Isolated severe thunderstorm produced damaging winds across portions of Richmond county.
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The episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorm produced damaging winds across portions of Richmond county.
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 24, 6:07 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 707 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE DISSIPATING. ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION ON SUNDAY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... HAVE UPDATED THE FCST PRODUCTS TO LOWER POPS FOR REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HRS TO ONLY 20% OR LESS FOR MUCH OF THE REGION...THE EXCEPTION BEING OVER NRN ZONES INCLUDING THE NRN NECK AND MOST OF THE ERN SHORE WHERE SCTD ONGOING SHWRS/ISO TSTMS LOOK TO HOLD TOGETHER ENOUGH TO KEEP 30-40% CHANCES THROUGH 10PM OR SO. SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING ACRS NRN VA/MD/DE WILL MOVE OFF TO THE ENE OVER NEXT FEW HRS SO SHOULD SEE DIMINISHING COVERAGE. ALSO APPEARS THAT THE SEVERE THREAT HAS DIMINISHED WITH STRONGER STORMS WELL OFF TO OUR NORTH NEAR THE MASON DIXON LINE...BUT A STRAY STRONGER STORM STILL POSSIBLE NRN NECK/ERN SHORE FOR A FEW MORE HRS. SAT...HAVE BECOME A LITTLE MORE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT WX FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE DAY SHOULD START OUT SUNNY/MSTLY SUNNY ACRS CWA. AS THE DAY WEARS ON...WINDS IN THE LO LVLS BACK TO SLY...ALLOWING SFC DEW POINTS AND CAPE TO INCREASE ACROSS CNTRL/WRN SECTIONS OF CWA. WEAK SFC CONVERGENCE AND A WEAK MID LVL IMPULSE SHOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIFT FOR SCTD AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING TSTMS MAINLY ALG/W OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. COVERAGE NOT EXPECTED TO BE HIGH...WITH 30 POPS ENOUGH TO COVER EVENT. SHOULD BE A HOT DAY...RELATIVELY SPEAKING...ACROSS REGION...WITH MOST AREAS TOPPING OUT AOA 90 DEGREES. COOLER TEMPS WILL PREVAIL NEAR THE OCEAN...SPCLY ON THE EASTERN SHORE. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... NEXT FNT MOVES INTO AREA ON SUNDAY. NAM FAIR AMOUNT QUICKER THAN GFS...AND THINK IT IS A BIT AGGRESSIVE IN MOVING FNT EWD. HAVE THUS CONTINUED PREVIOUS FORECAST THINKING WITH SCTD MAINLY AFTERNOON TSTMS. EXPECT MORE CLOUDS ON SUNDAY THAN SATURDAY...SO TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE A COUPLE DEGREES COOLER. WILL STILL BE ON THE WARM/HUMID SIDE COMPARED TO WHAT HAS BEEN THE CASE MOST OF THE SUMMER THUS FAR. WITH BOUNDARY STALLING OUT ACROSS REGION ON MONDAY...CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER/TSTM SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH SCTD SHWRS/TSTMS EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY. SEE LTL CHG IN TEMPS ON MONDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE UPR 80S/ARND 90 EXPECTED. LOCALLY COOLER TEMPS POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE CLD COVER PERSISTS MORE THAN EXPECTED...BUT TRYING TO DETERMINE WHERE THAT WILL OCCUR AT THIS POINT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... MODELS CONTINUE TO DEPICT A STRENGTHENING BERMUDA HIGH WHICH WILL INFLUENCE THE CWA DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. A LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL SLOWLY RETROGRADE TO THE WEST. AFTER MON... ANY COLD FRONTS ASSOCIATED WITH SHORT WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN STATES WILL DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING OUR CWA. A WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA MON WILL BE THE FOCUS OF SCT TS ACTIVITY ON TUE AND WED. BY THU AND FRI...MESO-SCALE BOUNDARIES WILL BECOME MORE DOMINANT. USED HPC GUIDANCE AS A STARTING POINT ON THE GRIDS. AFTN AND EVNG POPS ARE GENERALLY 40 PERCENT EXCEPT 30 PERCENT ON WED. NIGHTTIME AND MRNG POPS ARE IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO OR SLIGHTLY ABV NORMAL WITH HIGHS MOSTLY UPR 80S TO LWR 90S AND LOWS AROUND 70 INLAND TO THE LOW TO MID 70S NEAR THE COAST. && .AVIATION /23Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... THE CWA WAS RAIN FREE AS OF 17Z...BUT SCT TS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN VICINITY OF ALL THE TAF SITES EXC RIC WHERE THE DEW POINT IS LOWER. ONLY INCL CB REMARKS FOR NOW. NO WIDESPREAD FOG IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE OVERNIGHT BUT INCL 3 MILE VSBY AT SBY AFT 07Z. WIDELY SCT TS CAN BE EXP EACH AFTN THIS WKD...INCREASING SLIGHTLY IN COVERAGE EARLY NEXT WEEK. OTRW...VFR CONDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PREDOMINATE. PATCHY IFR IS POSSIBLE IN EARLY MORNING FOG MAINLY AT SBY. && .MARINE... SE SWELL STILL ALLOWING FOR 3 TO 4 FT WAVE HGTS (PREDOMINANT 8-10 SECOND PERIODS) ON COASTAL WTRS (INTO MOUTH OF CHES BAY) THIS AFTN. WL TAKE DOWN FLAGS WITH THIS ISSUANCE WITH DOWNWARD TREND ON WAVEHGTS UNDERWAY. WAVEWATCH (AND SWAN) GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO POINT TWDS THIS TREND CONTINUING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE SWELL STARTS TO DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY LATER IN THE DAY SATURDAY. RIDGING BECOMES DOMINANT FEATURE ACROSS THE RGN THIS WEEKEND ALLOWING FOR GOOD BOATING CONDITIONS. GRADIENT FLOW WILL INCREASE LTR SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH SFC RIDGE BUILDING FROM THE SE AND LOW PRESSURE CONTINUING TO DEEPEN OVER THE GREAT LAKES. BUFKIT WOULD ARGUE FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST SOME OCCASIONAL LOW END SCA GUSTS LT SAT NGT INTO SUNDAY. THIS LOOKS VERY MARGINAL HOWEVER...SO WL CONTINUE TO CAP WINDS AT 15 KTS FOR NOW. DEEP LAYER SSW FLOW TAKES HOLD BY SUNDAY INTO AT LEAST MIDWEEK...WITH STRONG LOW PRESSURE REMAINING ANCHORED OVER ONTARIO...AND BUILDING BERMUDA HIGH OVER THE SE. THE RESULT WL LEAD TO A RATHER UNSETTLED PERIOD WXWISE...WITH DAILY CONVECTIVE CHCS ACROSS THE WATERS. WINDS/WAVES LOOK TO REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD. WILL GO AHEAD WITH HIGH RIP RISK FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND TOMORROW OVER AREA BEACHES. AREA BEACHES REPORTING VERY HIGH RIPS...INCLUDING SEVERAL RIP RESCUES THIS AFTN AND ERY THIS EVENING. CONSIDERING TIDAL DEPARTURES ABT A FOOT ABV NORMAL...PERSISTANT SE SWELL...AND EXPECTED INCREASED WEEKEND TRAFFIC ON AREA BEACHES...WL ERR ON SIDE OF CAUTION AND GO WITH HIGH RISK. RIP RISK SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LTR TOMORROW AND FOR SUNDAY AS SWELL DIMINISHES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... WATER LVLS CONTINUE TO RUN RIGHT AROUND/JUST BELOW A FOOT ABV NORMAL TDA. NOT MUCH OF AN OPERATIONAL IMPACT YET NOTED...BUT AS ESE FLOW CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW...GUIDANCE SHOWING THAT THESE ANOMALIES WL LKLY REMAIN STEADY (OR RISE SLIGHTLY) THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. WINDS SHOULD TURN MORE SSW (OFFSHORE) SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK...AND TIDAL DEPARTURES WL DIMINISH. WL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TIDES...BUT WL HOLD OFF MENTION IN CWF FOR NOW. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...WRS NEAR TERM...LKB/WRS SHORT TERM...WRS LONG TERM...MAM AVIATION...LSA MARINE...MAM TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...MAM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 542 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 VAZ060-061-065>070-079-080-252145- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA- POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE- 542 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-252145- 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- 542 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 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. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ021>023-NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ048-049-062>064-071>078-081>094-096- 097-252145- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES- PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-FLUVANNA-LOUISA-GOOCHLAND- HANOVER-CAROLINE-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX- WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE- SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT- NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- 542 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST 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. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. MDZ024-025-NCZ017-102-VAZ095-098>100-252145- INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-INLAND CURRITUCK- OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK- NORTHAMPTON VA- 542 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. ADDITIONALLY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. 05
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
211 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 AM TORNADO ELLIOTT 38.31N 76.00W
07/24/2009 F0 DORCHESTER MD EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 2 INJ *** APPARENT WATERSPOUT MOVED ON SHORE. 24 FOOT
TRAVEL TRAILER OVERTURNED 3 TIMES AT THE EXTREME WEST END
OF ELLIOTTS ISLAND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREES AND OTHER
VEGETATION. WINDS ESTIMATED AT HIGH END OF EF0. PATH
LENGTH AROUND 1/4 MILE. PATH WIDTH 25 YARDS.
&&
WSAMMLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 352 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 VAZ049-242045- LOUISA VA- 352 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LOUISA COUNTY... AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 28 MILES NORTH OF LOUISA TO 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISA...OR FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CULPEPER TO 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISA...MOVING EAST...SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... WALDROP AROUND 405 PM EDT... BOSWELLS TAVERN AROUND 410 PM EDT... GREEN SPRINGS AROUND 425 PM EDT... VAWTER CORNER AROUND 435 PM EDT... WARES CROSSROADS AROUND 445 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...LEADING TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...WITH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS 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 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 503 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 VAZ064-242200- CAROLINE VA- 503 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS CAROLINE COUNTY... AT 459 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN TO 24 MILES WEST OF MILFORD...OR FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STAFFORD TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINERAL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY AND WILL MOVE INTO CAROLINE COUNTY AROUND 530 PM. CITIES LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED INCLUDE GUINEA...NANCY WRIGHTS CORNER...AND LADYSMITH THROUGH 600 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY 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. FOSTER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 615 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 VAZ074-075-242315- ESSEX VA-WESTMORELAND VA- 615 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 ...STRONG SHOWERS MOVING INTO ESSEX AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES... AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG SHOWERS FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLONIAL BEACH TO 11 MILES WEST OF CHAMPLAIN...OR FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLONIAL BEACH TO 9 MILES EAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CHAMPLAIN AROUND 700 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM AND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE EAST OVER THE NEXT HOUR. FOSTER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 700 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 VAZ074-076-250000- ESSEX VA-RICHMOND VA- 700 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009 ...STRONG SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER ESSEX COUNTY...MOVING INTO RICHMOND COUNTY... AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF ESSEX AND RICHMOND COUNTIES...FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHAMPLAIN TO CHAMPLAIN...AND FROM MONTROSS TO CHAMPLAIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... TAPPAHANNOCK AROUND 730 PM EDT... WARSAW AROUND 740 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL 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. FOSTER
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:25 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed along Newland Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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