Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front 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 in advance of a cold front 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 29, 2:10 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 310 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION FROM THE NORTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...THEN BECOME CENTERED OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... SURFACE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO NORTHERN VA/CENTRAL MD. ALONG/AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PUSH SOUTHEASTWARD FROM NORTHERN VA EASTWARD TO THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE. A LARGE PORTION OF OUR AREA...CENTRAL VA TO THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE REMAINS IN A SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL 7PM. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THIS EVENING...WILL SEE A LARGER CONCENTRATION OF TSTMS DEVELOP SOUTHWARD INTO OUR CWA. SO FAR CONVECTION LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE MOST PRONOUNCED EAST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR...WITH RICHMOND AND POINTS SOUTHWEST OF KRIC BEING IN THE RIP-OFF ZONE DUE TO MORE OF A DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT TO THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW. THERE IS PLENTY OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE/INSTABILITY IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WHICH WILL ALLOW TSTMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALMOST ANYWHERE. HOWEVER...THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERE WX WILL REMAIN OVER OUR NORTHERN ZONES INTO THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE WHERE DYNAMICS ARE BETTER IN VICINITY OF THE COLD FRONT. HAVE HIGHEST POPS THROUGH SUNSET FROM THE NORTHERN/MIDDLE PENINSULA EASTWARD INTO THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE...THEN ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN VA/NORTHEAST NC BETWEEN 00Z-06Z FRI AS THE FRONT PASSES. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH WELL SOUTH OF OUR CWA BY 12Z FRI. BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL PROJECTIONS HAVE CONTINUED TO LINGER POPS OVER E/SE AREAS (ESPECIALLY THROUGH 06Z). EXPECTING QUICK CLEARING BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT/EARLY FRI AM AS THE HIGH BUILDS IN FROM THE OH VLY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID-60S IN THE EASTERN PIEDMONT TO MID-70S IN SE VA/NE NC. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... FRIDAY... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL ALLOW FOR DRY WEATHER...EXCEPT FOR MAYBE A STRAY SEABREEZE INDUCED SHWR/TSTM OVER NE NC. NOT TOO CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY...SO HAVE ONLY GHOSTS POPS (<15%). HIGH TEMPS WILL DROP BACK SLIGHTLY INTO THE 80S TO NR 90 ON FRIDAY AS MODEL THICKNESSES LOWER IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. SATURDAY... HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EASTWARD OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST BY LATE IN THE DAY. WITH THE HIGH TO OUR EAST...THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL TURN MORE TO THE SOUTH...EXCEPT REMAINING E OR SE AT THE COAST. THIS WILL USHER SOME MOISTURE/CLOUDS UP FROM THE CAROLINAS...PARTICULARLY INTO OUR WESTERN ZONES NEAREST THE MTNS/FOOTHILLS. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS ANY TSTMS THAT DEVELOP WILL REMAIN CONFINED TO THE MTNS/FOOTHILLS AND THUS HAVE ONLY ISOLATED POPS IN THE AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR EXTREME WESTERN COUNTIES. WHAT WE WILL SEE IS AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE DAY. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S/LOW 90S. SUNDAY... MODELS SHOW A SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSING THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION ON SUNDAY...WITH A FAIRLY DECENT MOISTURE TAP FROM THE SOUTH. MODELS ARE PICKING UP ON A GOOD POSSIBILITY OF SHRS/TSTMS THAT DAY...BUT DO NOT WON'T TO GO OVERBOARD ATTM. HAVE CONTINUED WITH SOLID CHC POPS (30-40%) ALL AREAS ON SUNDAY. TEMPS WERE ALSO HELD BELOW 90 DEGREES ALL AREAS DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE CLOUD COVER AND GOOD CHANCE OF PRECIP. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... LATEST 12Z RUNS OF THE GFS/ECMWF REMAIN SIMILAR IN THE OVERALL MID LVL PATTERN ALTHOUGH WITH THE ECMWF CONTINUING TO BE MUCH MORE AMPLIFIED BY MON/TUE WHEN IT DEVELOPS A CUTOFF LOW OFF THE VA/NC COAST. EVEN THOUGH THIS SEEMS UNUSUAL FOR LATE JULY...THE GFS HAS TRENDED TWDS THE ECMWF IN THIS REGARD...AND THE ECMWF HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH THIS OVER ITS PAST SEVERAL RUNS (AND HAS PERFORMED WELL THUS FAR THIS SUMMER). HAVE THERFORE FAVORED A SOLN A BIT CLOSER TO THE ECMWF. SAT NGT...BUMPED POPS UP TO CHC FOR THE PIEDMNT/SCHC FARTHER EAST AS BOTH MODELS SHOW GOOD OVERRUNNING/700-850MB WAA PATTERN AND SE FLOW AT THE SFC (IF TRENDS CONTINUE POPS WILL NEED TO BE INCREASED FURTHER). HAVE BROAD-BRUSHED 12-HR POPS OF 30-40% CHANCES FOR SHWRS/TSTMS SUNDAY/SUNDAY NGT/AND AGAIN MON. THIS IS ABOVE CL IMO FOR A CHANGE...COULD WE BE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT PATTERN SHIFT? HAVE ALSO UNDERCUT MEX GDNC HIGH TEMPS BY ABOUT 5 F DUE TO MORE CLOUDS AND ELY FLOW...THIS YIELDS HIGH MAINLY IN THE MI-UPR 80S AS OPPOSED TO THE LWR 90S ADVERTISED BY THE MEX NUMBERS. THE BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND THE MID/UPR LVL LOW SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA BY TUE (ECMWF IS PROBABLY A BIT TOO SLOW AND AMPLIFIED)...SO HAVE THEN DIMINISHED POPS TO <20% AND EXPECT TO SEE TEMPERATURES WARM BACK INTO THE 90S OVER THE INTERIOR. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... CURRENTLY VFR AT ALL TAF SITES. AS COLD FRONT NEARS EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST THEN MOVE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. THUNDERSTORMS THAT IMPACT TAF SITES COULD BRINGS STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND LOWERED CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES. CONDITIONS COULD APPROACH MVFR OR IFR IN STRONGER STORMS. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING SHIFTING THE WINDS FROM THE SW TO THE N. FOG COULD BE AN ISSUE FRIDAY MORNING IF ANY TAF SITES RECEIVE RAIN TODAY AND HAVE LIGHT/CALM WINDS OVERNIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AS HIGH PRESSURE TAKES OVER ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM COULD IMPACT THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. && .MARINE... FAIRLY WEAK GRADIENT IN SW FLO AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTN/ERLY EVENG. MODELS NOT SHOWING MUCH WIND IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT FRI MRNG...BUT THIS IS PROBABLY UNDERDONE CONSIDERING THE FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMIC SETUP WHEN 850MB TEMPS DROP OFF TO 14-16C AND MIXING INCREASES. TOO EARLY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF FLAGS...AS WILL CAP NE WNDS AT 15 KT IN THE BAY AND 15 TO 20 KT AT THE CST ERLY FRI...AS HI PRES BLDS IN FM THE NNE. BEYOND THIS...A FAIRLY QUIET PATTERN LATER FRI INTO SAT...AS SFC HI BLDS OVR THE NE STATES/NEAR MID ATLC. MORE UNCERTAIN FOR SUN/MON AND MODELS SEEM TO BE NARROWING IN ON A SOLN THAT DEPICTS SFC HI OFF THE NEW ENGLAND CST...AND AT LEAST A TROF OF LO PRES MOVNG INTO AND ACRS THE AREA...RESULTING IN SE OR S FLO MAINLY LESS THAN 15 KT. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JDM NEAR TERM...JDM SHORT TERM...JDM LONG TERM...LKB AVIATION...DAP MARINE...LKB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1231 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010 MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>064-066>078-080>086-089-090-099-100-301645- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM- KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX- MATHEWS-SURRY-JAMES CITY-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 1231 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 548 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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...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. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ065-079-087-088-091>098-301645- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-MECKLENBURG-BRUNSWICK- GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT- NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- VIRGINIA BEACH- 1231 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. A FEW STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630-631-650-652-654-301645- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT 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- 1231 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 548 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY AND 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANZ632-633-656-658-301645- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA- CURRITUCK SOUND- 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- 1231 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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
338 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010
MDZ021>025-292030-
DORCHESTER MD-INLAND WORCESTER MD-MARYLAND BEACHES MD-SOMERSET
MD-WICOMICO MD-
338 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN
SHORE WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...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.
LAT...LON 3803 7523 3803 7527 3823 7516 3801 7539
3795 7605 3823 7607 3852 7635 3854 7634
3850 7633 3863 7629 3857 7604 3870 7584
3865 7571 3846 7570 3845 7509 3836 7509
3845 7505
ZIMMERMANSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
338 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010
VAZ049-292015-
LOUISA VA-
338 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS LOUISA COUNTY...
AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BOSWELLS TAVERN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF
LOUISA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
BYRD MILL AT 345 PM EDT...LOUISA AT 355 PM EDT...LOUISA AIRPORT AT
400 PM EDT...MINERAL AT 410 PM EDT...CUCKOO...AND...PENDLETON AT 415
PM EDT.
EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THE RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL
MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3813 7819 3814 7817 3814 7815 3804 7775
3803 7773 3783 7794 3786 7799 3790 7803
3794 7815 3799 7825
44SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
408 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010
VAZ048-292045-
FLUVANNA VA-
408 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING FLUVANNA COUNTY...
AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF LAKE MONTICELLO...OR ABOUT 13
MILES WEST OF PALMYRA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ANTIOCH...AND...NAHOR AT 425 PM EDT...
CUNNINGHAM AT 435 PM EDT...CENTRAL PLAINS AT 440 PM EDT...COHASSET AT
445 PM EDT.
EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THE RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL
MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3801 7831 3798 7824 3795 7820 3794 7814
3790 7807 3782 7812 3769 7824 3771 7832
3773 7836 3773 7838 3780 7850
44SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
413 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010
NCZ013>017-030>032-292115-
BERTIE NC-CAMDEN NC-CHOWAN NC-GATES NC-HERTFORD NC-PASQUOTANK
NC-PERQUIMANS NC-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC-
413 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING AND DEVELOPING OVER
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS. PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS
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 3607 7733 3647 7708 3655 7717 3655 7591
3654 7601 3611 7579 3607 7579 3629 7615
3628 7620 3619 7607 3615 7606 3623 7632
3612 7658 3600 7655 3626 7670 3593 7670
3581 7689
ZIMMERMANSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
424 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010
VAZ048-049-062>064-069-071-292115-
CAROLINE VA-FLUVANNA VA-GOOCHLAND VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-LOUISA
VA-POWHATAN VA-
424 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM KINGS DOMINION TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HADENSVILLE...OR FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF ASHLAND TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HADENSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE NEAR...
TABSCOTT AROUND 430 PM EDT...
ORCHID AROUND 435 PM EDT...
HADENSVILLE AROUND 440 PM EDT...
ASHLAND AROUND 445 PM EDT...
STAGE JUNCTION AROUND 450 PM EDT...
ELMONT AROUND 455 PM EDT...
EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THE RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL
MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3791 7807 3791 7738 3755 7750 3770 7810
3771 7810 3774 7815 3774 7819 3773 7820
44SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
441 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010
MDZ021>024-292130-
DORCHESTER MD-INLAND WORCESTER MD-SOMERSET MD-WICOMICO MD-
441 PM EDT THU JUL 29 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN
SHORE...
AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HEBRON TO 9 MILES WEST OF DEAL
ISLAND...OR FROM FRUITLAND TO 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CRISFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE NEAR... SALISBURY AROUND 450 PM EDT...
FRUITLAND AROUND 455 PM EDT...
PRINCESS ANNE AROUND 510 PM EDT...
WESTOVER AROUND 525 PM EDT...
CRISFIELD AROUND 540 PM EDT...
SNOW HILL AROUND 545 PM EDT...
EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THE RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL
MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3791 7588 3798 7591 3799 7606 3805 7601
3799 7591 3806 7582 3807 7589 3813 7584
3814 7598 3807 7602 3825 7609 3829 7602
3815 7602 3822 7585 3829 7600 3834 7591
3828 7593 3846 7568 3820 7529
44The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 UTC.
24 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed near the intersection of Pouncey Tract Road and Ashland Road.
Lightning struck an elderly care home along Gaskins Road leading to an evacuation of the building.
Numerous trees were downed at the intersection of Broad Street and Parham Avenue.
Trees were downed on Gaskins Road and at the intersection of Pemberton and Route 64.
Trees were downed and there was some damage to homes in the Dykeland Road area.
Funnel cloud was reported by contract observer.
Wind gust of 51 knots (59 mph) was measured at NTU.
Tree was downed on Jahnke Road.
Large tree was downed on Monument Avenue.
Numerous trees were downed just west of Courthouse Road and Lucks Lane. A couple of trees were downed on homes.
Quarter size hail was reported along Interstate 264 near the Oceana Naval Air Base.
Trees were downed.
Numerous trees were downed on the corner of Courthouse and Lux Lane. Tree was also downed on a house.
Tree was downed at the corner of Bermuda Hundred Road and Lawning Drive.
Wind damage was reported at Southside Speedway.
Trees were downed.
Tree was downed at River Road and Beldon Drive.
Trees were downed.
Trees were downed on Route 1 near Pamplin Park.
Trees were downed near the intersection of River Road and Cox Road.
Tree was downed.
Tree was downed on Halligan Road.
Lightning strike caused a fire which destroyed Virginia Dental Association Offices.
Large tree was downed.
Roof was blown off a business on East Washington Street.
Trees were downed at the intersection of Wilroy Road and Suburban Road.
Large tree was downed on Old Mill Road.
Large trees were downed on Route 58 near the Truck Scales.
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: 253853, 253817, 253820, 253822, 253823, 253815, 253834, 253824, 253825, 253849, 253816, 253826, 253827, 253829, 253845, 253846, 253830, 253831, 253832, 253844, 253835, 253837, 253819, 253838, 253840, 253841, 253842, 253843.