A strong cold front produced scattered showers and thunderstorms across central and eastern Virginia. Some storms produced strong winds and large hail.
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The episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.
A strong cold front produced scattered showers and thunderstorms across central and eastern Virginia. Some storms produced strong winds and large hail.
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 Aug 10, 10:04 AM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1104 AM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL OVER OR JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...FINALLY PUSHING OFFSHORE BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS INTO THE MID ATLANTIC AND BRINGS A COOL DOWN TO TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... UPDATED POP/WX FORECAST TO REFLECT RADAR TRENDS AND LATEST HRRR MODEL GUIDANCE WHICH HAS DONE WELL SO FAR THIS MRNG. PRECIP MOST LIKELY HOLDS OFF UNTIL MID/LATE AFTN AROUND THE RIC AREA. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... A SFC TROUGH REMAINS POSITIVELY TILTED OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT IS FINALLY MAKING PROGRESS INTO NRN VA AS IT STRETCHES FROM DOVER DE TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO POINTS WWD INTO THE SRN OH VALLEY. THERE IS PLENTY OF MOISTURE RIDING OVER BOTH OF THESE FEATURES...HOWEVER THE RADAR ECHOES CURRENTLY SEEN IN SOUTH CTRL VA ARE LIKELY VIRGA SINCE THE CLOUD DECK IS AROUND 10 KFT OR HIGHER. THE BEST PRECIPITATION WILL NOT BEGIN UNTIL MID TO LATE MORNING AS ISENTROPIC LIFT IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT BEGINS TO INFILTRATE THE WRN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE QUICK TO DEVELOP ONCE CONVECTIVE PROCESSES BEGIN AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTN/EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY SINCE PWAT VALUES ARE AROUND 2.00-2.25 INCHES. TRAINING OF PRECIPITATION ALONG THE SLOW-MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN. THEREFORE THE MAIN IMPACTS TODAY WILL BE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING AND ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS. ANOTHER WARM AND MUGGY DAY WILL BE ON TAP WITH HIGHS AROUND 86-90 DEGREES AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW-MID 70S. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... THE CHALLENGE FOR TONIGHT'S FORECAST IS DETERMINING EXACTLY WHERE THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL AND THUS WHERE SHOWERS BECOME FOCUSED OVERNIGHT...AND ESSENTIALLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FOR TONIGHT THE OVERALL TREND IS TO SHIFT BEST PRECIP CHANCES TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES ELEVATED OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S NW AND MID 70S SE. KEEP IN MIND THAT TEMPS WILL VARY IN AREAS OF EVAPORATIVE-COOLING DUE TO RAIN. ONCE THE FRONT STALLS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...THE SFC PRESSURE FIELDS ESSENTIALLY WASH OUT AS THE GRADIENT RELAXES QUITE A BIT. DESPITE THIS DEVELOPMENT...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY AND EVENING DUE TO MOISTURE AND WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY RIDING ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS BOUNDARY IS THEN EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE AREA AS A WARM FRONT MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. GFS AND NAM ISENTROPIC SURFACES ARE HINTING THAT A DRYING NORTHWEST FLOW COULD HAMPER CONVECTION MONDAY AFTN AND EVENING PRIOR TO THE WARM FRONTAL LIFTING NWD WITH SUBSEQUENT OVERRUNNING PRECIP. HOWEVER PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL AND PWATS OF 1.50-2.00 INCHES SHOULD BE ABLE TO RESULT IN SOME SHOWER/STORM ACTIVITY MON AFTN/EVENING...JUST LESS COVERAGE. TEMPERATURES FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE NEAR NORMAL...WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... GOING WITH A COMBINATION OF THE 12Z GFS AND 12Z ECMWF THRU THE EXTENDED PERIOD. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO AND ACRS THE REGION TUE INTO WED MORNG...THEN SITS SOMEWHERE ACRS THE CAROLINAS FOR WED THRU FRI. AT THE SAME TIME...HI PRES WILL BLD FM THE GRT LKS EWRD INTO NEW ENGLAND. CHC POPS FOR ALL AREAS FM MON NGT THRU TUE NGT...THEN SLGT CHC TO SML CHC POPS EXPECTED ACRS SRN/EXTRM SRN CNTIES WED AFTN THRU FRI. MIN TEMPS WILL BE IN THE UPR 60S TO LWR 70S TUE MORNG...IN THE MID 60S TO LWR 70S WED MORNG...THEN RANGE THRU THE 60S TO ARND 70 THU AND FRI MORNGS. MAX TEMPS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPR 80S TUE...IN THE LWR TO MID 80S WED...AND IN THE UPR 70S TO LWR 80S THU AND FRI. && .AVIATION /15Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 12Z...ALTHOUGH A FEW SCATTERED SHRA MAY BRIEFLY IMPACT KSBY WITH MVFR VSBYS/CIGS. MAIN INFLUENCE ON WX TODAY WILL BE A COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE VERY SLOW TO PUSH SOUTH THROUGH THE TAF SITES INTO TONIGHT. EXPECT HIGHEST COVERAGE OF TSTMS TO OCCUR AFTER 18Z FOR ALL SITES OTHER THAN KSBY AND HAVE ADDED VCTS TO KRIC/KPHF/KORF/KECG AT SOME POINT DURING THE LATE AFTN. HEAVY RAIN FROM TSTMS WILL BRING LOCAL IFR VSBYS AND MVFR CIGS AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS. THE FRONT STALLS IN THE VICINITY OF THE VA/NC BORDER TONIGHT WITH SOME CONVECTION LIKELY TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY KPHF/KORF/KECG. FROM SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK...THE STALLED FRONT GRADUALLY DIMINISHES SOUTH OF THE AREA...HOWEVER PERIODS OF UNSETTLED WEATHER SHOULD STILL BE ANTICIPATED MAINLY DURING THE AFTN/EVENING HRS AS ADDITIONAL MOISTURE AND ENERGY PUSH INTO THE MID ATLC REGION FROM THE WSW. && .MARINE... COLD FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO PUSH SOUTH ACRS THE WATERS TODAY BEFORE STALLING NEAR THE VA/NC BORDER SUN AND MON. THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT COLD ADVECTION SO EVEN IN AREAS WHERE WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANYTHING MORE THAN 10-15 KT (IF THAT). SEAS OF 3-4 FT WILL DIMINISH TO 2-3 FT AND WAVES IN THE BAY OF 1-2 FT WILL SUBSIDE TO 1 FOOT OR LESS. VERY LITTLE PRESSURE GRADIENT THROUGH TUE...SO IN IN GENERAL EXPECT WINDS TO AVG 10 KT OR LESS OUTSIDE OF ANY CONVECTION. THERE WILL BE A TENDENCY FOR WIND DIRECTIONS TO TURN ONSHORE TO THE E/SE DURING THE AFTN AND EVENING HRS BOTH SUN AND MON. A SOMEWHAT STRONGER FRONT WILL AFFECT THE AREA BY MIDWEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE GREAT LAKES. COULD SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR SCA CONDITIONS WED-THU ALTHOUGH MUCH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BMD NEAR TERM...BMD/MAS SHORT TERM...BMD LONG TERM...TMG AVIATION...LKB MARINE...LKB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 150 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013 MDZ021>025-VAZ064-074>078-099-111800- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- CAROLINE-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER- ACCOMACK- 150 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG A COLD FRONT. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY MODERATE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ072-073-084>086-100-111800- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS- NORTHAMPTON VA- 150 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 490 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA AND THE MIDDLE PENINSULA 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG A COLD FRONT. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY MODERATE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ060>063-065>071-079>083-087>098-111800- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG- NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE- PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY- JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- 150 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 490 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS 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. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY DROPS INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO DROP THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-111800- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- 150 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY DROPS INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO DROP THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ631-632-634>638-654-656-111800- 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- 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 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- 150 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 490 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...THE EASTERN JAMES RIVER...THE EASTERN RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AND THE EASTERN YORK 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. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY DROPS INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO DROP THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630-633-650-652-658-111800- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT 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 NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO 20 NM- 150 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY DROPS INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO DROP THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1130 AM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013
VAZ048-049-062-064-101630-
CAROLINE-FLUVANNA-GOOCHLAND-LOUISA-
1130 AM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS LOUISA...
FLUVANNA...GOOCHLAND AND CAROLINE COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 PM EDT...
AT 1126 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES NORTH OF WARES
CROSSROADS TO 25 MILES WEST OF ANTIOCH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CULPEPER TO 21 MILES NORTH OF BENT
CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE WALDROP AROUND 1140 AM EDT...
VAWTER CORNER AROUND 1145 AM EDT...
ZION CROSSROADS AROUND 1155 AM EDT...
TROY AROUND NOON EDT...
WARES CROSSROADS AROUND 1205 PM EDT...
LOUISA AIRPORT AROUND 1210 PM EDT...
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. WINDS FROM THESE
STORMS CAN CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE AS WELL AS BLOWING AROUND LIGHT
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3814 7821 3816 7809 3812 7797 3812 7788
3810 7783 3801 7769 3789 7774 3771 7809
3775 7815 3775 7818 3768 7824 3773 7837
3773 7841 3777 7848 3781 7849
JFOSTERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1222 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013
VAZ048-049-061-062-069-101700-
CUMBERLAND-FLUVANNA-GOOCHLAND-LOUISA-POWHATAN-
1222 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS LOUISA...CUMBERLAND...
FLUVANNA...GOOCHLAND AND POWHATAN COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM EDT...
AT 1222 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
WILMINGTON...OR ABOUT OVER PALMYRA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TABSCOTT...AND...CALEDONIA AT
1230 PM EDT...HADENSVILLE...AND...YANCEYVILLE AT 1240 PM EDT...
ORCHID...AND...GUM SPRING AT 1250 PM EDT...LOCUST CREEK AT 1255 PM
EDT.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3814 7821 3816 7809 3812 7788 3810 7783
3801 7769 3773 7780 3772 7779 3765 7786
3769 7791 3768 7794 3762 7796 3765 7808
3762 7809 3767 7825 3768 7824 3770 7829
3774 7843 3779 7849
SCALORASPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1256 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013
VAZ049-061>063-069-101740-
CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-LOUISA-POWHATAN-
1256 PM EDT SAT AUG 10 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS LOUISA...CUMBERLAND...
GOOCHLAND...HANOVER AND POWHATAN COUNTIES THROUGH 140 PM EDT...
AT 1255 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
OTHMA...OR ABOUT OVER HADENSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR OTHMA AT 100 PM EDT...SANDY
HOOK AT 110 PM EDT...GOOCHLAND AT 120 PM EDT...OILVILLE AT 130 PM
EDT...CROZIER AT 135 PM EDT...SABOT AT 140 PM EDT.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PENNY SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3775 7815 3778 7815 3790 7806 3791 7807
3798 7800 3783 7745 3769 7759 3771 7761
3770 7763 3762 7765 3744 7782 3771 7823
SCALORAThe Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:51 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large tree limbs were downed in Mechanicsville.
Hail up to one inch in diameter fell in Mechanicsville.
Hail up to one inch diameter fell in Glen Allen.
Heavy rainfall resulted in minor street flooding near Memorial Regional Hospital.
A strong thunderstorm downburst, with wind gusts estimated at 65 knots (75 miles per hour), produced widespread damage throughout the city of Mechanicsville. The most significant damage occurred in the vicinity of Pole Green and Meadowbridge Roads, where structural damage occurred to several homes from downed trees. Several additional trees were downed in the same area. Trees were also downed onto vehicles on Windsor Drive. A trained spotter reported that a 3000 pound truck was moved several feet. Additional power lines and trees were downed along Bells Creek Road.
Quarter size hail fell in the vicinity of Route 360 and Lee Davis Road.
Several large trees were downed in Laurel Park.
Hail up to one and a half inches in diameter fell in the vicinity of Pole Green Road and Meadowbridge Road.
Quarter size hail fell near the New Kent Airport.
Thunderstorm wind gusts up to 50 knots (58 miles per hour) downed several trees throughout the county. A large tree was downed onto Eastbound Interstate 64 near Browns Corner, partially blocking traffic. A large tree was also downed at the New Kent Airport.
A large tree was downed onto eastbound Interstate 64, partially blocking traffic.
Several trees were downed near the intersection of VA-632 and VA-10.
Several trees were downed near Settlers Lane.
Quarter size hail fell in Middleton.
A trained spotter recorded a wind gust of 60 miles per hour (52 knots) in Virginia Beach. These winds downed several trees in northern Virginia Beach.
Several large tree limbs were downed in the Kirby Crescent section of Norfolk, partially blocking traffic.
A tree was struck by lightning in Virginia Beach, downing a tree.
Hail as large as one inch in diameter fell at Sandbridge Beach.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, August 2013
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: 472280, 472279, 472282, 472281, 472283, 472284, 472287, 472285, 472286, 472288, 472290, 472295, 472289, 472523, 472527, 472526, 472525, 472524.