Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 associated with a trough of low pressure produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of central and eastern 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 26, 2:02 PM EST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
302 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST
TONIGHT...THEN STALLS AND SLOWLY DISSIPATES ACROSS THE AREA
MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS STRONG OFF THE EAST
COAST DURING THE MIDWEEK PERIOD...WHILE LOW PRESSURE TRACKS
THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE NORTHEAST STATES.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL 01Z FOR VA/MD CTYS (AND ASSCD CSTL WTRS).
XPCTG BEST CVRG WL BE ALG/W OF A SBY TO AKQ TO RZZ LN. THREAT TO
BE DAMAGING WNDS/LRG HAIL. E AND SE VA/NE NC TO HV PSBL ISTLD
CNVTV DVLPMT THIS EVE. OTRW...HOT/MOD HUMID THIS EVE (THOUGH
NOTHING UNUSUAL FOR LT JULY). XPCTG MUCH OF CVNTN TO GRDLY DSPT
AFT LT EVE...THOUGH WL KP CHC POPS FOR N/CNTRL SXNS. LO TEMPS FM
THE U60S TO M70S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
TYPICAL LT JULY PTRN SETTING UP FOR START OF NEW WK. A WKNG FNTL
BNDRY ENTERS THE RGN FM THE NW BY MON...STALLS AND GRDLY DSPTS
INTO THE MIDWEEK PD. BROAD TROUGH ALOFT INVOF LAKES SWD THE SE
STATES...WHL RDG RMNS DOMINANT OFF THE E CST. LTL CHG IN AMS XPCTD
MON THROUGH WED. DYTM TEMPS TRIMMED DUE TO CLDNS...WHL HUMIDITY
RMNS AT MOD LVLS. DP LYRD MSTR AXIS SHIFTS TO NR THE CST INTO
TUE...LEADING TO LWRG OF POPS FM MON TO TUE. MDLS SUGG NEXT WV OF
MSTR TO ARRIVE DURG WED...WL HV HIEST POPS FOR INLAND AREAS.
NGTM LO TEMPS FM THE U60S TO M70S. DYTM HI TEMPS MON/WED MNLY IN
THE M/U80S...80S TO L90S TUE.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND RIDGING OVER THE
WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL KEEP ACTIVE WEATHER OVER THE MID ATLANTIC
STATES DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD. A STRONG BERMUDA HIGH WILL REACH
FROM THE ATLANTIC WESTWARD INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.
FOLLOWED CLOSELY TO HPC GUIDANCE WHICH DEPICTS A COLD FRONT THAT
SETTLES OVER VIRGINIA ON ABOUT FRIDAY. THE FRONT THEN BECOMES
STATIONARY AND SLOWLY DISSIPATES. THIS WILL HELP TO FOCUS TSTM
ACTIVITY ACROSS THE CWA AS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVE IN FROM THE
W AND SW.
HPC GUIDANCE POPS WERE LOWERED A LITTLE BOTH FOR COORDINATION AND
LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN MESOSCALE DETAILS. POPS WERE GENERALLY SET
20-40% DURING THE AFTN AND EVNG AND MSTLY AOB 20% FROM MIDNIGHT TO
NOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH
HIGHS IN THE UPR 80S TO LWR 90S LOWERING TO 85 TO 90 OVER THE
WEEKEND. LOWS WILL AVERAGE IN THE UPR 60S AND LWR 70S.
&&
.AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
EXPECTED GENLY VFR CONDITIONS NEXT 24 HOURS...ALTHO BRIEF MVFR/IFR
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITH TSTMS. IN ADDITION...FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE SGFNT RAINFALL LATER THIS AFTERNOON/TNGT. HAVE
BROUGHT KSBY DOWN TO 2 MILES IN BR PERIODICALLY OVERNIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...
WINDS INCREASING OVER THE LAST HOUR OR SO OVER THE MARINE AREA...SO
SCA LOOKS GOOD. WINDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD WILL GENERALLY
BE OUT OF THE S/SW...WITH SPEEDS BLO SCA CRITERIA. BERMUDA HIGH WILL
BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE...ALTHO DECAYING FNTS WILL MOVE INTO AREA
FROM TIME TO TIME. NAM APPEARS TO HAV A BETTER HANDLE ON SHORT-TERM
BOUNDARY LOCATIONS...SO HAVE RELIED HEAVILY ON IT FOR THE FIRST
48-60 HOURS. THEREAFTER...NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NAM/GFS.
&&
.EQUIPMENT...
KAKQ RADAR RTS ARND 1730Z.
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY FOR ANZ632.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EDT MONDAY FOR ANZ630-631.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EDT MONDAY FOR ANZ650-652-654-
656.
&&
SYNOPSIS...ALB/MPR
NEAR TERM...ALB/MPR
SHORT TERM...ALB
LONG TERM...LSA
AVIATION...WRS
MARINE...WRS
EQUIPMENT...AKQHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 213 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 NCZ012>016-030>032-271815- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS- 213 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ017-102-271815- INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- 213 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ650-652-654-656-271815- 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- 213 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 625 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .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 IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ633-658-271815- CURRITUCK SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO 20 NM- 213 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ632-271815- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA- 213 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 625 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANZ630-631-271815- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA- 213 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 625 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MDZ021>023-VAZ048-049-060>094-096-097-271815- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-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-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- 213 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 625 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. MDZ024-025-VAZ095-098>100-271815- INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-VIRGINIA BEACH- ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 213 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 625 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 218 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 VAZ075-261845- WESTMORELAND VA- 218 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS WESTMORELAND COUNTY... AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MONTROSS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CURRIOMAN LANDING AT 230 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 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. WRS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 221 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 VAZ072>074-261900- ESSEX VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA- 221 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO KING WILLIAM COUNTY... AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MECHANICSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ETNA MILLS AT 225 PM EDT...ENFIELD AT 230 PM EDT...EPWORTH...AND...GLOBE AT 235 PM EDT...UPSHAW...AND... POLLARDS CORNER AT 240 PM EDT...AYLETT...AND...BEULAHVILLE AT 245 PM EDT...BISCOE...AND...SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH AT 255 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO *45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN 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. WRS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 232 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 VAZ060-061-067-261930- CUMBERLAND VA-NOTTOWAY VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA- 232 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY... AT 231 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF HAMPDEN SYDNEY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF RED HOUSE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR DARLINGTON HEIGHTS AT 240 PM EDT...FIVE FORKS...AND...ALLENS MILL AT 245 PM EDT...HAMPDEN SYDNEY AND WARSHAM AT 300 PM EDT...KINGSVILLE AT 305 PM EDT...FARMVILLE AT 315 PM EDT...RICE AND MORAN AT 325 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN 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. WRS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 253 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 VAZ072>076-261945- ESSEX VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA-RICHMOND VA-WESTMORELAND VA- 253 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE PENINSULA AND NORTHERN NECK... AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARSAW TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH...OR FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF LEONARDTOWN TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH AROUND 310 PM EDT...TAPPAHANNOCK AROUND 330 PM EDT... AND WARSAW AROUND 345 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 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 MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND BRIEF LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MIDDLE PENINSULA AND NORTHERN NECK. WRS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 309 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 VAZ060-061-067>069-262015- AMELIA VA-CUMBERLAND VA-NOTTOWAY VA-POWHATAN VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA- 309 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT... AT 308 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CUMBERLAND TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMPDEN SYDNEY...OR FROM CUMBERLAND TO PHENIX...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...HAMPDEN SYDNEY AROUND 345 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING IN THE PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON. WRS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 319 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 VAZ080-087-088-262015- DINWIDDIE VA-GREENSVILLE VA-SUSSEX VA- 319 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...THUNDERSTORM INTENSIFYING OVER NORTHERN GREENSVILLE COUNTY... AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR PURDY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR JARRATT AT 330 PM EDT...OWENS AT 340 PM EDT...HUSKE AT 345 PM EDT...STONY CREEK AT 355 PM EDT...BOOKER...AND...SUSSEX AT 410 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE 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. HURLEY
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:32 UTC.
20 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Three trees were downed on Route 15 just south of Farmville.
Trees were downed.
Trees were downed on Dutchtown Road at Bob White Road.
Trees were downed.
Tree was downed on Route 360 two miles south of the intersection of Route 360 and Route 307. Winds were estimated at 60 mph.
Large tree fell through a garage.
Quarter size hail was reported.
Tree fell onto a car.
Roof of a shed was flipped onto the top of a house. Numerous other trees were downed.
Trees were downed on Butler Road.
Quarter size hail was reported.
Numerous trees were downed on Mill Swamp Road and Osprey Point Lane.
Nickel size hail was reported at Route 288 and Route 360.
Penny size hail was reported.
Large tree was downed.
Two trees were downed just north of Downtown Williamsburg.
A few large trees were downed.
Several trees were downed.
Large tree and power lines were downed on Waterfield Road.
Large tree was blown down on an apartment building.
Tree was downed on Highway 132.
Several trees were downed on Crockett Lane.
Numerous trees were downed throughout the county.
Numerous local roads were flooded on Gwynn Island.
Several trees were downed or snapped off, and a window was blown out.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 2009
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: 191125, 191159, 191130, 191129, 191126, 191140, 191121, 191133, 191134, 191135, 191122, 191157, 191123, 191124, 191127, 191131, 191142, 191143, 191144, 191136, 191138, 191154, 191155, 191120, 191166.