Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of central Virginia.
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The episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of central 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 Jun 19, 3:39 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 439 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAKENING FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC THIS EVENING...AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE GULF COAST STATES. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL THEN STALL JUST OFF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A WEAKENING MCS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST FROM CENTRAL VA INTO THE CAROLINAS. THIS COMPLEX WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY AS IT MOVED ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS FROM OHIO/INDIANA EARLIER TODAY. REGIONAL RADAR DISPLAY NOW ONLY SHOWING ISLD TO SCT SHRAS/TSRA AT BEST...AND THESE FEW REMAINING CELLS WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THEY MOVE INTO DRIER AND MUCH MORE STABLE AIR. WILL CARRY ISOLATED POPS (15-20%) FOR ALL ZONES THRU MIDNIGHT. AFTER THAT...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION TO THE EAST TOWARDS NEW ENGLAND. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...CROSSING THRU OUR AREA LATE TONIGHT. MODELS AGREE ON KEEPING THE MAJORITY OF THE LIFT AND MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE TO OUR NORTH...AND WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST POPS (20-30%) OVER THE NORTHEASTERN THIRD OF OUR FA...DRY ELSEWHERE/SOUTH OF THERE. LOW TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPR 60S TO LWR 70S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/... THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. GREATEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP WILL AGAIN BE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE FA AND WILL CARRY 40-50% POPS FOR THOSE AREAS...TAPERING DOWN TO 20% POPS SOUTH OF THERE. ATMS WILL BECOME RATHER UNSTABLE WITH STRONG SFC HEATING AND AVAILABLE LLVL MOISTURE. SPC HAS AGAIN INCLUDED ALL OF OUR ZONES IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WX ON SATURDAY...PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY TSTMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. MEANWHILE...SW FLOW WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...PUMPING HOT AND HUMID AIR INTO THE MID ATLANTIC FROM THE DEEP SOUTH STATES. LOCAL LLVL THICKNESS TOOL AND MODEL GUIDANCE PROGS HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPR 90S FOR INTERIOR AREAS...AND UPR 80S/LWR 90S RIGHT AT THE COAST. FORTUNATELY...MIXED LAYER DEWPOINT GUIDANCE DROPS DEWPOINTS INTO THE 60S DURING THE AFTERNOON (MOS AND OTHER MODEL GUIDANCE HAS BEEN TOO HIGH WITH AFTN DEWPOINTS). AS A RESULT...HEAT INDICES WILL BE BETWEEN 100 AND 104 DURING THE PEAK OF THE AFTERNOON...JUST BELOW HEAT ADVISORY LEVELS. THE LOW MOVES OFFSHORE OF NJ/NY BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. MODELS AGREE ON STALLING THIS LOW OFF THE COAST THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...ALTHO THE EXACT LOCATION AND STRENGTH OF THE LOW REMAINS TO BE SEEN. WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP RIGHT ALONG THE COAST...AND ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE INLAND. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE COOLER ON SUNDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT RANGING FROM THE LWR 80S AT THE BEACHES TO UPR 80S INLAND...THEN EVEN COOLER ON MONDAY WITH PERSISTENT N/NW FLOW AROUND THE PESKY LOW...UPR 70S AT THE COAST TO MID 80S INLAND. LOW TEMPS WILL ALSO BE COOLER BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS...LWR TO UPR 60S. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... THE ECMWF AND GFS ARE IN BETTER ACCORD WITH THE MAIN FEATURES NEXT WEEK COMPARED TO THE EARLIER RUNS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. SPECIFICALLY...WITH THE EVENTUAL CLOSED/STATIONARY LOW OFFSHORE ON MONDAY...AND GRADUAL DISSIPATION (AND GRADUAL NORTHWARD TRACK) TUE THROUGH THU. BASED ON THE LATEST GUIDANCE/TRENDS...HAVE MAINTAINED SLIGHT RAIN CHANCES (20% TOPS) OVER FAR ERN VA/NERN NC AND THE LOWER ERN SHORE MON NIGHT THROUGH TUE NIGHT. OTHERWISE... BUILDING/DEEPENING RIDGE...WITH WARMING TEMPS ALOFT...WILL LIMIT RAIN CHANCES FURTHER WED AND THU. CAN NEVER RULE OUT A WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWER/TSTM DURING PEAK HEATING HOURS THIS TIME OF YEAR... HOWEVER GIVEN THE SMALL CHANCE (LIMITED AREAL COVERAGE) HAVE OPTED TO KEEP THE MENTION OUT OF THE FCST. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS PICK UP AGAIN LATE THU NIGHT AND ON FRI AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT...A FEATURE THAT ALSO HAS BEEN HANDLED REASONABLY WELL (CONSIDERING 6-7 DAYS OUT) PER BOTH THE GFS/ECMWF. BASED ON THE CONTINUITY OF THE MODELS...HAVE INCLUDED A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS IN THE FCSTS FOR NEXT FRI. SLOW MOVING/EVOLVING UPPER LEVEL PATTERN THROUGH AT LEAST MIDWEEK (UPR TROUGH AXIS E...RIDGE AXIS W OF FCST AREA) WILL MAKE FOR A FAIRLY PERSISTENT TEMP PATTERN THROUGH WED. EXPECT NEAR NORMAL MAX TEMPS (85-90 INLAND...80 TO 85 NEAR THE COAST)...COOLER NEAR THE COAST NOT ONLY DUE TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS...BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE COOLER TEMPS ALOFT WITH THIS REGION CLOSER TO THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS. MORE WIDESPREAD 90S RETURN BY THE END OF THE WEEK...AS THE UPPER TROUGH EAST DISSOLVES AND UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS/THICKNESSES BUILD ACROSS THE MID ATLC REGION FROM THE W. && .AVIATION /20Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... HIGH CIRRUS COVERS MOST OF THE FA AS A WEAK MCS MOVES SE ACROSS CENTRAL VA THIS AFTERNOON. MCS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND WILL NOT BRING ANY PRECIP NEAR THE TAF SITES. THE GUSTY WINDS THIS MORNING NEAR SBY ARE CURRENTLY SUBSIDING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CONDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN VFR THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE SBY AS PATCHY FOG EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING CREATING MVFR VIS THROUGH EARLY SAT MORNING. LOOKING AHEAD...COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATE SATURDAY THOUGH CHANCES OF RAIN REMAIN LOW. VFR CONDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTH-CENTRAL US BUILDS EAST EARLY NEXT WEEKEND AND KEEPING PRECIP CHANCES TO A MINIMUM THROUGH WED. && .MARINE... HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST REGION TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...AND LOW PRESSURE RIDES ALONG THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THIS HIGH AND INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. AS THIS LOW TRACKS E THROUGH PA/NY...IT WILL BRING ANOTHER RELATIVELY WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH THE WATERS LATE SAT NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SSW AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE SAT AFTN/EVNG...THOUGH AT THIS POINT GIVEN THE EXPECTED GRADIENT COMPONENT AND STRONG OVER WATER STABILITY...ANTICIPATE WIND SPEEDS TO AVERAGE AOB 15 KTS WITH THE PRE-FRONTAL SRLY FLOW. AFTER THE FRONT MVS THROUGH...WE COULD SEE LOW-END SCA CONDITIONS SAT NIGHT (MAINLY WITH WIND GUSTS...AND ESP OVER CHES BAY) AS THE WINDS TURN NW...HOWEVER IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONGER/ SUSTAINED SCA CONDITIONS WILL BE SUN NIGHT/INTO MON...BEHIND SECONDARY TROUGH...WHEN THE WINDS TURN MORE NORTHERLY...GRADIENT COMPONENT INCREASES W OF THE OFFSHORE LOW...AND THE TEMPS ALOFT OVER THE WATERS COOL MORE CONSIDERABLY. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... TIDAL ANOMALIES HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY COMPARED TO THE PAST FEW DAYS. MODEL GUIDANCE DOES FCST WATER LEVELS APPROACHING MINOR FLOODING THRESHOLDS IN THE CAMBRIDGE MD AREA WITH THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE (AROUND 2 AM EDT)...AND AT LEWISETTA VA (AROUND MIDNIGHT). HOWEVER...THE MODEL GUIDANCE HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE OVER- PREDICTING OBSERVED LEVELS BY ABOUT 0.5 FT. THUS WILL NOT ISSUE A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY AT THIS TIME...ALTHO SUBSEQUENT SHIFTS WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR TIDAL GAGES AND NEW MODEL RUNS FOR ANY CHANGES. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JRL NEAR TERM...JRL SHORT TERM...JRL LONG TERM...BKH AVIATION...AM MARINE...BKH TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...JRL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 354 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 MDZ021>023-NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ048-049-060>094-096-097-202000- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES- PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-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- 354 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 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 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. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. HEAT INDICES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 100 TO 104 DEGREES. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON SATURDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ017-102-VAZ095-098-202000- INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH- VIRGINIA BEACH- 354 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS 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. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 90 TO 95. HEAT INDICES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 95 TO 100 DEGREES. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON SATURDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ024-025-VAZ099-100-202000- INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 354 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND 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. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 90 TO 95 AWAY FROM THE BEACHES. HEAT INDICES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 95 TO 100 DEGREES OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE LOWER MARYLAND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON SATURDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-202000- 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- 354 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. LEWITSKY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 718 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 VAZ048-049-062-069-200015- FLUVANNA VA-GOOCHLAND VA-LOUISA VA-POWHATAN VA- 718 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH LOUISA COUNTY TOWARD GOOCHLAND AND HANOVER COUNTIES... AT 716 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TABSCOTT AT 725 PM EDT...CALEDONIA AT 730 PM EDT...HADENSVILLE AT 735 PM EDT...OTHMA AT 745 PM EDT...SANDY HOOK AT 750 PM EDT...IRWIN AT 755 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 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 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. SMF
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Six to eight large trees were downed and propane tank was picked up near Threechopt Road.
Penny size hail was reported.
Several trees were downed on County Line Road due to straight line winds.
Falling trees caused damage to siding.
Several trees were downed along Route 6 east of Fife.
Tree was downed along Anderson Highway just east of Ridge Road.
Numerous trees were downed just south of Route 60 between Ridge Road and Old Tavern Road.
Large tree was downed on Swann Road about two miles north of Route 60.
Trees were downed along Anderson Highway just east of Old Tavern Road.
Trees were downed near Genito and Johnson Road.
Trees were downed near Clementown Road and Rocky Ford Road.
Several trees were downed near Cartersville.
Trees were downed.
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, June 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: 185295, 185291, 185310, 185311, 185298, 185301, 185303, 185305, 185306, 185287, 185288, 185290, 185307.