Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a weak front produced damaging winds across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
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Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a weak front produced damaging winds 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 18, 1:48 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 248 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH MONDAY...THEN STALLS ACROSS NORTHERN VIRGINIA BY MONDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST THROUGH MID WEEK...ALLOWING FOR HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... WEAK SHORT WAVES IN WNW FLOW MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO TIME ANY PRECIPITATION...AS WAVES MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE FLOW. EXPECT TO HAVE SOME ISOLATED-SCATTERED TSTMS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST RADAR IMAGES SHOW SOME INITIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NW CWA (AS EXPECTED) AND THE MIDDLE PENINSULA (NOT EXPECTED). EXPECT TWO MAIN AREAS OF PRECIP INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE FIRST IS ALONG THE TROUGH AXIS AND SHOULD DEVELOP IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES AND MOVE TO THE EAST. THE SECOND IS ALONG THE SOUTHERN CWA...ESPECIALLY THE NC COUNTIES IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANOTHER S/W ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. WILL PUSH POPS UP FOR LATE THIS AFTN/TNT BASED ON RADAR TRENDS. OVERNIGHT LOWS MOSTLY IN THE MID 70S. ENERGY FROM NXT S/W PROGGED TO APPRCH WRN/SWRN VA ON MONDAY. WILL CARRY SCT (30%) POPS AFTR 18Z MOST AREAS. M SUNNY SKIES BECOME PT SUNNY THIS AFTRN. H85 TMPS SPRT HIGHS GNRLY IN THE L-M90S. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARND 100 GIVEN DP TMPS ARND 70. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY DMNSHS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA MONDAY NIGHT...WITH ONLY ISOLATED TSTMS ACROSS THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT. ANTHR WRM AND MUGGY NITE WITH LOWS IN THE L-M70S. LTL PATTERN CHANGE TUE/WED...AS BERMUDA HIGH REMAINS INTACT WITH ZONAL MID LVL FLOW OVER THE NRN HALF OF THE CONUS. HAVE MAINTAINED HIGHER RAIN CHANCES DURING THE PEAK HEATING TIMES (AFTN/EVENING). TSTMS CHCS SOMEWHAT HIGHER ACROSS WRN CNTYS TUE AFTRN AS WEAKENING FRNTL BNDRY LINGERS OVER NRN VA. HIGHS BOTH TUE AND WED IN THE L-M90S. LOWS IN THE 70S. HEAT INDEX VALUES REMAIN ARND 100. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... REMAINING HOT FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH LO CHCS FOR MAINLY AFTN AND EVENG SHRAS AND TSRAS. HI PRES ALOFT WILL DOMINATE FM THE SRN PLAINS EWRD TO OFF THE SE CST...WITH GENEARLLY W TO NW FLO ALOFT IN PLACE FM THE NRN PLAINS EWRD INTO THE NE U.S. AND MID ATLC REGION THRU AT LEAST SAT. WEAK SHRTWV WAVES/ASSOC TROFINESS WILL MOVE ACRS THE AREA FM TIME TO TIME...AND CUD TRIGGER ISLTD OR SCTD CONVECTION. AN ACTUALLY COLD FRNT MAY DROP INTO/ACRS THE REGION LATE SAT NGT OR DURING SUN...PROVIDING A BETTER TRIGGER FOR SCTD CONVECTION. MAX TEMPS WILL RANGE THRU THE 90S THRU THE PERIOD...WITH MID TO UPR 90S PREVALENT ACRS MUCH OF THE AREA THU THRU SAT. MIN TEMPS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LWR TO MID 70S. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE APPALACHIANS AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA PIEDMONT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT TO THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE OFF THE COAST THIS EVENING. THE NAM AND RUC SUGGEST SOMEWHAT OF AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE WITH RIC...SBY...ORF...AND PHF HAVING THE GREATEST PROBABILITY OF THUNDER. HOWEVER...CURRENT RADAR TRENDS CAST SOME DOUBT ON THIS SCENARIO...SO THUNDER WAS NOT INCLUDED FOR RIC...SBY...PHF...AND ORF WITH THE ROUTINE 18Z TAFS. ANY THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS IN MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND LOWER CLOUDS ALONG WITH A FEW MODERATELY STRONG WIND GUSTS. PASSING MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A SOUTHWEST BREEZE OF 5 TO 10 KT OVERNIGHT SHOULD PREVENT ANY FORMATION OF FOG. A RATHER GUSTY SOUTHWEST WIND OF 15 TO 25 KT IS EXPECTED FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK. && .MARINE... NO HEADLINES IN THE SHRT TERM FOR TNGT THRU TUE. WITH HI PRES REMAINING ANCHORED ALNG OR OFF THE MID ATLC/SE CST AND A MAIN FRNTL BNDRY STAYING N OF THE AREA...EXPECTING GENERALLY SW WNDS TO PREVAIL THRU THE FCST PERIOD. OUTSIDE OF STRNGER TSTM WND SPEEDS/GUSTS...SW WNDS WILL BE 10 TO 20 KT...WAVES 1 TO 3 FT AND SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...ALS NEAR TERM...ALS SHORT TERM...ALS LONG TERM...TMG AVIATION...AJZ MARINE...TMG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 310 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-191915- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-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-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH- SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 310 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE AROUND 100 DEGREES EARLY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .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. ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-191915- 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- 310 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 09
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
605 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010
VAZ076>078-085-182315-
LANCASTER VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-RICHMOND VA-
605 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE VIRGINIA NORTHERN NECK...
AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MORATTICO...OR ABOUT OVER ROBLEY...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR MOON CORNER AT
610 PM EDT...ALFONSO AT 615 PM EDT...LANCASTER AT 620 PM EDT...BEANES
CORNER AT 625 PM EDT...BROWNS STORE AT 630 PM EDT...WICOMICO CHURCH
AT 640 PM EDT.
EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL
WITH THESE STORMS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND
SMALL HAIL ARE 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.
LAT...LON 3790 7623 3782 7625 3782 7630 3778 7627
3776 7630 3772 7630 3770 7654 3775 7658
3777 7661 3773 7662 3770 7658 3769 7667
3777 7669 3776 7663 3777 7662 3782 7670
3787 7671 3796 7633
GINGRICHThe Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:46 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tin roofs were torn off of buildings.
Trees were downed across River Road.
Tree was downed onto a power line.
Tree was downed on Route 14.
Several trees were downed.
Trees were downed on Long Point Lane and Plainview Road.
Trees were downed on Glenns Road.
Trees were downed at the intersection of Route 33 and Route 625.
Trees were downed and a mobile home was moved off its foundation at Regent Road and Green Branch Loop.
Trees were downed on Old Salem Road in Irvington.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 2010
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: 251745, 251744, 251746, 251743, 251742, 251741, 251740, 251737, 251738, 251735.