Scattered thunderstorms associated with a cold front produced locally heavy rainfall and resulted in flash flooding across portions of southeast Virginia.
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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.
Scattered thunderstorms associated with a cold front produced locally heavy rainfall and resulted in flash 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 24, 6:52 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 752 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY DISSIPATES ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS NORTH OF THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST MONDAY THEN CROSSES THE AREA TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... ...NORTHAMPTON COUNTY STORM SURVEY RESULTS CAN BE FOUND BY REFERENCING THE LATEST PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT (PNSAKQ)... DROPPED NORTHERN MOST COUNTIES OF WATCH BOX AS THE SVR THREAT HAS SHIFTED TO THE LINE OF STORMS NOW APPRCHG THE VA/NC BORDER. EVEN THESE STORMS BEGINNING TO WEAKEN A BIT. PVS DSCN: QUICK UPDATE TO ACCOUNT FOR SVR TSTRM WATCH UNTIL 03Z. MESO LOW ALONG SLOW MOVING FRONT CONTINUES TO BE FUELED BY MERGING INFLOW BNDRYS AND UNTAPPED INSTABILITY. THIS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DRIFT SE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE WEAKENING AFTER 00Z. BUMPED UP POPS WHERE CONVECTION IS HEADED. PVS DSCN: CURRENT MSAS SHOWING FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS SOUTHERN VA WITH WEAK IMPULSE MOVING NE ALONG IT. FIRST IMPULSE (WHICH PRODUCED THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION) NOW OFFSHORE WITH SCNDRY IMPULSE TO BE THE TRIGGER FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTRN AND EVENING AS BNDRY STALLS IVOF VA/NC BORDER. SHORT RANGE MODELS MOVE THIS CONVECTION SE ACROSS THE RGN THRU THE EVENING HOURS THEN TAKES MOST PCPN SOUTH INTO NC AFTER MIDNIGHT. GIVEN THE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST HOUR AND ADDNTL CONVECTION DVLPNG ALONG OUTFLOW BNDRYS... WENT WITH LIKELY POPS THRU 00Z FOR AREAS WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...CHC POPS ELSEWHERE. KEPT CHC POPS GOING ACROSS SERN VA/NE NC AFTER MIDNIGHT AS BNDRY WILL BE SLOW TO DRIFT SOUTH THRU 12Z FRIDAY. WEAK FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRYER AIR TO FILTER INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF FA AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE 60S EXCEPT NR 70 SERN BEACH AREAS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/... MODELS WASH OUT BNDRY ACROSS THE CAROLINAS FRIDAY AS UPR TROF AXIS PUSHES EAST. TSCTNS SHOW JUST ENUF MOISTURE/INSTAB FOR SLGHT CHC POPS ACROSS NE NC CNTYS FRIDAY AFTRN. OTW...DRY WITH BELOW NORMAL TMPS. HIGHS L-M80S. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH FRI NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY WITH RELATIVELY WEAK CAA. MODELS DIFFER A BIT WRT MOISTURE RETURNING ACROSS THE PIEDMONT SAT. GIVEN THE MIDLEVEL CAP SEEN IN SNDGS...KEPT FCST DRY BUT KEPT POPS BLO 15% SAT. HEAT AND HUMIDITY BEGIN TO RETURN AS H85 TMPS RISE. HIGHS SAT U80S-L90S. LOWS SAT NIGHT 70-75. NEXT FRNT APPRCHS FROM THE NW LATE SUNDAY. DRY THRU 18Z WITH CHC POPS DRNG THE AFTRN/EVENING HRS (20% SERN AREAS TO 40% NWRN CNTYS). HIGHS U80S-L90S. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT ABOUT PUSHING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA ON MONDAY AS A RATHER ANOMALOUS UPPER LOW DIGS INTO SERN CANADA AND THE EASTERN U.S. THE FRONT WILL BE DRIVEN AS FAR SOUTH AS THE GULF COAST BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AS A BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS FROM THE HIGH PLAINS TO THE EASTERN SEABOARD. THE GOOD NEWS IS SOME MUCH NEEDED RAIN IS EXPECTED ALONG/AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE EVEN BETTER NEWS IS A COMFORTABLE AIRMASS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT INTO THE LOCAL AREA FROM TUESDAY INTO AT LEAST NEXT THURSDAY. AFTER A RATHER WARM DAY ON MONDAY (HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S)...COOLER AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS ARRIVE TUESDAY-THURSDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW/MID 80S. LOW SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE UPR 60S TO MID 70S...COOLING INTO THE UPR 50S TO MID 60S TUESDAY NIGHT. && .AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... STATIONARY BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS SE VA AND CONTINUING WESTWARD. THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. COVERAGE OF PRECIP IS BEGINNING TO INCREASE AND A BETTER PICTURE OF TIMING AND IMPACTS FROM PRECIP AT THE TAF SITES WILL CONTINUE TO UNFOLD THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY PUSHES SE OVERNIGHT CONTINUING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS. CLEARING WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. NOTE: OBSERVATIONS FROM KSBY ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE DUE TO A COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEM. RETURN TO SERVICE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...CURRENT INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED BY CALLING INTO THE ASOS SITE DIRECTLY. AMD NOT SKED WILL BE APPENDED TO THE KSBY TAF UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. && .MARINE... A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH OF THE WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. BEHIND THE FRONT...HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO NOSE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. N-NE WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10-15 KT. WAVES 1-2 FT...WITH SEAS 1-3 FT. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHES ACROSS THE WATERS ON FRI AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. WINDS N-NE AOB 10 KT FRI/FRI NIGHT. THE SFC HIGH THEN SLIDES OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY SAT MORNING WITH SE WINDS AOB 15 KT...BECOMING SW BY SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SW WINDS CONTINUE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY BEFORE THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND TURNS THE WINDS TO THE NW AOB 15 KT INTO TUESDAY. WAVES WILL REMAIN 1-2 FEET THROUGH TUESDAY. AN INCREASE IN SEAS TO AROUND 4 FT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS SAT NIGHT INTO MONDAY DUE TO INCREASED S-SW FLOW. && .EQUIPMENT... KDOX RADAR IS DOWN FOR PART REPLACEMENT. RADAR EXPECTED TO RETURNED TO SERVIVE ONCE WORK IS COMPLETED. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MPR NEAR TERM...MPR SHORT TERM...MPR LONG TERM...JDM AVIATION...DAP MARINE...JDM EQUIPMENT...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 754 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014 MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>091-094-099-100-260000- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- 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-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-ACCOMACK- NORTHAMPTON VA- 754 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH 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...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. NCZ102-260000- OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- 754 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 440 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .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. NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ092-093-095>098-260000- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- 754 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 440 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
649 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM FLOOD AFTON 37.39N 77.48W
07/24/2014 CHESTERFIELD VA BROADCAST MEDIA
HIGH WATER OVER THE ROAD
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1401213
LALEXANDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
704 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
NCZ012>014-016-030-VAZ087-088-092-096-250000-
BERTIE-CAMDEN-GATES-GREENSVILLE-HERTFORD-NORTHAMPTON-SOUTHAMPTON-
SUFFOLK-SUSSEX-
704 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CAMDEN...NORTHAMPTON...
BERTIE...GATES...HERTFORD...CITY OF FRANKLIN...CITY OF SUFFOLK...
GREENSVILLE...SOUTHAMPTON AND SUSSEX COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 704 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SEBRELL TO VULTARE...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF COURTLAND TO 7 MILES
WEST OF ROANOKE RAPIDS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE PLEASANT HILL AROUND 710 PM
EDT...
SEABOARD AROUND 715 PM EDT...
SHILOH AROUND 720 PM EDT...
MUD CASTLE AROUND 725 PM EDT...
ELWOOD AROUND 730 PM EDT...
MILWAUKEE AROUND 735 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.
LAT...LON 3627 7742 3632 7744 3630 7752 3632 7758
3634 7759 3638 7755 3641 7756 3643 7761
3648 7765 3648 7777 3650 7783 3686 7718
3674 7691 3670 7693 3664 7690 3670 7682
3653 7645 3617 7710
JBILLETPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
705 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0833 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 E CHERRYSTONE 37.31N 75.98W
07/24/2014 NORTHAMPTON VA NWS STORM SURVEY
OVERTURNED RV CAMPERS AT AND EAST OF CHERRYSTONE
CAMPGROUND. TREES DOWN...LARGE LIMBS SNAPPED OFF.
0833 AM TORNADO CHERRYSTONE 37.31N 76.00W
07/24/2014 NORTHAMPTON VA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 2 FATAL, 36 INJ *** EF-1 TORNADO MOVED OFF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...THEN CROSSED NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
CHERRYSTONE CAMPGROUND...THEN MOVED EASTWARD ACROSS RT.
13.
0835 AM HAIL CHERITON 37.29N 75.97W
07/24/2014 E1.75 INCH NORTHAMPTON VA NWS STORM SURVEY
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL PRODUCED DAMAGE TO
HOMES...CARS...CROPS AND TREES.
0900 AM TSTM WND DMG SEDLEY 36.77N 76.98W
07/24/2014 SOUTHAMPTON VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN NEAR SEDLEY
0902 AM HAIL FRANKLIN 36.68N 76.94W
07/24/2014 M1.00 INCH CITY OF FRANKLIN VA TRAINED SPOTTER
0912 AM TSTM WND DMG CARRSVILLE 36.71N 76.83W
07/24/2014 ISLE OF WIGHT VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN NEAR CARSVILLE HWY AND OLD MYRTLE RD
0515 PM FLOOD 1 N THE MEWS 37.51N 77.48W
07/24/2014 CITY OF RICHMOND VA BROADCAST MEDIA
HIGH WATER OVER THE ROAD
0530 PM FLOOD AFTON 37.39N 77.48W
07/24/2014 CHESTERFIELD VA BROADCAST MEDIA
HIGH WATER OVER THE ROAD
0543 PM FLOOD COLONIAL HEIGHTS 37.26N 77.40W
07/24/2014 CITY OF COLONIAL H VA NWS EMPLOYEE
MAIN ARTERY BOULEVARD CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1401207 AKQ1401215 AKQ1401208 AKQ1401211 AKQ1401209
AKQ1401210 AKQ1401214 AKQ1401213 AKQ1401212
WRSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
711 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM LIGHTNING LAKEVIEW 37.27N 77.43W
07/24/2014 CITY OF COLONIAL H VA BROADCAST MEDIA
LIGHTNING CAUGHT CHURCH ON FIRE
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1401216
LALEXANDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
715 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0825 AM WATER SPOUT 4 W CHERRYSTONE 37.31N 76.07W
07/24/2014 ANZ632 VA NWS STORM SURVEY
TORNADO THAT EVENTUALLY MADE LANDFALL DEVELOPED OVER
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.
0833 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 E CHERRYSTONE 37.31N 75.98W
07/24/2014 NORTHAMPTON VA NWS STORM SURVEY
OVERTURNED RV CAMPERS AT AND EAST OF CHERRYSTONE
CAMPGROUND. TREES DOWN...LARGE LIMBS SNAPPED OFF.
0833 AM TORNADO CHERRYSTONE 37.31N 76.00W
07/24/2014 NORTHAMPTON VA NWS STORM SURVEY
*** 2 FATAL, 36 INJ *** EF-1 TORNADO MOVED OFF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...THEN CROSSED NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
CHERRYSTONE CAMPGROUND...THEN MOVED EASTWARD ACROSS RT.
13.
0835 AM HAIL CHERITON 37.29N 75.97W
07/24/2014 E1.75 INCH NORTHAMPTON VA NWS STORM SURVEY
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL PRODUCED DAMAGE TO
HOMES...CARS...CROPS AND TREES.
0900 AM TSTM WND DMG SEDLEY 36.77N 76.98W
07/24/2014 SOUTHAMPTON VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN NEAR SEDLEY
0902 AM HAIL FRANKLIN 36.68N 76.94W
07/24/2014 M1.00 INCH CITY OF FRANKLIN VA TRAINED SPOTTER
0912 AM TSTM WND DMG CARRSVILLE 36.71N 76.83W
07/24/2014 ISLE OF WIGHT VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN NEAR CARSVILLE HWY AND OLD MYRTLE RD
0505 PM LIGHTNING LAKEVIEW 37.27N 77.43W
07/24/2014 CITY OF COLONIAL H VA BROADCAST MEDIA
LIGHTNING CAUGHT CHURCH ON FIRE
0515 PM FLOOD 1 N THE MEWS 37.51N 77.48W
07/24/2014 CITY OF RICHMOND VA BROADCAST MEDIA
HIGH WATER OVER THE ROAD
0525 PM TSTM WND DMG FOREST ACRES 37.14N 77.35W
07/24/2014 PRINCE GEORGE VA 911 CALL CENTER
POWER LINES DOWN ON SOUTH CRATER RD.
0530 PM FLOOD AFTON 37.39N 77.48W
07/24/2014 CHESTERFIELD VA BROADCAST MEDIA
HIGH WATER OVER THE ROAD
0543 PM FLOOD COLONIAL HEIGHTS 37.26N 77.40W
07/24/2014 CITY OF COLONIAL H VA NWS EMPLOYEE
MAIN ARTERY BOULEVARD CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD
0635 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S BOOTH FORK 36.94N 76.95W
07/24/2014 SOUTHAMPTON VA 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ON RT. 460 NEAR THE SOUTHAMPTON SUSSEX COUNTY
LINE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1401219 AKQ1401207 AKQ1401215 AKQ1401208 AKQ1401211
AKQ1401209 AKQ1401210 AKQ1401216 AKQ1401214 AKQ1401217 AKQ1401213
AKQ1401212 AKQ1401218
WRSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
755 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
NCZ016-017-102-VAZ095>098-250100-
CAMDEN-CHESAPEAKE-EASTERN
CURRITUCK-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-VIRGINIA BEACH-WESTERN
CURRITUCK-
755 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CURRITUCK...CAMDEN...CITY OF
PORTSMOUTH...CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH...CITY OF CHESAPEAKE...CITY OF
SUFFOLK AND CITY OF NORFOLK COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM EDT...
AT 755 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
TO SAUNDERS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
COLLEGE TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE KEMPSVILLE AROUND 800 PM
EDT...
PRINCESS ANNE PLAZA AROUND 805 PM EDT...
LYNNHAVEN AROUND 810 PM EDT...
OCEANA NAS AROUND 815 PM EDT...
MACONS CORNER AROUND 820 PM EDT...
SIGMA AROUND 825 PM EDT...
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
HEAVY RAIN.
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.
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 3664 7671 3695 7623 3692 7610 3694 7604
3694 7599 3692 7597 3691 7598 3678 7595
3663 7587 3655 7587 3648 7598 3649 7600
3652 7599 3654 7602 3649 7603 3646 7601
3634 7617
JMThe Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding in portions of Suffolk. Flooding was reported on Clay Street with water flowing into homes. Also, a car was partially submerged in high water in the Pleasant Hill area. The occupants were rescued.
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