Scattered thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure produced heavy rain and minor street flooding across portions of southeast Virginia.
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The episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure produced heavy rain and minor street flooding across portions of southeast 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 22, 3:02 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 402 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SLOWLY TRACKS ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND OFF THE COAST BY TUESDAY EVENING. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND STALLS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY SAGS SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHEAST. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... THE LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES A VIGOROUS TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...WITH ANOTHER POTENT TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK NEBULOUS TROUGH IS SITUATED OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC. HEIGHT FALLS AHEAD OF THE OHIO VALLEY TROUGH ALONG WITH AN AXIS OF 2000-2500 J/KG OF MLCAPE ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA ARE HELPING TO FOCUS SCT SHOWERS/TSTMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SURFACE TROUGH. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING AS INSTABILITY DECAYS. HOWEVER...LOW-END CHANCE POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT WITH THE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. AGAIN...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT DUE TO ELEVATED MOISTURE FIELDS PRODUCING RATHER ROBUST RAIN RATES IN SLOW MOVING STORMS. ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID NIGHT IS EXPECTED WITH LOWS MAINLY 70-75. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... THE CURRENT OHIO VALLEY TROUGH MOVES OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE THE PARENT TROUGH PIVOTS N OF THE GREAT LAKES. WESTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE TROUGH DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL LIMIT PRECIP CHANCES W. HOWEVER...40-50 POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED ALONG THE COAST FOR THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS SHOULD AVERAGE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S. SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR ARRIVES TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE TROUGH. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN AT LEAST PARTIAL CLEARING AND LOW COULD ACTUALLY DROP INTO THE UPPER 60S OVER THE PIEDMONT. LOW 70S WILL BE MAINTAINED EAST. THE GREAT LAKES TROUGH LIFTS INTO QB TUESDAY NIGHT...WHICH DRAGS A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. THIS FRONT NUDGES INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN MOISTURE FEED SHOULD BE OFF THE COAST BY WEDNESDAY...SO THE HIGHEST POPS (LOW CHANCE) WILL BE CONFINED TO SOUTHERN AREAS...WHICH WILL BE S OF THE FRONT. HIGHS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE MID/UPPER 80S N...TO AROUND 90 S. 22/12Z GFS/ECMWF NOW PUSH THE FRONT INTO NC BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...WITH A DEVELOPING WAVE OVER THE SOUTHEAST. AT THIS TIME THE 22/12Z NAM IS AN OUTLIER BRINGING THE WAVE UP THE COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. GIVEN THAT THE FRONT SHOULD BE S OF THE AREA. HIGHS HAVE BEEN LOWERED INTO THE LOW/MID 80S WITH NE FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT...AFTER MORNING LOWS OF 65-70. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... WEATHER PATTERN BECOMES UNSETTLED ONCE AGAIN IN THE EXTENDED AS A SERIES OF PERSISTENT UPPER TROUGHS MOVE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC. LONG RANGE MODELS ARE NOT IN GREAT AGREEMENT WITH THE EXTENDED IN REGARDS TO TIMING BUT DO SUGGEST AT LEAST CHANCES FOR RAIN INCREASING AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ONE IN A SERIES OF UPPER TROUGHS WILL SLOWLY PUSH EAST FRIDAY WITH SOME SLIGHT RIDGING POSSIBLE LATE FRI INTO FRI NIGHT IF THE GFS IS CORRECT. THE ECMWF IS SLOWER AND DEEPER WITH THE EXITING TROUGH. EITHER WAY EXPECT JUST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. BY SATURDAY THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES RESULTING IN MORE COVERAGE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY APPEARS TO BE THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP AS OF NOW...HOWEVER...MODELS DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE DEPTH OF THE UPPER LOW AND SURFACE FEATURES. THE ECMWF WHICH IS THE STRONGEST AND WETTEST OF THE MODELS HAS NOT SHOWN VERY GOOD RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY. FOR NOW WILL KEEP 40-5O PERCENT POPS FOR THE WEEKEND EXTENDED. MIN TEMPS WILL BE IN THE UPR 60S TO MID 70S THU MORNG...AND MAINLY IN THE MID 60S TO LWR 70S FRI...SAT AND SUN MORNGS. MAX TEMPS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID TO UPR 80S THRU THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /20Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... MOSTLY VFR AS OF 18Z THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING FROM ECG NORTH TO SOUTH OF ORF LIKELY ENHANCED FROM THE OCEAN/SOUND BREEZE. FURTHER INLAND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE JUST STARTING TO DEVELOP AS THE ATMOS REACHES THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE. COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HEATING AND AN APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. EXPECT TEMPORARY IFR VSBYS OF 2SM OR LESS IN THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE A FASTER MOTION THAN YESTERDAY AND WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. CONVECTION WILL LIKELY LINGER FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET BEFORE WEAKENING. TONIGHT'S FORECAST WILL BE TRICKY AND WHERE IFR CONDITIONS SET UP FOR TUE MORNING MAY DEPEND PARTLY ON WHICH AREAS RECEIVE RAIN. WITH NO CHANE IN AIRMASS AREAS OF IFR FOG INLAND MAY DEVELOP ALONG WITH SOME STRATUS CLOSER TO THE COAST. FOR NOW HAVE NOT GONE WITH WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS IN THE TAFS AND WILL WAIT TO SEE HOW THE EVENING HOURS PROGRESS. OUTLOOK...SCT MAINLY AFTN AND ERLY EVENG TSTMS CAN BE EXPECTED TUE THROUGH FRI. AVIATION CONDS MAY LWR BRIEFLY IN HEAVIER PCPN. PATCHY IFR FOG NEAR SUNRISE CANNOT BE RULED BUT NO WIDESPREAD IFR IS EXPECTED. && .MARINE... AN AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL ALLOW SLY WINDS AOB 15 KT TO PERSIST TONIGHT INTO TUE AND KEEP CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST DURING THIS TIME. CHES BAY WAVES WILL BE 1-2 FT AND COASTAL WATERS SEAS WILL AVERAGE 2-3 FT (POSSIBLY BUILDING UP TO 4 FT AT/NORTH OF PARRAMORE ISLAND). A MORE DEFINED FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE WATERS ON WED. THE BULK OF MOISTURE WILL BE WELL OUT AHEAD OF IT AND THEREFORE SRN CHES BAY AND THE SRN WATERS FROM ROUGHLY CAPE CHARLES TO CURRITUCK LIGHT SHOULD SEE THE BEST CHANCES FOR ADVERSE CONDITIONS DUE TO SHOWERS/STORMS. EXPECT LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS/WAVES/SEAS IN AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ON WED NIGHT...MODEL SOLUTIONS BEGIN TO DIFFER. SOME SHOW HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER CONDITIONS BUILDING IN BEHIND THE FRONT...AND OTHERS STALL THE FRONT ALONG THE COAST THUS SUPPORTING A MORE SHOWERY OUTLOOK GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. REGARDLESS OF WHICH SOLUTION COMES TO FRUITION...WINDS SHOULD BECOME N-NE AND GENERALLY STAY AOB 10 KT WITH AVERAGE SEAS OF 2-3 FT FOR COASTAL WATERS AND WAVES OF 1-2 FT FOR CHES BAY. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... THE FULL MOON PHASE WILL BE REACHED THIS EVENING AND HIGH TIDES WILL BE RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT THROUGH TUE NIGHT. WATER LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 0.5 TO 1.0 FT ABOVE MHHW...HOWEVER NO MINOR FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HIGH TIDE WATER LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AFTER THE SECOND HIGH TIDE ON TUE NIGHT. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...AJZ NEAR TERM...AJZ SHORT TERM...AJZ/LKB LONG TERM...JAO AVIATION...JAO MARINE...BMD TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...BMD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 404 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-232015- 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- 404 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 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...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. AN ISOLATED STORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630>638-650-652-654-656-658-232015- 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- 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 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- 404 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 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...THE EASTERN RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AND THE EASTERN YORK RIVER. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
341 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
VAZ072>074-077-078-083>086-090-222045-
ESSEX-GLOUCESTER-JAMES CITY-KING AND QUEEN-KING
WILLIAM-LANCASTER-MATHEWS-MIDDLESEX-NEW KENT-NORTHUMBERLAND-
341 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ESSEX...KING AND QUEEN...
KING WILLIAM...NEW KENT...MIDDLESEX...LANCASTER...MATHEWS...
NORTHUMBERLAND...JAMES CITY AND GLOUCESTER COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM
EDT...
AT 341 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SLATERVILLE TO HOLLY FORKS
TO GRESSIT TO GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEW KENT TO WEST POINT TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORGE TO GLOUCESTER
COURTHOUSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
PLUM POINT...
ELTHAM...
GRESSIT...
MATTAPONI...
COHOKE...
HARCUM...
SALUDA...
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
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.
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 3775 7650 3769 7629 3768 7631 3764 7629
3761 7631 3760 7636 3766 7647 3763 7650
3765 7656 3762 7653 3762 7643 3759 7640
3758 7633 3734 7650 3742 7676 3746 7703
3777 7697
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
410 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
VAZ095-097-098-222045-
CHESAPEAKE-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-VIRGINIA BEACH-
410 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CITY OF VIRGINIA
BEACH...CITY OF PORTSMOUTH...CITY OF CHESAPEAKE AND CITY OF NORFOLK
COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 410 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER BAYSIDE...OR ABOUT OVER VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
COLLEGE...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE...
NORFOLK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
NORVIEW...
NORFOLK NAS...
PORTSMOUTH...
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
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.
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 3680 7611 3683 7632 3697 7631 3697 7630
3697 7628 3696 7625 3694 7622 3694 7617
3692 7610
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
449 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
VAZ093>097-222145-
CHESAPEAKE-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT
NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-
449 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS...
ISLE OF WIGHT...CITY OF PORTSMOUTH...CITY OF HAMPTON...CITY OF
POQUOSON...CITY OF CHESAPEAKE...CITY OF SUFFOLK AND CITY OF NORFOLK
COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
AT 447 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WILLOUGHBY SPIT TO
NORFOLK NAS TO BOWERS HILL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OCEAN
VIEW TO OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY TO CHURCHLAND...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
FORT MONROE...
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY...
DRIVER...
CRITTENDEN...
LANGLEY VIEW...
WESTERN BRANCH...
HUNTERSVILLE...
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
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.
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 3675 7639 3686 7659 3697 7651 3696 7647
3691 7646 3690 7640 3693 7639 3693 7634
3697 7633 3697 7630 3700 7634 3696 7643
3700 7646 3703 7647 3710 7637 3703 7628
3698 7629 3694 7620
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
516 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
VAZ064-072>078-085-222200-
CAROLINE-ESSEX-KING AND QUEEN-KING
WILLIAM-LANCASTER-MIDDLESEX-NORTHUMBERLAND-RICHMOND-WESTMORELAND-
516 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTMORELAND...ESSEX...
RICHMOND...KING AND QUEEN...KING WILLIAM...MIDDLESEX...LANCASTER...
NORTHUMBERLAND AND CAROLINE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...
AT 515 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
OWENTON TO EMMERTON TO ROBLEY TO LIVELY TO FOXWELLS...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH TO 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WARSAW TO ROBLEY TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROBLEY TO 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF KILMARNOCK...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
MOON CORNER...
BEULAHVILLE...
FARNHAM...
TAPPAHANNOCK...
MOUNT LANDING...
LANCASTER...
LOTTSBURG...
CALLAO...
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
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.
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 3825 7695 3821 7694 3817 7684 3816 7660
3811 7659 3803 7650 3789 7622 3782 7625
3781 7630 3778 7627 3777 7630 3766 7631
3761 7628 3761 7636 3778 7667 3776 7671
3783 7713 3827 7704
05PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
608 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM TSTM WND GST SUSSEX AT HAMPTON 37.00N 76.35W
07/22/2013 M46 MPH ANZ632 VA MESONET
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1300858
DEROSASPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 618 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 NCZ012-013-VAZ087-092-222315- GREENSVILLE-HERTFORD-NORTHAMPTON-SOUTHAMPTON- 618 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHAMPTON...HERTFORD...GREENSVILLE AND SOUTHAMPTON COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM EDT... AT 618 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER BOYKINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... NEWSOMS... BOYKINS... SUNBEAM. HAZARDS INCLUDE... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING. 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. 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 3673 7713 3659 7697 3647 7721 3654 7733 MMONTE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Rainfall amounts were estimated between one and two inches. Minor flooding was reported on Warwick Boulevard.
Rainfall amounts were estimated between one and two inches. Minor flooding was reported at Route 105 at US-17 Washington Highway.
Rainfall amounts between two and four inches were measured.
Rainfall amounts between two and four inches were measured.
Rainfall amount of 1.63 inches was measured at PHF.
Rainfall amount of 2.15 inches was measured by a spotter.
Rainfall amount of 1.21 inches was measured at LFI.
Rainfall amount of 3.22 inches was measured at ORF.
Rainfall amount of 2.35 inches was measured at NGU.
Rainfall amount of 1.20 inches was measured.
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, July 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: 471004, 471008, 471013, 471015, 471017, 471019, 471024, 471027, 471030, 471035.