Scattered severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds across portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore.
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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.
The episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds across portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore.
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 1, 8:31 PM EST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 931 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A LARGE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND SOUTHERN QUEBEC THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SEVERAL WEAK TROUGHS OF LOW PRESSURE WILL ROTATE AROUND THE LOW...WITH MOST REMAINING NORTH OF THE MASON DIXON LINE. THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... LATEST WX ANALYSIS DEPICTS CENTER OF MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER SERN ONTARIO/ERN MI. MAIN FCST CHALLENGE THROUGH THIS EVENING WAS WITH DIAGNOSING SVR WX POTENTIAL THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. LATEST IN A SERIES OF VORT LOBES PIVOTING AROUND THE BOTTOM PERIMETER OF THE UPPER LOW TODAY. THIS FEATURE WL DIG A BIT FARTHER SOUTH THAN ITS PREDECESSORS...MOVING FROM OH VLY INTO THE MID-ATL THROUGH LTR THIS EVENING. SPC TRIMMED BACK SLIGHT RISK AREA SLIGHTLY...NOW INCLUDING NWRN THIRD OF AKQ CWA (APPROXIMATELY A FVX-RIC-WAL LINE) IN DAY 1 SLIGHT RISK. DEWPOINTS REMAIN A BIT ON THE LOW SIDE FOR CONVECTION ACROSS OUR AREA...AND THIS CONTRIBUTED TO AFOREMENTIONED CLIPPING OF SLGT RISK. HOWEVER...CONVECTION HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO FIRE UPSTREAM ACROSS WV...SOUTH INTO WESTERN NC/VA. RUC CONTINUES TO DEPICT BEST CORRIDOR OF WEAK TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR OVER OUR AREA WILL SET UP ACROSS PIEDMONT COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...SOUTH TO JUST NORTH OF THE I-85/I-95 CORRIDOR OF SOUTHSIDE/CENTRAL VA. COULD HV A FEW STORMS CREEP INTO OUR CWA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RUC DEPICTING STEEP LLVL LAPSE RATES UPWARDS OF 9 DEG C/KM. THIS ALONG WITH DEEP LYR BULK SHEAR ON THE ORDER OF 30-40 KT SHOULD ALLOW FOR A FEW ISO/WIDELY SCT TSRAS TO CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO OUR AREA THIS AFTN AS VORT MAX TO OUR NORTH RIDES EASTWARD. ONCE THESE STORMS DEVELOP... BRN/BRN SHEAR VALUES OF 40-60 M2S2 OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA INDICATE THAT ATMOSPHERE WL LKLY BE ABLE TO SUPPORT SOME AREAS ORGANIZED CONVECTION...INCLUDING POTENTIALLY A FEW SUPERCELLS AND/OR BOWING LINE SEGMENTS. HWO CURRENTLY REFLECTS THIS THREAT OVER THE SLIGHT RISK AREA AND WONT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THIS FOR NOW. CONVECTION THAT DOES FIRE SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY AFTER SS. CUT BACK POPS TO LOW CHC NORTH/SLIGHT CHC SOUTH FOR A FEW SHRAS AS VORT MAX EXITS TO THE NE OVERNIGHT. ONCE AGAIN USED A MOS BLEND FOR EARLY MORNING LOWS. L/M 60S INLAND...U60S/L70S SE. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... SHORT TERM PERIOD WL BE CHARACTERIZED BY CONTINUED INTERACTION WITH CUTOFF LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. PRIMARY CHALLENGE FOR THE PERIOD WAS IN DIAGNOSING RAIN CHCS. THURSDAY/FRIDAY... SIMILAR WX STORY TOMORROW...WITH S/W ENERGY ROTATING AROUND THE UPR LOW. A BUILDING UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL SHUNT GREAT LAKES UPPER LOW SLIGHTLY OFF TO THE NORTHEAST BY MIDDAY TOMORROW. AS A RESULT...BEST RAIN CHANCES SHIFT A BIT FARTHER NORTH. AS SUCH...CONTINUED TO CONFINE SLIGHT CHC POPS TO N OF I-64...COINCIDENT TO BETTER DPVA AND CONVERGENCE VALUES...AND ALSO WHERE CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS ARE SLIGHTLY MORE FAVORABLE. ONCE AGAIN...THE NAM REMAINS MORE BULLISH ON POPS...THE GFS DECIDEDLY LESS SO. UTILIZED ISOLATED WORDING AT MOST TOMORROW GIVEN THE CONTINUED DEEP WESTERLY (DOWNSLOPE) COMPONENT IN THE LOWER LEVELS. DOWNSLOPE FLOW SHOULD ALLOW FOR SLIGHTLY COOLER HIGHS VS THOSE ATTAINED TODAY. LOOKING FOR MAXIMA IN THE MID-UPR 80S OVER THE LWR ERN SHORE...WITH MID 80S TO LWR 90S ELSEWHERE (WARMEST SE). FRIDAY... UPR TROF FINALLY STARTS TO PIVOT EASTWARD WITH DEEP LAYER NWLY FLOW MARKING MUCH OF FRIDAY. THE RESULT SHOULD KEEP MUCH OF THE CWA DRY ON FRIDAY WITHOUT ANY REAL TRIGGERS FOR CONVECTION. TEMPS DURING THE DAY A LITTLE COOLER WITH THE 850 MB THERMAL TROUGH PIVOTING ACROSS THE REGION...I.E. HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 80S. INDEPENDENCE DAY (SAT)... UPR PATTERN CONTINUES TO DEAMPLIFY TO BECOME A BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CONUS...AS UPR LOW EXITS OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. GFS A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH ADVANCING MOISTURE/CONVECTION FROM THE MO/TN VLYS EASTWARD THAN THE ECMWF. AT THE SFC...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION FROM THE SW. CONSIDERING THAT MODELS DO AGREE ON AT LEAST A RELATIVELY WEAK DYNAMIC PROFILE...WL KEEP POPS AT SILENT OR LESS FOR NOW. HIGHS ON THE 4TH SHOULD BE RIGHT AROUND/JUST ABV CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS: UPR80S/L90S INLAND...WITH M/U80S OVER THE EASTERN SHORE. HOWEVER...IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IF THE ECMWF SOLN VERIFIES...TEMPERATURES FOR THE 4TH MAY NEED TO BE BUMPED UP SLIGHTLY. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... FCST AREA WILL REMAIN IN GENERALLY A WNW FLO ALOFT FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD. GOING WITH A COMBINATION OF THE 12Z GFS/00Z ECMWF. ONE FRNT SLIDES OFF THE CST SAT NGT INTO SUN MORNG...WITH WEAK HI PRES BLDNG OVR THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF SUN. LATE SUN THRU MON NGT...A FRNTL BNDRY WILL LAY TO OUR S ACRS THE CAROLINAS...WITH WEAK AREAS OF LO PRES MOVNG ALNG IT AND OFF THE CST. WILL HAVE SLGT TO SML CHCS FOR PCPN...ESPLY SUN NGT THRU MON. HI PRES WILL THEN BLD IN FM THE NNW FOR TUE THRU WED. MAX TEMPS WILL RANGE THRU THE 80S TO NR 90 THRU THE PERIOD. MIN TEMPS WILL RANGE FM THE LWR 60S TO THE LWR 70S. && .AVIATION /02Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... LINE OF SCT TS ACRS CTRL VA WILL IMPACT NRN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS EVNG BEFORE DIMINISHING. SURFACE TROUGH/WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH AND SHIFT WINDS TO WRLY EARLY THU MORNING. VFR EXP OUTSIDE OF PCPN TNGT. A COLD FRONT WILL SETTLE OVER THE CAROLINAS AND WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR PCPN WILL BE SUN NIGHT AND MON. MAINLY VFR IS EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF ANY EARLY MORNING FOG WHICH WOULD BE MOST LIKELY AT SBY. && .MARINE... NO HEADLINES IN THE SHRT TERM TNGT THRU FRI. ONE TROF OR WEAK COLD FRNT WILL SWING ACRS THE AREA LATE TNGT THRU THU MORNG...WITH A SECOND ONE EXPECTED LATE SAT NGT AND SUN. THAT FRNTL BNDRY WILL REMAIN S OF THE WTRS ON MON...WITH WEAK WAVES OF LO PRES MOVNG ALNG IT. CONDS SHUD REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA THRU THE FCST PERIOD WITH WND SPEEDS 15 KTS OR LESS...WAVES 1 TO 2 FT...AND SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MAM NEAR TERM...MAM SHORT TERM...MAM LONG TERM...TMG AVIATION...LSA MARINE...TMG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1026 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ084-086>100- 021000- 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 TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO 20 NM-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN- INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK- SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH- SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 1026 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>083-085-021000- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- 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-MIDDLESEX- 1026 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP LATER TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. 05
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 915 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 MDZ021>024-VAZ099-020215- ACCOMACK VA-DORCHESTER MD-INLAND WORCESTER MD-SOMERSET MD-WICOMICO MD- 915 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE... AT 914 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 23 MILES WEST OF CAMBRIDGE TO 19 MILES WEST OF CRISFIELD...OR FROM CHESAPEAKE BEACH TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAIR PORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... CRISFIELD AROUND 945 PM EDT... CAMBRIDGE AROUND 950 PM EDT... PRINCESS ANNE AROUND 1010 PM EDT... POCOMOKE CITY AROUND 1015 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 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. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. GINGRICH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
918 PM EDT WED JUL 01 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0858 PM TSTM WND DMG SMITHFIELD 36.98N 76.62W
07/01/2009 ISLE OF WIGHT VA PUBLIC
LARGE TREE DOWN GATLIN PT SOUTH
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ALBRIGHTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
928 PM EDT WED JUL 01 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 PM TSTM WND GST 1 E HAMPTON 37.05N 76.28W
07/01/2009 M64.00 MPH ANZ632 VA TRAINED SPOTTER
ON THE SHORE OF CHESAPEAKE BAY
0914 PM TSTM WND DMG HAMPTON 37.05N 76.29W
07/01/2009 CITY OF HAMPTON VA TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVEN TELEPHONE POLES DOWN ON ABERDEEN RD
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LALEXANDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
929 PM EDT WED JUL 01 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0858 PM TSTM WND DMG CARROLLTON 36.95N 76.56W
07/01/2009 ISLE OF WIGHT VA EMERGENCY MNGR
RESCUE RD. MULTIPLE TREES/POWER LINES DOWN...TREE TOPS
TWISTED OFF.
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ALBRIGHTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 948 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 VAZ063-070>074-080>083-089-090-020245- CHARLES CITY VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-DINWIDDIE VA-ESSEX VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA-NEW KENT VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-SURRY VA- 948 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... AT 947 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUCKAHOE TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DINWIDDIE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... SOLOMONS STORE AROUND 955 PM EDT... ATLEE AROUND 1000 PM EDT... VARINA AROUND 1005 PM EDT... STUDLEY AROUND 1010 PM EDT... JORDANS POINT AROUND 1015 PM EDT... ENFIELD AROUND 1020 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 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. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. GINGRICH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
951 PM EDT WED JUL 01 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0902 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSE NORTHAMPTON 37.01N 76.41W
07/01/2009 CITY OF HAMPTON VA PUBLIC
LARGE PECAN TREE DOWN ON TRUCK
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LALEXANDThe Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:11 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Trees and power lines were downed.
One person was struck by lightning. The individual was released after receiving medical attention.
Trees and power lines were downed.
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