Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds across portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore.
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Scattered severe thunderstorms in advance of a cold front produced damaging winds across portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore.
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 May 22, 3:19 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
419 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION AND MOVE OFF THE COAST THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD FROM THE
UPPER MIDWEST SOUTHEAST TO OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HIGH WILL SLIDE INTO THE ATLANTIC SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
SVR TSTM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE NRN HALF OF THE
REGION. SCTD TSTMS...SOME STRONG AND SEVERE...WERE DEVELOPING
LATE THIS AFTN FM THE NRN VA PIEDMONT CNTIES NNE THRU MD AND INTO
PA. THESE STORMS WERE FORMING IN THE WARM/HUMID AIRMASS IN ADVANCE
OF A COLD FRONT. THE STORMS WILL PUSH ESE AND OFF THE CST LATE
THIS AFTN AND EVENG...WITH THE STRONGEST AND POSSIBLY SVR STORMS
MOVNG THRU THE NRN VA PIEDMONT ESE ACRS THE VA NRN NECK AND INTO
THE LWR MD AND VA ERN SHR. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE ACTIVITY WILL PUSH OFF THE CST BY 11 PM
WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE NGT. MIN TEMPS WILL RANGE FM THE MID 50S TO THE MID 60S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/...
THAT COLD FRONT WILL SINK FARTHER S OF THE AREA DURING FRI...WITH
DRIER NW OR N FLO CONTINUING TO FILTER IN...AS HI PRES BLDS FM
THE UPR MIDWEST SE INTO THE OH VLY. PARTLY TO MOSTLY SNY WITH
HIGHS RANGING FM THE MID 70S TO LWR 80S. LATER FRI THRU SAT...A
WEAK TROF SFC-ALOFT WILL DROP THRU THE NRN MID ATLC REGION. THIS
WILL PROVIDE ENE CNTIES WITH SOME MORE CLOUDINESS...AND COULD
TRIGGER AN ISLTD SHOWER OVR THE LWR MD/VA ERN SHR. OTHRWISE...MOSTLY
CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY FRI NGT THRU SAT. LOWS FRI NGT IN THE 50S
TO NEAR 60. HIGHS ON SAT RANGING THRU THE 70S.
SAT NGT THRU SUN...SFC HI PRES WILL SLIDE FM THE OH VLY SE TO
RIGHT OVR THE MID ATLC REGION. CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY WITH LOWS
SAT NGT RANGING THRU THE 50S TO NEAR 60...WITH MAX TEMPS ON SUN IN
THE UPR 70S TO LWR 80S.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
THE MID/UPPER FLOW PATTERN DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PORTION OF
NEXT WEEK WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY RIDGING FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS
TO THE MID ATLANTIC...WITH A CLOSED LOW SLOWLY TRAVERSING THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL
WILL BE LIMITED DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD DUE TO RATHER WEAK
SYNOPTIC WIND FIELDS. THE BEST TIME-FRAME FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS (SLIGHT
CHC/LOW-END CHC AT THIS TIME) WILL BE TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING WHEN
A WEAK SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT COMBINE WITH LEE-SIDE
TROUGHING E OF THE MOUNTAINS. MINIMAL POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR
SRN PORTIONS WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT SLOWLY SAGS S THROUGH THE AREA.
DRY CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO PREVAIL TOWARD THE END OF THE
WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL EARLY IN THE
WEEK...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S MONDAY...FOLLOWED BY UPPER 80S TO
NEAR 90 TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES TREND BACK TOWARD NORMAL WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT SAGS THROUGH THE REGION. LOWS SHOULD
AVERAGE FROM THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS AS OF 18Z...WITH SHOWERS/TSTMS STILL WELL OFF TO THE
N/W OF THE LOCAL AREA. ANTICIPATING THAT SOME OF THESE SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL DRIFT SOUTH AND/OR DEVELOP OVER VA/MD OVER
THE NEXT FEW HRS. NOT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE "TSRA" IN AT ANY TAF SITE
BUT DID ADD A TEMPO GROUP FOR SHRA AT KRIC/SBY FOR NOW. COULD ALSO
SEE THEM AT KORF/KPHF/KECG THE OTHER SITES ALTHOUGH TIMING EVEN
MORE UNCERTAIN. BRIEF IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
SHOWERS/TSTMS...MORE LIKELY DUE TO VSBYS THAN CIGS. ALSO...IF ANY
SITE DOES RECEIVE APPRECIABLE RAINFALL...A FEW HRS WORTH OF MVFR/IFR
CIGS/VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 00Z-03/06Z BEFORE A STRONGER
PUSH OF DRIER N/NW FLOW MOVES IN. AFTER 03/06Z...THE N/NW WINDS
SHOULD BRING CLEARING SKIES/VFR CONDITIONS WITH SOME GUSTS BETWEEN
15-20 KTS MOST LIKELY AT KORF/KECG. HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS
FRI...SOMEWHAT BREEZY NW FLOW WITH GUSTS TO 15-20 KT THROUGH THE
DAY AT KSBY...10-15 KT ELSEWHERE.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL SAT/SUN AND SLIDE OFF THE COAST MON-
TUE. VFR CONDITIONS UNDER MAINLY CLEAR SKIES. SOME INCREASE IN
MOISTURE COULD SEE SOME POTENTIAL FOR REDUCED CIGS/VSBYS 06-12Z IN
PATCHY FOG/LOW CIGS MON/TUE.
&&
.MARINE...
A COLD FRONT DROPS ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
BRINGING SCT SHOWERS/TSTMS TO MAINLY NRN PORTIONS OF THE MARINE
AREA. ANY STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
LARGE HAIL. A SUBSEQUENT NNW CAA SURGE FOLLOWS TONIGHT. MARGINAL SCA
CONDITIONS (15-20KT) ARE EXPECTED OVER THE BAY LATE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE SOUND AND LOWER JAMES WILL REMAIN CAPPED
AT 15KT. THE DURATION OF THE SURGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG/LONG
ENOUGH TO PUSH SEAS TO 5 FT. THE WIND WILL LIGHTEN THROUGH THE DAY
FRIDAY AND LIKELY BECOME SEA-BREEZE DOMINATED OVER FAR SRN PORTIONS
LATER IN THE DAY. A SECONDARY NW SURGE AOB 15KT ARRIVES LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS
IN TROUGH THE WEEKEND...BEFORE SETTLING OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST
EARLY NEXT WEEK ALLOWING FOR A RETURN TO SSW FLOW AOB 15KT.
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR
ANZ630>632-634.
&&
SYNOPSIS...TMG
NEAR TERM...TMG
SHORT TERM...TMG
LONG TERM...AJZ
AVIATION...LKB
MARINE...AJZHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 224 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 MDZ021>025-VAZ049-062>064-071>078-082>086-090-091-094-099-100-231830- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- 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-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 224 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 174 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST 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... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-060-061-065>070-079>081-087>089-092- 093-095>098-231830- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA- 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- 224 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 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. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. .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. TG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 432 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 VAZ064-072>074-222100- CAROLINE-ESSEX-KING AND QUEEN-KING WILLIAM- 432 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ESSEX...KING AND QUEEN... KING WILLIAM AND CAROLINE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT... AT 432 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PENOLA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF MILFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GETHER...AND...DUANE FORK AT 440 PM EDT...BEULAHVILLE...AND...SALVIA AT 445 PM EDT...OWENTON... AND...NEWTOWN AT 450 PM EDT...INDIAN NECK...AND...BISCOE AT 455 PM EDT. HAZARDS INCLUDE... PEA SIZE HAIL. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING. SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY 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. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. MANY LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU CANNOT SEEK SHELTER INDOORS TAKE COVER IN A VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3796 7695 3775 7698 3786 7742 3798 7740 MINNICK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
445 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0443 PM TSTM WND DMG WYNDHAM 37.70N 77.61W
05/22/2014 HENRICO VA TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWNED IN WYNDHAM ALONG WITH HAIL UP TO
ONE INCH.
0443 PM HAIL WYNDHAM 37.70N 77.61W
05/22/2014 M1.00 INCH HENRICO VA TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWNED IN WYNDHAM ALONG WITH HAIL UP TO
ONE INCH.
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1400959
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1400960
MINNICKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
454 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0454 PM HAIL 1 NW SWEET BRIAR PARK 37.63N 77.54W
05/22/2014 M0.88 INCH HENRICO VA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1400961
MINNICKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
456 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0456 PM HAIL 1 SSE ENGLISH HILLS 37.62N 77.55W
05/22/2014 M0.75 INCH HENRICO VA TRAINED SPOTTER
0456 PM TSTM WND GST 1 SSE ENGLISH HILLS 37.62N 77.55W
05/22/2014 E50 MPH HENRICO VA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1400962
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1400963
MINNICKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
539 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0539 PM WALL CLOUD COLONIAL HEIGHTS 37.26N 77.40W
05/22/2014 CITY OF COLONIAL H VA TRAINED SPOTTER
WALL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR SOUTHPARK MALL.
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1400964
MINNICKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
542 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM FUNNEL CLOUD WALTHALL 37.31N 77.41W
05/22/2014 CHESTERFIELD VA NWS EMPLOYEE
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR EXIT 58 AND INTERSTATE 95.
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1400965
MINNICKThe Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:43 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Widespread trees were downed around Church Creek. One house lost some shingles as well as siding.
Numerous trees were downed around Maple Dam.
Trees were downed across Elliott Island. Trees were downed at Blackwater Wildlife Refuge.
Trees were downed.
Several trees were downed.
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