Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 9, 2012

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 9, 2012
Start: 2012-07-09T15:42
End: 2012-07-09T17:00
Location: Virginia

July 9, 2012 · NWS AKQ · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

Scattered severe thunderstorms along a frontal boundary produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of south central Virginia.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $6,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.

Scattered severe thunderstorms along a frontal boundary produced damaging winds and large hail across portions of south central Virginia.

What forecasters said that day

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 9, 3:30 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 3:30 PM EST, 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
430 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING...THEN
REMAIN STALLED THERE INTO THURSDAY. THE STALLED FRONT WILL BRING
A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
SCTD SHOWERS AND TSTMS EXPECTED MAINLY ACRS SRN 2/3RDS OF THE AREA
THRU THIS EVENG...WHERE HIER CAPE VALUES AND WEAK CONVERGENCE
BOUNDARIES EXIST. SEVERE TSTM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR SRN
HALF OF THE REGION WITH DAMAGING WNDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN
THREATS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS...AS
PWATS NEAR 2". STORMS WILL CALM DOWN LATER THIS EVENG WITH LOSS
OF HEATING...BUT STILL DECENT CHCS...ESPLY EXTRM SRN VA AND NE
NC...FOR LINGERING PCPN OVRNGT INTO TUE MORNG. OTHRWISE...PRTLY OR
MSTLY CLDY AND SOMEWHAT MUGGY TNGT WITH LOWS 70 TO 75.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY/...
FRNTL BNDRY WILL LAY ACRS THE CAROLINAS TUE INTO THU WITH MAINLY
SCTD AFTN/EVENG SHOWERS AND TSTMS. THE FRNTL BNDRY WILL WASHOUT OR
DISSIPATE DURING THU...AS HIER 500 MB HEIGHTS AND BERMUDA HI PRES
BLD IN FM THE EAST. THE HIEST POPS WILL REMAIN ACRS THE SRN HALF
OF THE REGION. FOR TEMPS...RESPITE FM THE HEAT OF THE PAST WEEK
CONTINUES. MAX TEMPS WILL MAINLY BE IN THE LWR TO MID 80S
TUE...WED AND THU...WITH MIN TEMPS RANGING FM THE MID 60S TO LWR
70S.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
A PERIOD OF COOLER WEATHER...MORE CLOUDS AND EVEN CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS AND SOME STORMS CONTINUES INTO MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD FOR THE
END OR THE WORK WEEK. MODELS CONTINUE TO DEPICT THE PRESENCE OF A
WEAK MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDING SSW INTO THE TN AND
LOWER MS VALLEY. THE GFS AND ECMWF DIFFER SOMEWHAT ON THE BUILDING
IN OF THE RIDGE FROM THE SOUTHEAST LATE FRIDAY. THE EMWF BRINGS
THE RIDGE OR BERMUDA HIGH IN FASTER SHUNTING THE BEST POPS TO THE
WEST WHERE THE GFS IS SLOWER BUILDING THE RIDGE IN ALLOWING A
WEAK DISTURBANCE IN THE SW FLOW TO DEVELOP WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
STORMS. WILL SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE FOR NOW AND KEEP SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE FORECAST FRIDAY MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THE BERMUDA HIGH BUILDS IN
MORE ON SATURDAY AND HAVE LOWERED POPS TO A SLIGHT CHANCE/LOW
CHANCE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HIGHS FRIDAY IN THE MID 80S AND WARMER ON
SATURDAY IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90. LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER
60S TO LOWER 70S.

BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ALLOWING
FOR A WARMUP INTO THE LOWER 90S FOR SUNDAY. THIS WILL SET UP A
MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN AND GIVEN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW
HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN HIGH THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE HOT
ENOUGH TO SUPPORT HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES. WILL CARRY ONLY A
SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A DIURNAL/AFTN- EVENING WIDELY SCATTERED STORM
SUNDAY (20% POPS) EAST OF I-95. LOW TEMPS THROUGH THE LONG RANGE
PERIOD WILL BE CLOSE TO AVG...MAINLY IN THE MID- UPR 60S TO LWR
70S. THE BERMUDA HIGH STARTS TO SHIFT WAST AS ANOTHER UPPER
TROUGH DIGS SOUTH TOWARDS THE MID ATLANTIC MONDAY. THIS COULD
BRING SOME MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG VARIOUS
BOUNDARIES THIS AFTERNOON. DIFFICULT TO PLACE THE EXACT DEVELOPMENT.
FOR NOW THINK BEST CHANCES WILL BE AT PHF ORF AND ECG TERMINALS.
THERE IS ALSO A TSTM NEAR SBY WHICH WILL PASS BY DURING THE
AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THROUGH THE EVENING.
WILL ALSO HAVE SOME LOWER VSBY TONIGHT WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN
THE AIR. EXPECT SOME MVFR VSBY TONIGHT. ON TUESDAY WILL AGAIN HAVE A
CHANCE OF AFTERNOON TSTMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS.
CONTINUING CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TSTMS THROUGH THE
WEEK WHICH COULD CAUSE BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS IN TSTMS.

&&

.MARINE...
WINDS GUSTING TO 15 KT OVER THE SOUTHERN BAY AND COASTAL WATERS
HAVE DECREASED LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO AROUND 10KT OR LESS. SEAS
NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE BAY BUILT TO 2 TO 3 FEET...BUT WILL BE
DECREASING BACK TO A SOLID 2 FEET THIS EVENING. THE SURFACE FRONT
REMAINS TO OUR SOUTH OVER EASTERN NC WITH EASTERLY WIND ACROSS THE
BAY AND COASTAL WATERS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING WITH
LOSS OF HEATING.

WITH THE PATTERN SLOW TO CHANGE THIS WEEK EXPECT A STEADY NE TO E
FLOW ACROSS ALL THE WATERS EXCEPT FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS. THIS WILL
SUPPORT SEAS AROUND 3 TO OCCASIONALLY 4 FEET NORTH OF THE MOUTH OF
THE BAY TO OCEAN CITY. FURTHER SOUTH TO THE NC WATERS SEAS WILL
RUN MAINLY AROUND 2 TO OCCASIONALLY 3 FEET.

WINDS CHANGE LATE IN THE WEEK ON FRIDAY BECOMING MORE SOUTHERLY AS
THE BERMUDA HIGH PUSHES IN FROM THE EAST. SCA CRITERIA WILL
REMAIN OUT OF THE FORECAST BUT THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE
LATE FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MIDDLE BAY AND
COASTAL WATERS NORTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE BAY TO OCEAN CITY.

&&

.CLIMATE...
RIC AND ORF HAD RECORD HIGH MINIMUMS SUNDAY. SEE RER'S FOR THESE
AND THE RECORD HIGH MAXIMUMS OVER THE WEEKEND AT RIC ORF SBY AND
ECG.

&&

.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...TMG
NEAR TERM...TMG
SHORT TERM...TMG
LONG TERM...JAO
AVIATION...JAB
MARINE...JAO
CLIMATE...AKQ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 2:28 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
328 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ060-061-065>070-079>081-087>089-092-093-
095>098-101930-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-PRINCE EDWARD-
CUMBERLAND-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-
CHESTERFIELD-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-
SURRY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-
CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-
328 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 483 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER
BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

ANZ630>632-634>636-650-652-654-656-658-101930-
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 LITTLE CREEK VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK TO CAPE HENRY VA...INCLUDING THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL-
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT-YORK RIVER-
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-
328 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...THE EASTERN RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AND THE EASTERN YORK RIVER.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ633-637-638-101930-
CURRITUCK SOUND-JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE-
JAMES RIVER FROM THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO THE HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE-
TUNNEL-
328 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 483 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CURRITUCK SOUND AND THE
EASTERN JAMES RIVER.

.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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

VAZ048-049-062>064-071>078-082>086-090-091-094-101930-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-
KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-
CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-JAMES CITY-YORK-
NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-
328 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST
CENTRAL 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.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MDZ025-VAZ099-100-101930-
MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
328 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 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.

   MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MDZ021>024-101930-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-
328 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

TG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:41 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
241 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

MDZ022-024-091930-
INLAND WORCESTER MD-WICOMICO MD-
241 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL WORCESTER AND WICOMICO
COUNTIES...

AT 237 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR HEBRON...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR DELMAR AROUND 250 PM...CHESAPEAKE HEIGHTS
AROUND 300 PM...PARSONSBURG AROUND 310 PM...PITTSVILLE AROUND 320 PM
AND WILLARDS AROUND 330 PM.

LAT...LON 3855 7569 3846 7568 3846 7533 3845 7529
      3822 7541 3839 7580 3855 7571

FORECASTER: JBILLET

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:03 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
303 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

VAZ095>098-092000-
CHESAPEAKE-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-VIRGINIA BEACH-
303 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL DRIFT ACROSS CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH...
CITY OF PORTSMOUTH...CITY OF CHESAPEAKE...CITY OF SUFFOLK AND CITY OF
NORFOLK THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 302 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH TO WILROY...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN
SUFFOLK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

LAT...LON 3685 7607 3673 7657 3681 7661 3688 7653
      3690 7639 3692 7639 3693 7634 3697 7633
      3696 7631 3697 7630 3699 7630 3695 7624
      3692 7607

ZIMMERMAN

Local storm report, Jul 9, 2:29 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
329 PM EDT MON JUL 09 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW WEST POINT         37.58N  76.84W
07/08/2012                   KING WILLIAM       VA   UNKNOWN

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1200528

WRS

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:59 PM EST, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
359 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

NCZ013>015-031-032-092100-
CHOWAN-GATES-HERTFORD-PASQUOTANK-PERQUIMANS-
359 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS PERQUIMANS...GATES...
PASQUOTANK...CHOWAN AND HERTFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 359 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM TROTVILLE TO RAYS BEACH...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SUNBURY TO GATESVILLE...THAT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

LAT...LON 3653 7702 3654 7652 3646 7642 3627 7632
      3627 7668 3628 7669 3627 7670 3626 7697

ZIMMERMAN

Local storm report, Jul 9, 3:28 PM EST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
428 PM EDT MON JUL 09 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     HAIL             1 SSE HICKORY CROSSROAD 36.31N  76.54W
07/09/2012  E1.00 INCH       PERQUIMANS         NC   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1200529

JO

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:40 PM EST, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
440 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

VAZ080-081-087-088-092115-
DINWIDDIE VA-GREENSVILLE VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-SUSSEX VA-
440 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL GREENSVILLE...
SOUTHEASTERN DINWIDDIE...SOUTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGE AND WESTERN
SUSSEX COUNTIES...

AT 439 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WHARFS STORE...MOVING
EAST AT 5 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID
RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR HUSKE
AROUND 520 PM.

LAT...LON 3707 7723 3678 7734 3687 7762 3701 7759

FORECASTER: JBILLET

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Prince Edward

When: July 9, 3:42 PM EST
Where: Prince Edward County, 1.65 mi W of Darlington Hgts
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 37.200, -78.650

Quarter size hail was reported.

Thunderstorm Wind, Prince Edward

When: July 9, 4:15 PM EST
Where: Prince Edward County, 1.1 mi E of Darlington Hgts
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 37.200, -78.600

Trees were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Prince Edward

When: July 9, 4:15 PM EST
Where: Prince Edward County, 3.58 mi ESE of Darlington Hgts
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 37.180, -78.560

Numerous trees were downed in the vicinity of county roads 667 and 668.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lunenburg

When: July 9, 5:00 PM EST
Where: Lunenburg County, 0.88 mi NE of Victoria
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: State Official
Coordinates: 36.990, -78.220

Trees were downed in Victoria.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Virginia in 2012 Every state in 2012 This day in weather history Warnings in Virginia, July 2012

Sources

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: 398696, 398699, 398700, 398698.