The combination of a hot and humid airmass and a lee side trough helped to produce isolated severe thunderstorms across southeast Virginia.
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The episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.
The combination of a hot and humid airmass and a lee side trough helped to produce isolated severe thunderstorms across southeast Virginia.
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, 3:10 PM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 410 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A TR OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS STATIONARY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE LOW WILL STRENGTHEN...AS IT TRACKS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA ON MONDAY. BY TUESDAY...THE LOW WILL PUSH OFFSHORE...ALLOWING WEAK HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... CURRENTLY HAVE MULTIPLE BOUNDARIES ALL OVER THE CWA...HAVE GONE WITH SCTD LATE AFTN/EVENG TSTMS FOR BULK OF THE CWA...GNRLY EXPECTING ABOUT 40% COVERAGE. ON ERN SHORE...AIRMASS IS A BIT MORE STABLE SO HAVE GONE ISOLATED THERE. SHEAR IS WEAK SO WIDESPRD SVR LOOKS UNLIKELY TONIGHT...BUT FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO SLOW MOVENT OF STORMS. ISO STRG GUSTY WINDS/HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH DEEPEST CONVECTION. CONVECTION WILL WANE AFTER 02/03Z...ALTHOUGH WITH WK SFC TROUGHING...HAVE LEFT A 20% POP IN FOR OVERNIGHT. A LITTLE MORE HUMID THAN PAST FEW NIGHTS...SO LOWS WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER...MAINLY IN UPPER 60S/LWR 70S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... BETTER CHANCES FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY BY SUNDAY AFTN...AND ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY AS NXT SHORTWAVE ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE AMPLIFYING TROUGH. ON SUNDAY...LOW LVL FLOW WILL BE MORE SE THAN TODAY...WHICH WILL ENHANCE COVERAGE OF PRECIP BY AFTN. HAVE POPS INTO 40-50% RANGE ALL ZONES...ALONG WITH HIGHS MAINLY NEAR 90. MSTR WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE SUN NGT/MONDAY...WITH BOTH THE GFS/NAM SHOWING A DEEPENING SFC LOW TRACKING ACRS THE CAROLINAS. HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY POPS FRO SRN ZONES/HIGH CHC NORTH ON MONDAY. SEVERE THREAT APPEARS SOMEWHAT LMTD DUE TO ONLY MODEST LOW LVL INSTABILITY WITH DEEP ELY FLOW DEVELOPING N OF THE BNDRY. THERE COULD BE SOME DECENT DIRECTIONAL SHEAR HOWEVER...SO WILL NEED TO MONITOR. TEMPS MONDAY WILL BE HELD IN THE 80S WITH AMPLE CLOUD CVR...ALTHOUGH SIDED CLOSER TO WARMER MAV NUMBERS AT THIS POINT. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... GFS/ECMWF BOTH DEPICT MID LEVEL TROUGHING ALIGNED ALONG THE E COAST ON TUESDAY...SHIFTING OFF THE COAST WED AND THU AS RIDGING BUILDS EASTWARD FROM THE PLAINS. HAVE CONTINUED WITH CHC POPS SOUTH/SCHC POPS NORTH TUE. AS SFC LOW TRACKS FARTHER OFFSHORE WED/THU...WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NW...CONTD WITH 20-30% DIURNAL POPS IN SRN ZONES...DRY ELSEWHERE. RETURN FLOW/NXT FRONT APPROACH INTO NXT WEEKEND WITH A RETURN TO CHC POPS SAT FOR ALL ZONES. OVERALL...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... PTCHY IFR/MVFR ERY TDA (PDS OF LIFR CIG/VSBY AT SBY)...AND PSBL MVFR IN SCTD CNVTN LATER THIS AFTN/EVE...OTRW VFR TDA. SIMILAR CONDS XPCTD TNGT THROUGH ERY NEXT WK. && .MARINE... WINDS CONTINUE OUT OF THE SOUTH INTO THE EVENING HOURS AT 10 TO 15 KTS BEFORE DECREASING LATER TONIGHT. LOOK FOR A FEW ISOLATED SHRA/TSTMS INTO THE EVENING PERIOD. SRLY FLOW WIL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK (EXPCT STRONGEST WINDS LATE AFTN/EVE) BEFORE AN ENE WIND DVLPS TWRDS TUE. WILL CONTINUE WITH THOUGHTS OF WINDS BLO SCA CRITERIA THROUGH WED. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BROWN NEAR TERM...BROWN SHORT TERM...BROWN LONG TERM...BROWN AVIATION...CY MARINE...WAMSLEY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1024 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102- VAZ048-049-060>100-291430- 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-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- 1024 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND...THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...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 EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BROWN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 220 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 VAZ088-089-092-281915- SOUTHAMPTON VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA- 220 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ...A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM MOVING SLOWLY OVER WAVERLY... AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WAVERLY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WAKEFIELD AT 255 PM EDT...BOOTH FORK AT 310 PM EDT. 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. WAMSLEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 225 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 NCZ013-281930- HERTFORD NC- 225 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ...STRONG THNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL HERTFORD COUNTY... AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MURFREESBORO TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF AHOSKIE...OR FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF AULANDER TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF AHOSKIE. THEY WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR AHOSKIE AROUND 330 PM EDT... 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. WAMSLEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 243 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 NCZ030-281945- BERTIE NC- 243 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH OVER EAST CENTRAL BERTIE... AT 243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL BERTIE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINDSOR...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WHITES CROSSROADS AT 250 PM EDT... WAKELON...AND...GOOSE POND AT 305 PM EDT...ROSEMEAD AT 320 PM EDT... COLERAIN AT 325 PM EDT...TRAP AT 340 PM EDT. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS 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. WAMSLEY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
306 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007
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0330 PM TSTM WND DMG CAPRON 36.71N 77.20W
07/27/2007 SOUTHAMPTON VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON PINOPOLIS RD.
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG BOWERS HILL 36.78N 76.42W
07/27/2007 CITY OF CHESAPEAKE VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF I-664 AND US 58
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KCSThe Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:54 UTC.
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several reports of nickel size hail were in neighborhoods near Norfolk International Airport.
Nickel size hail was reported in Oceanview section of Norfolk.
Penny size hail was reported at Woodside and Dembigh in Newport News.
Trees were downed by wind gusts estimated at 58 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 2007
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: 50263, 50264, 50267, 50265.