Eleven cows were killed under a tree that was hit by a lightning strike off of Kellog Fort Road.
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Eleven cows were killed under a tree that was hit by a lightning strike off of Kellog Fort Road.
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 10, 9:08 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1008 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON...AND
WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL PUSH
OFFSHORE MONDAY MORNING...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK INTO THE
MID ATLANTIC MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
INCRSD LLVL MSTR EVIDENT ACRS FA SO FAR THIS MRNG...W/ SFC DWPTS
BACK INTO THE UPR 50S AND 60S. RATHER LRG AREA OF CNVTN MVG
THROUGH NCNTRL NC ATTM...HEADED FOR XTRM SE VA/NE NC CTYS IN THE
NEXT FEW HRS. ERYR ISLTD STRNG T INVOF (MD) ERN SHR AND NRBY CSTL
WTRS HAS MVD TO THE ENE. HTG COMBINED W/ INCRSD AVBL MSTR AND
APPROACHING CDFNT FM THE NW (AS UPR LVL LO PRES/COLD AIR POOL DIVES
SE FM ERN LAKES RGN) XPCTD TO LEAD TO AT LEAST SCTD DVLPMNT THRUT
THE AFTN/EVE HRS. HAIL/GSTY WNDS PRIMARY THREATS. HV RAISED POPS
FOR SE VA/NE NC TO LIKELY...KPT CHC POPS MOST OTR PLCS. HI TEMPS
IN THE 80S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
LOW LVL INSTABILITY WEAKENS AFTER SUNSET BUT UPPER COLD POOL WILL
LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT FOR CONTD TSTMS WELL THROUGH THE EVENG HRS
AND EVEN INTO MON MRNG ACROSS ERN 1/2 CWA. AGAIN HAVE PRECIP
CHANCES HIGHEST IN E/LOWEST IN WEST.
MONDAY...CONSENSUS TIMING HAS COLD FRONT PUSHING OFF THE COAST 12Z
MON (THIS SOLN IS A BLEND BETWEEN FASTER GFS AND SLOWER NAM/ECMWF).
MUCH DRIER AIR FILTERS IN ON WNW FLOW...BUT HAVE LINGERED 20%
POPS IN CSTL AREAS MONDAY BASED ON SOME WK INSTABILITY/SLOWER
DEPARTURE OF THE UPPER LOW THAN GFS WOULD SUGGEST. HIGHS LWR 80S
NE TO MID/UPR 80S CNTRL AND S. VERY DRY BY AFTN FOR INTERIOR
VA/NC...DEW PTS ONCE AGAIN MAY DROP INTO UPR 40S/LWR 50S (A FEW
DGRS BELOW GDNC).
MON NGT/TUE...HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES WITH DRY CONDITIONS/SEASONABLE
TEMPERATURES (ALTHOUGH COOLER THAN AVG FOR MINS).
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
UPR LOW SETTLES BACK INTO ONTARIO/QUEBEC BY MID WEEK...SO DIURNAL
TREND OF LOW END CHANCE POPS EACH AFTN/EVNG WILL CONTINUE. BOTH
GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE TROUGH LIFTING AND
SHIFTING TO THE COAST BY SAT MORNING TIME-FRAME WITH ANOTHER MORE
POTENT LOW MVG INTO THE MIDWEST AT THAT TIME. COULD MEAN OUR NEXT
SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF PRECIP WOULD COME LATE IN THE WEEKEND OR
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
TEMPS IN THE EXTENDED CONTINUE TO BE GUIDED MAINLY BY
CLIMO...SLIGHTLY BLO GUIDANCE...WITH GOOD CLOUD CVR EXPECTED EACH
AFTN. SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE FROM THIS TOO MUCH AT THIS POINT.
&&
.AVIATION /14Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
ALL TERMINALS ARE CURRENTLY VFR...EVEN SBY...AND SHOULD REMAIN SO
UNTIL THIS AFTN WHEN SCT SHRA/TSRA ARE POSSIBLE WITH ASSOC CD FRNT
MOVING THRU THE REGION. KEPT ALL TAFS VFR THRU TONIGHT...BUT
INDICATED -SHRA AND CB GROUPS FOR LATER THIS AFTN INTO THIS
EVENING.
&&
.MARINE...
S/SW WINDS WILL CONTINUE THRU THIS AFTN AND INCREASE AROUND MIDNIGHT
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. HV RAISED SMALL CRAFT FLAG FOR ALL
WATERS...XCPT NRN TWO COASTAL MARINE ZONES...AS WE EXPECT GUSTS IN
THE 20 TO 25 KT RANGE TO MIX DOWN. SEAS DO NOT LOOK TO BE AN ISSUE
ATTM. BY MON AFTN ALL HEADLINES SHOULD SINCE HAVE EXPIRED AND WINDS
WILL BE RUNNING 10 TO 15 KT OUT OF THE NW POST FROPA. WATERS SHOULD
REMAIN QUIET MON AFTN THRU MID WEEK AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVR THE
WATERS.
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY
FOR ANZ630>633-654-656-658.
&&
SYNOPSIS...ALB/LKB
NEAR TERM...ALB/LKB
SHORT TERM...LKB
LONG TERM...JYM
AVIATION...SMF
MARINE...SMFHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 516 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ANZ650-652-MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100- 110930- COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA 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- 516 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...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... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANZ630>633-654-656-658-110930- 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 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- 516 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BROWN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 641 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 MDZ022>024-101145- INLAND WORCESTER MD-SOMERSET MD-WICOMICO MD- 641 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING ACROSS THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE... AT 641 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRINCESS ANNE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRISFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 17 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR MANOKIN...AND...KINGSTON AT 650 AM EDT... WESTOVER AT 700 AM EDT...PRINCESS ANNE AT 715 AM EDT...WHITESBURG AT 730 AM EDT...LONGRIDGE AT 745 AM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF 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. SMF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 800 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 MDZ022>025-101300- INLAND WORCESTER MD-MARYLAND BEACHES MD-SOMERSET MD-WICOMICO MD- 800 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING INTO WORCESTER COUNTY... AT 800 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALISBURY TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF POCOMOKE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR POWELLVILLE AROUND 810 AM EDT... CEDARTOWN AROUND 815 AM EDT... STOCKTON AROUND 820 AM EDT... PUBLIC LANDING AROUND 825 AM EDT... IRONSHIRE AROUND 840 AM EDT... EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. 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 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1003 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 NCZ012-013-030-VAZ079-087-088-092-101500- BERTIE NC-BRUNSWICK VA-GREENSVILLE VA-HERTFORD NC-NORTHAMPTON NC-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SUSSEX VA- 1003 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 1003 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARYSBURG...OR ABOUT OVER HALIFAX...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR MUD CASTLE AT 1010 AM EDT...BOONES CROSSROADS AT 1015 AM EDT...JACKSON AT 1020 AM EDT...LASKER AT 1025 AM EDT...LASKER AT 1030 AM EDT...POTECASI AT 1035 AM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO 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. MCNATT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1139 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 MDZ022-024-025-101645- INLAND WORCESTER MD-MARYLAND BEACHES MD-WICOMICO MD- 1139 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE... AT 1139 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL WICOMICO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF SALISBURY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR WILLARDS AT 1145 AM EDT...WHALEYVILLE AT 1155 AM EDT...BISHOP...AND...SHOWELL AT 1210 PM EDT...BISHOPVILLE... AND...OCEAN PINES AT 1220 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PATH OF 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MCNATT
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Eleven cows were killed under a tree that was hit by a lightning strike off of Kellog Fort Road.
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