A derecho produced a widespread path of damaging winds across much 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.
A derecho produced a widespread path of damaging winds across much 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 Jun 29, 8:32 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
932 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. A FAST MOVING COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS ACROSS
THE REGION TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...A WEAK LEESIDE TROUGH OVER THE
AREA MAY HELP TO TRIGGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT...WITH A BETTER CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...
CONVECTION JUST ABOUT READY TO ENTER THE WESTERN AKQ COUNTIES THUS
WILL KEEP STATUS QUO ON THE WATCH AND GRIDS ATTM. OBS / RADAR
INDICATING GUST FRONT WELL OUT AHEAD OF ANY RAIN...WHICH THE
ECHOES ARE DRYING UP ACROSS SOUTHERN VA COUNTIES. NOTE THE G70KT
AT ROA IN A TSRA WITH A 12K FT BKN CEILING. BEST CHCS FOR RAIN
WILL BE ACROSS NORTHERN COUNTIES NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS TO BE A
GUSTY WIND EVENT MORE THAN ANY SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/...
TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
VERY MINIMAL CHANGES TO FLAT RIDGING AND OVERALL AIRMASS ON
SATURDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE STILL ON TRACK TO BE THE HOTTEST
DAY OF THE WEEKEND (100-105 DEGREES INLAND AND UPPER 90S NEAR THE
IMMEDIATE COAST). SUNDAY SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER AS MID AND
HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS STREAM ACROSS THE REGION. DEWPOINTS WILL ONCE
AGAIN BE THE DECIDING FACTOR AS TO WHAT HEAT RELATED HEADLINES
COME INTO PLAY. DEWPOINTS SHOULD STAY IN THE MID-UPPER 60S EACH
AFTERNOON...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW- MID 70S CLOSER TO THE
COAST. AS TEMPERATURES REACH THE CENTURY MARK INLAND (MID- UPPER
90S NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST). HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH
100-104 DEGREES EVERYWHERE. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED...SATURDAY
SHOULD BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND WITH HIGH TEMPS BEING A
FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN VALUES EXPERIENCED ON FRIDAY. HEAT
ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY FOR INLAND COUNTIES BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON
ISSUING HEADLINES FOR NOW. SUNDAY TEMPERATURES MAY BE TRICKY SINCE
CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...BUT KEPT THE
FORECAST INTACT FOR NOW WITH TEMPS ONCE AGAIN IN THE LOW 100S
(MID-UPPER 90S IMMEDIATE COAST).
PRECIPITATION...
HEIGHTS REALLY BEGIN TO FALL SATURDAY NIGHT DUE TO A PASSING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN QUEBEC. WITH A STEADY STREAM OF MOISTURE
AND ENERGY FLOWING THROUGH THE FLATTENED UPPER RIDGE...ANOTHER
ROUND OF NOCTURNAL MCS ACTIVITY IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.
MODELS ARE TRACKING A SHORTWAVE (CURRENTLY IN SOUTH DAKOTA/WESTERN
IOWA) ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND WITHIN A MORE FAVORABLY
SHEARED ENVIRONMENT. CROSS SECTIONS ARE SHOWING MOISTURE FROM 700 MB
ON UP AND IN A REGION OF ENHANCED LIFT. WITH THIS MUCH MOISTURE
CLOSER TO THE SURFACE...INTERACTION WITH THE LEESIDE TROUGH WILL
ONLY ACT TO ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. HAVE INCREASED PRECIP
CHANCES NORTH OF THE I-64 CORRIDOR (INCLUDING THE LOWER EASTERN
SHORE) FOR SATURDAY EVENING...PUSHING EASTWARD LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT...AND OFFSHORE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AS HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO FALL. A LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER QUEBEC ALSO
BEGINS TO INFLUENCE THE EAST COAST WX PATTERN AND PERSISTENT
RIDGING OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND CENTRAL PLAINS AMPLIFIES.
AS THIS OCCURS...NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS ALOFT SUNDAY NIGHT AND
OPENS THE DOOR FOR POTENTIALLY MORE THUNDERSTORM MONDAY AFTERNOON.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE WX PATTERN IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK WITH AN
UPPER RIDGE REMAINING OVER THE MIDSECTION OF THE COUNTRY AND AN
UPR TROUGH/NW FLOW POSITIONED OVER NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN CANADA.
VARIOUS IMPULSES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE NW FLOW MAY BRING AN ISOLATED
TSTM CHC TO THE REGION NEARLY EACH AFTN/EVE. OTW...EXPECTING
MUCH-ABOVE-NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE. HIGHS IN THE
MID/UPR 90S FOR INLAND AREAS...AND UPR 80S/LOW 90S AT THE
IMMEDIATE COAST.
&&
.AVIATION /02Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
CONTG TO MONITOR CNVTV COMPLEX TRACKING ESE INTO THE WV MTNS (FM
THE OH VLY). IF COMPLEX CAN SURVIVE MTNS IN THE NEXT HR OR
TWO...PTNTL ARRIVAL TO TAF SITES (ESP RIC/SBY) BTWN 03-06Z. OTRW...
VFR WX ACROSS THE REGION AS A DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS HOT AND
HUMID CONDS TO THE MID ATL. THE HOT/HUMID AIRMASS MAY CAUSE SOME
HAZY CONDS ESP IN THE EARLY MORNING.
OUTLOOK...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE CWA BY LATE SUN AND
BRING A CHC FOR LATE AFTN/EVENING SHOWERS AND TSTMS. THE FRONT
WILL MOVE NORTH ON MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHC FOR AFTN/EVENING
CONVECTION THRU THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK.
&&
.MARINE...
A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL WASH OUT OVER THE MARINE AREA BY
TONIGHT. S-SW WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE W TONIGHT/EARLY SAT BEFORE
SHIFTING BACK TO THE S-SW SAT AFTN. DURING THIS TIME WINDS WILL
REMAIN BELOW 15 KT...AND THEREFORE NO SCA HEADLINES WILL BE
NECESSARY.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WX PATTERN THROUGH
MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN LIGHT SFC WINDS AND SEAS
3 FT OR LESS...WITH WAVES 1 TO 2 FT ON THE CHES BAY.
&&
.CLIMATE...
FOR RIC:
JUNE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH 104 SET JUNE 26 1952
TODAY WAS THE HOTTEST JUNE DAY SINCE JUNE 26 1952 (HIGH
TEMPERATURE TODAY 103)
FOR ORF:
JUNE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH 102 SET JUNE 9 1874
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY (6/29):
RIC 103 (BROKE OLD RECORD IN 101 SET IN 1980)
ORF 100 (TIED RECORD SET IN 1980)
SBY 101 (BROKE OLD RECORD OF 98 SET IN 1959)
ECG 97 (TIED RECORD SET IN 2010)
FORECAST HIGH RECORD HIGHS
------------- ------------------------------------------
SAT 6/30 SAT 6/30 SUN 7/1 MON 7/2
RIC 104 103/1936 102/1945 100/1953
ORF 98 101/1936 100/1901 100/1901
SBY 98 99/1934 98/1968 99/1913
ECG 98 100/1936 98/1945 97/1953
LONGEST STREAKS OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 100 F OR HIGHER:
RICHMOND:
5 DAYS...AUG 29-SEP 2, 1953.
3 DAYS...HAS OCCURRED 12 TIMES (MOST RECENTLY JULY 23-25, 2010).
NORFOLK:
3 DAYS...HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES (MOST RECENTLY JULY 23-25, 2010).
SALISBURY:
3 DAYS...HAS OCCURRED TWICE (MOST RECENTLY JULY 8-10, 1993).
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...AIR QUALITY ALERT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR MDZ021>024.
NC...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR NCZ012>017-
030>032.
VA...AIR QUALITY ALERT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR VAZ063-070-071-
080>084-090-091-093>098.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR VAZ048-049-
060>097.
MARINE...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 8 PM TO 9 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR
ANZ635.
&&
SYNOPSIS...MPR
NEAR TERM...MPR
SHORT TERM...BMD
LONG TERM...JDM
AVIATION...ALB
MARINE...JDM
CLIMATE...AKQHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 652 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 VAZ075>078-085>089-092-302300- WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS- GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-SOUTHAMPTON- 652 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 100 TO 103 DEGREES TODAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 105 TO 109 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND POSSIBLY LASTING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES INLAND ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES SATURDAY AND IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S ON SUNDAY...MID TO UPPER 90S NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST BOTH DAYS. HEAT INDICES INLAND OF 105 TO 109 DEGREES ARE ANTICIPATED SATURDAY...BUT SHOULD RANGE FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW AREAS MAY REACH 100 DEGREES ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. VAZ084-090-091-093>097-302300- GLOUCESTER-JAMES CITY-YORK-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- 652 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. AIR QUALITY ALERT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES TODAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 110 TO 115 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. AIR QUALITY ALERT. HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND POSSIBLY LASTING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES INLAND ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES SATURDAY AND IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S ON SUNDAY...MID TO UPPER 90S NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST BOTH DAYS. HEAT INDICES INLAND OF 105 TO 109 DEGREES ARE ANTICIPATED SATURDAY...BUT SHOULD RANGE FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW AREAS MAY REACH 100 DEGREES ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. VAZ048-049-060>062-064>069-072>074-079-302300- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-KING WILLIAM- KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-BRUNSWICK- 652 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 438 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 100 TO 103 DEGREES TODAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 105 TO 109 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND POSSIBLY LASTING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES INLAND ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES SATURDAY AND IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S ON SUNDAY...MID TO UPPER 90S NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST BOTH DAYS. HEAT INDICES INLAND OF 105 TO 109 DEGREES ARE ANTICIPATED SATURDAY...BUT SHOULD RANGE FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW AREAS MAY REACH 100 DEGREES ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. VAZ063-070-071-080>083-302300- HANOVER-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY- NEW KENT- 652 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 438 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. AIR QUALITY ALERT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES TODAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 110 TO 115 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. AIR QUALITY ALERT. HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND POSSIBLY LASTING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES INLAND ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES SATURDAY AND IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S ON SUNDAY...MID TO UPPER 90S NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST BOTH DAYS. HEAT INDICES INLAND OF 105 TO 109 DEGREES ARE ANTICIPATED SATURDAY...BUT SHOULD RANGE FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW AREAS MAY REACH 100 DEGREES ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ630>634-636>638-650-652-654-656-658-302300- 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- CURRITUCK SOUND- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK TO CAPE HENRY VA...INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL-YORK RIVER- JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE- JAMES RIVER FROM THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO THE HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE- TUNNEL- 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- 652 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND...THE EASTERN JAMES RIVER AND THE EASTERN YORK RIVER. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ635-302300- RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT- 652 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM TO 9 PM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. MDZ021>024-VAZ098-302300- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-VIRGINIA BEACH- 652 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH INTO THE UPPER 90S TODAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 98 TO 104 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND POSSIBLY LASTING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 90S SATURDAY AND IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S SUNDAY. HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 106 DEGREES ARE ANTICIPATED SATURDAY...BUT SHOULD RANGE FROM 95 TO 101 DEGREES SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW AREAS MAY REACH 100 DEGREES ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ099-100-302300- MARYLAND BEACHES-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 652 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH INTO THE UPPER 90S TODAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 98 TO 104 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND POSSIBLY LASTING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 90S SATURDAY AND IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S SUNDAY. HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 106 DEGREES ARE ANTICIPATED SATURDAY...BUT SHOULD RANGE FROM 95 TO 101 DEGREES SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW AREAS MAY REACH 100 DEGREES ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. NCZ012>017-030>032-302300- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS- 652 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 100 TO 103 DEGREES TODAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 105 TO 109 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND POSSIBLY LASTING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES INLAND ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES SATURDAY AND IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S ON SUNDAY...MID TO UPPER 90S NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST BOTH DAYS. HEAT INDICES INLAND OF 105 TO 109 DEGREES ARE ANTICIPATED SATURDAY...BUT SHOULD RANGE FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW AREAS MAY REACH 100 DEGREES ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:09 UTC.
61 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees were downed in Mineral.
Several large trees, power poles, power lines and branches were downed countywide. Trees were reported down on homes and cars in Mineral.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Structural damage also occurred.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Structural damage also occurred.
Wind gust of 60 mph was estimated by spotter.
Numerous trees were downed throughout the county and there were widespread power outages. Structural damage also occurred.
Numerous trees were downed in Sandy Hook and Hadensville.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Structural damage also occurred.
Large tree was downed and blocking roadway on Sleepy Hollow Road. Structural damage also occurred.
Wind gust of 60 mph was estimated on Parham and Pemberton Roads. Structural damage also occurred.
Large trees were downed on Coatesville Road near Beaverdam. Structural damage also occurred.
Multiple trees were downed at the intersection of Route 522 and Route 711. Structural damage also occurred.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Trees were downed and blocking Route 723 in Lunenburg. Structural damage also occurred.
Several large trees were downed along Penola Road. Structural damage also occurred.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Structural damage also occurred.
Wind gust of 58 mph was measured at Kenbridge.
Numerous trees were downed at Whippernock Marina and Campground. Structural damage also occurred.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Structural damage also occurred.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Structural damage also occurred.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Structural damage also occurred.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Structural damage also occurred.
Trees were downed on power lines and on a house in the vicinity of Gary's Church Road and College Road.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Trees were downed on cars along Interstate 95 near Exit 86. Also, several trees were downed west of Ashland.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Structural damage also occurred.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Large tree branches were downed and partially blocking Route 460.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees were downed along Highway 14 northeast of Gloucester.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Wind gust of 62 knots (71 mph) was measured by spotter.
Large tree was downed and blocking road near the intersection of Green Springs and Tyler in Jamestown.
Wind gust of 64 knots (74 mph) was measured at FKN.
Wind gust of 55 knots (63 mph) was measured at FAF.
Wind gust of 54 knots (62 mph) was measured at Windsor.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Trees were downed.
Large oak tree was downed with several additional large branches downed in Grafton.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Wind gust of 53 knots (61 mph) was measured at Portsmouth Emergency Operations Center.
Wind gust of 56 knots (64 mph) was measured at Hampton.
Multiple trees were downed.
Wind gust of 58 mph was measured at Kiptopeke.
Trees were downed on Mallory Road.
Wind gust of 53 knots (61 mph) was measured at NTU.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 2012
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: 395481, 395489, 396611, 396615, 396629, 395476, 395520, 395477, 396627, 395494, 395478, 395495, 395499, 396631, 395500, 395507, 396622, 395492, 395480, 396608, 396612, 396610, 396628, 395518, 396617, 395482, 395510, 396609, 396613, 396614, 396616, 396618, 396619, 396624, 396635, 396630, 395496, 396634, 395513, 396620, and more.