Isolated severe thunderstorm produced damaging winds across portions of King William county in central Virginia.
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Isolated severe thunderstorm produced damaging winds across portions of King William county in central Virginia.
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NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 8:03 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 903 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY NEAR THE COASTAL CAROLINAS TONIGHT THROUGH MIDWEEK...AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY...THEN WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS FRONT WILL THEN BECOME STATIONARY NEAR THE MID ATLANTIC COAST OVER THE WEEKEND...AS WEAK AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST REGION AND LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... UPDATED FCST BASED ON LATEST RADAR/SATELLITE/OBS TRENDS...AND TO ACCOUNT FOR ISOLATED TS/RA WHICH CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DESPITE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. OTW...PREV FCST REMAINS ON TRACK. PREV DISCUSSION...QUITE IMPRESSIVE DEGREE OF DYNAMICAL FORCING...CONSIDERING THE TIME OF YEAR...CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE ACROSS ERN NC AND FAR SERN VA. LATEST STLT IR/WV LOOPS SHOW UNSEASONABLY BROAD/DEEP LAYER TROUGHING OVER ERN ONTARIO AND MUCH OF QUEBEC...WHICH IS ENHANCING THE UPPER LEVEL WESTERLIES (JET AXIS) INTO NRN PTNS OF THE MID ATLC REGION. WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS/SCT TSTMS ACROSS SERN VA AND ERN NC IS FEEDING OFF OF THE ENHANCED MID LEVEL DEFORMATION/ FRONTOGENESIS...NOTED BY A WELL DEFINED BAROCLINIC LEAF SIGNATURE NOTED WITH THE IR/WV IMAGERY. NEAR TERM FCST CHALLENGE WILL BE WITH RAIN CHANCES/TIMING THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ASSCD WITH THE SLOWLY-DEPARTING FVRBL SYNOPTIC FORCING...THEN ATTENTION SHIFTS TO AMOUNT OF ENSUING CLEARING FROM N-S LATER TONIGHT...AND IMPACT ON TEMPS. BASED ON FAIRLY GOOD CONTINUITY OF THE SHORT RANGE MODELS (GFS/NAM/SREF)...WILL MAINTAIN THE BEST MEASURABLE RAIN CHANCES (>50%) OVER NERN NC THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MEANWHILE...EXPECT ISOLATED-SCT ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP/EXPAND ACROSS ERN VA AND THE LWR MD/VA ERN SHORE ALONG THE SECONDARY (LEE-SIDE) SFC TROUGH AXIS... WHICH IS GETTING ENHANCEMENT FROM THE SEA/BAY BREEZE COMPONENT. RUC/LAPS MODEL HODOGRAPHS SHOW CONSIDERABLY LESS 0-2 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITY COMPARED TO YDAY...HOWEVER CONTINUED UNSEASONABLY STRONG MID LVL FLOW (45 KT AT 500 MB...45 TO 50 KT 0-6 KM SHEAR) AND EASTERLY LLVL WIND COMPONENT DUE TO THE SEA/BAY BREEZE COMPONENT WILL NEVERTHELESS ALLOW FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR PERSISTENT...ISOLATED SUPERCELLS THROUGH EVENING ACROSS ERN VA...THOUGH WITH THE MORE LIMITED INSTBY TODAY...WEAKER/SHALLOWER THAN YDAY. FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...CLEARING TAKES PLACE GENERALLY IN A NW- SE FASHION...ESPECIALLY LATE...AS THE LOW-MID LEVEL FGEN/MOISTURE AXIS SLIPS FARTHER SE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME NOCTURNAL LLVL STABILITY ENSUES. MIN TEMPS UPR 50S/LWR 60S NW PTN...TO AROUND 70 SE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NW ON TUE...AS THE FRONT (AND ASSCD CLOUDINESS/RAIN CHANCES) SLIDE FARTHER S OF FCST AREA. THE MAIN STORY TMRW WILL AGAIN BE THE UNSEASONABLY LOW DEWPOINTS ANTICIPATED...AS THE LATEST NAM SHOWS MIXED-LAYER DEWPOINTS FALLING INTO THE LOWER-MID 40S. GIVEN THE STRONG JULY SUN... ALONG WITH THE DOWNSLOPE LLVL FLOW OFF THE SFC...DO EXPECT RELATIVELY DEEP DAYTIME MIXING TO TAKE PLACE ..THUS HAVE TWEAKED SFC DEWPOINTS MORE TOWARD THE LOWER MIXED-LAYER NAM PROJECTIONS. THIS WOULD REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT DEPARTURE FROM THE LATEST MOS GUIDANCE (THOUGH CLOSER TO THE MET). HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS OFFSHORE ON WED...WITH THE RETURN (SRLY) FLOW LEADING TO A GRADUAL RETURN OF WARMING TEMPS ALOFT AND HIGHER DEWPOINTS (HIGH TEMPS CLOSER TO NORMAL...I.E. MID/UPR 80S LWR ERN SHORE AND AROUND 90/LWR 90S ELSEWHERE). HOWEVER...BEFORE THAT HAPPENS...UNSEASONABLY DRY AIRMASS (FVRBL RADIATIONAL COOLING SETUP) COULD RESULT IN NEAR RECORD MIN TEMPS BY WED MORNING (SEE RECORDS BELOW). EVEN WARMER ON THU AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING CD FRONT...AS 850 MB THERMAL AXIS (NEAR +20C) LIFTS INTO THE LWR MID ATLC REGION. HIGH TEMPS FROM THE UPPER 80S (NEAR THE COAST) TO THE LWR 90S ERN SHORE... LOW-MID 90S ELSEWHERE. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... UNSETTLED WX IN STORE FOR THE REGION IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. GOING WITH A COMBINATION OF THE 12Z GFS/00Z ECMWF THAT SHOWS A FRNTL BNDRY LINGERING ACRS THE AREA OR AT LEAST OVR EXTRM SE VA AND NE NC THRU THE PERIOD. WEAK AREAS OF LO PRES WILL MOVE NE ALNG THIS BNDRY...AND WILL PRODUCE WIDELY SCTD OR SCTD SHRAS OR TSRAS ACRS THE REGION WITH THE HIEST CHCS OVR SE VA AND NE NC. CLDS AND PCPN WILL KEEP TEMPS ON THE WARM SIDE (NOT HOT). MAX TEMPS WILL RANGE THRU THE 80S THRU THE PERIOD. MIN TEMPS WILL RANGE FM THE MID 60S TO THE LWR 70S. && .AVIATION /01Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... ISLTD SHRAS OVER THE MIDDLE NECK ARE WEAKENING AND SHOULD DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. CLOUD COVER WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS WELL AS FNTL BNDRY NUDGES FURTHER S INTO NC AND STALLS. FOG WILL TRY TO DEVELOP NEAR SBY BUT DRY AIR MOVING IN FROM NW WILL HELP DETER VIS FROM TAKING A NOSEDIVE. LEFT MVFR FOR BR AT SBY AS WELL AS MVFR FOR BR AT PHF/ECG DUE MOISTURE LEFT BY AFTN SHRAS. VFR FOR TUE AND WED AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE FA. NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES THURS WITH CHANCE OF PERIODS OF MVFR IN SHWRS/TSTM THURS AFTN AND FRI. && .MARINE... NO HEADLINES IN THE SHRT TERM TNGT THRU WED. LO PRES MOVES OFFSHR TNGT AND PULLS A COLD FRNT SE OF THE AREA BY TUE MORNG. SE WNDS ARND 10 KT OR LESS TNGT...WILL SHIFT TO THE NW THEN N LATE TNGT INTO TUE MORNG...AS HI PRES BLDS IN FM THE NNW. N WNDS 10 TO 15 KT TUE MORNG...WITH BECOME NE OR E 10 KT OR LESS IN THE AFTN. HI PRES WILL SLIDE OFF THE CST FOR WED...WITH WNDS TURNING TO THE SE OR S LESS THAN 15 KT. NEXT FRNT THEN PUSHES INTO THE MARINE AREA THU NGT AND FRI...THEN LINGERS OVR EXTRM SE PORTIONS OF THE REGION THRU AT LEAST SAT. CONDS SHUD REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA THRU THE PERIOD WITH WAVES 1 TO 3 FT AND SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BKH NEAR TERM...BKH/JRL SHORT TERM...BKH LONG TERM...TMG AVIATION...AM MARINE...TMG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 327 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 ANZ633-658-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-140730- CURRITUCK SOUND- 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- 327 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630>632-650-652-654-656-MDZ021>025-VAZ060>100-140730- 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- 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-DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- 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- 327 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ048-049-140730- FLUVANNA-LOUISA- 327 AM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 536 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 MDZ021-132230- DORCHESTER MD- 536 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN DORCHESTER COUNTY IN MARYLAND... AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR LLOYDS AT 540 PM EDT...CAMBRIDGE AT 555 PM EDT...EAST NEW MARKET...AND...SECRETARY AT 610 PM EDT...HURLOCK AT 615 PM EDT...BROOKVIEW...AND...ELDORADO AT 625 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 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. LOCALIZED RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE BRIEF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. LEWITSKY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 907 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 VAZ081>083-089>091-140200- CHARLES CITY VA-JAMES CITY VA-NEW KENT VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-SURRY VA-YORK VA- 907 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST OF THE RICHMOND METRO AREA... AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CHARLES CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BURROWSVILLE AT 930 PM EDT...BRANDON...AND...TAYLORS CORNER AT 935 PM EDT...CLAREMONT... AND...CABIN POINT AT 945 PM EDT...SPRING GROVE AT 955 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 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. LOCALIZED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL CAUSE BRIEF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. LEWITSKY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 922 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 VAZ049-063-064-072>074-076-140215- CAROLINE VA-ESSEX VA-HANOVER VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA-LOUISA VA-RICHMOND VA- 922 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM NORTH OF THE RICHMOND METRO AREA TOWARD THE WESTERN NORTHERN NECK AND MIDDLE PENINSULA... AT 919 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN TO 30 MILES WEST OF MILFORD...OR FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN TO MINERAL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CHAMPLAIN AROUND 1000 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 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. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR MAY CAUSE BRIEF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. LEWITSKY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1002 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 VAZ090-091-094-140300- JAMES CITY VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-YORK VA- 1002 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH THE PENINSULA... AT 1001 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER QUEENS LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR WATER COUNTRY U.S.A. AT 1010 PM EDT...GROVE...AND...BUSCH GARDENS AT 1025 PM EDT...U.S. NAVAL WEAPONS STATION AT 1035 PM EDT...LACKEY AT 1055 PM EDT...LEE HALL AT 1100 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THIS STORM REACHES YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. LEWITSKY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1009 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 VAZ063-064-072>077-140315- CAROLINE VA-ESSEX VA-HANOVER VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-RICHMOND VA-WESTMORELAND VA- 1009 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM NORTH OF THE RICHMOND AREA TOWARD THE NORTHERN NECK AND MIDDLE PENINSULA... AT 1008 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONTROSS TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MONTROSS AROUND 1015 PM EDT... TAPPAHANNOCK AROUND 1020 PM EDT... SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH AROUND 1035 PM EDT... WARSAW AROUND 1040 PM EDT... KING WILLIAM AROUND 1115 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 45 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. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR MAY CAUSE BRIEF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. LEWITSKY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1012 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 VAZ048-061-062-140315- CUMBERLAND VA-FLUVANNA VA-GOOCHLAND VA- 1012 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST VIRGINIA PIEDMONT... AT 1011 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF PALMYRA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR CENTRAL PLAINS...AND... PALMYRA AT 1025 PM EDT...CARYSBROOK...AND...COHASSET AT 1040 PM EDT...DIXIE...AND...FORK UNION AT 1045 PM EDT...STAGE JUNCTION AT 1100 PM EDT...COLUMBIA AT 1105 PM EDT...DUNCAN AT 1115 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THIS STORM REACHES YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL CAUSE BRIEF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. LEWITSKY
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree was downed.
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