CHARLES CITY VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-KING WILLIAM VA-NEW KENT VA- 119 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE RICHMOND METRO AREA... AT 117 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN HANOVER COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. AT THE CURRENT SPEED...THESE STORMS WILL REACH ATLEE AT 130 AM EDT...STUDLEY AT 135 AM EDT... WESTWOOD AT 145 AM EDT...ORAPAX FARMS AT 150 AM EDT...AND NEW KENT AIRPORT AT 155 AM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 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 THESE STORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. HURLEY
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 12:30 AM EST, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 130 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007 VAZ099-100-100615- ACCOMACK VA-NORTHAMPTON VA- 130 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE... AT 130 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM 24 MILES NORTH OF EXMORE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EXMORE...OR FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRISFIELD TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EXMORE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WILLIS WHARF AROUND 135 AM EDT... SANFORD AROUND 140 AM EDT... HALLWOOD AROUND 145 AM EDT... TEMPERANCEVILLE AROUND 150 AM EDT... ASSAWOMAN AROUND 155 AM EDT... WALLOPS ISLAND AROUND 200 AM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS. 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. BROWN
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:59 UTC.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, New Kent
- When
- August 10, 1:15 AM EST
- Where
- New Kent County, 1.1 mi E of Quinton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 37.530, -77.150
Trees and powerlines were downed on Custis Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Southampton
- When
- August 10, 12:53 PM EST
- Where
- Southampton County, 0.89 mi SE of Courtland
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.711, -77.059
Trees were downed, including a tree that fell on a trailer.
Thunderstorm Wind, Suffolk (C)
- When
- August 10, 1:20 PM EST
- Where
- Suffolk (C) County, 0.55 mi W of Holland
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.680, -76.780
Trees were downed by wind gusts estimated at 58 mph.
Thunderstorm Wind, Isle of Wight
- When
- August 10, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Isle of Wight County, 0.89 mi SW of Carrsville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.711, -76.831
Numerous trees were downed by wind gusts estimated at 58 mph.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chesapeake (C)
- When
- August 10, 2:18 PM EST
- Where
- Chesapeake (C) County, 1.38 mi N of Hickory
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.650, -76.200
Tree was reported knocked down on Indiana Creek Rd.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brunswick
- When
- August 10, 5:17 PM EST
- Where
- Brunswick County, 0.89 mi SW of Alberta
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.861, -77.881
Small building was damaged near Highway 1.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 57248, 57250, 57255, 57257, 57258, 57260, 57261.