Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure produced damaging winds across portions of central and eastern Virginia.
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The episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure produced damaging winds across portions 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 May 10, 2:56 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 356 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING...THEN SLIDE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND WILL BECOME ANCHORED OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... SFC HI PRES RMNS OFF THE SE CONUS CST THIS AFTN...PROVIDING WARM/MODERATELY HUMID AMS INTO/OVR THE RGN ON SW WNDS. MEANWHILE...CDFNT APPROACHING FM THE ERN OH VALLEY...TRAILING BACK TO THE WNW TO LO PRES INVOF SD. EARLIER MNLY SHRAS ACRS N AND NW SECTIONS OF THE FA HAVE BECOME MORE SCT SO FAR THIS AFTN...WHILE RIBBON OF SCT TSTMS DVLPG ACRS (MNLY) SRN/SE VA INVOF BEST AVAILABLE INSTABILITY. THROUGH THE EVE HRS...WILL CONT TO HAVE SCT-LIKELY POPS...ESP N OF THE NC/VA BORDER. FEW STMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH FOR GUSTY WNDS AND HAIL...THOUGH SVR PARAMETER WEAK/MARGINAL AT BEST. 50DBZ CORES TO ABT 28-29KFT ALG W/ VILS ARND 50 APR TO BE ENOUGH FOR CONSIDERATION OF SVR WX. ONCE THE SFC BOUNDARY/UPPER TROUGH CLEARS AFTER MIDNIGHT...SHOULD SEE DRYING WEATHER RETURN ALONG WITH GRADUAL CLEARING. HANGING ONTO SLGT CHC/LO CHC POPS INVOF CST THROUGH ABT 12Z/11. LO TEMPS FM THE U50S NW TO M60S SE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ON SUNDAY AND SHOULD PROVIDE DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY AS IT SLIDES OFF THE COAST AND UPPER LEVEL SE US RIDGE REESTABLISHES ITSELF. SKIES AVG P/M SUNNY BOTH DAYS. N/NW LOW LEVEL FLOW SUN MORNING DIMINISHES BY MIDDAY AS THE SFC HIGH SLIDES OFFSHORE...ALLOWING FOR ONSHORE FLOW IN THE AFTN. HIGHS WELL INLAND WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVG...GENLY INTO THE L/M80S...BUT WILL LIKELY STAY IN THE 70S ALONG THE COAST AS WINDS BECOME ONSHORE. MNLY SKC SUN NGT WITH LO TEMPS IN THE U50S TO L60S. SFC WINDS TURN MORE TO THE SSW ON MON...A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL PREVAIL WITH HIGHS BACK INTO THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90 F WELL INLAND WITH M70S TO M 80S ON THE ERN SHORE AND RIGHT ON THE IMMEDIATE COAST. STRENGTH/AMPLITUDE OF RIDGE BUILD/MOVING OVR THE RGN LT SUN THROUGH MON XPCD TO LIMIT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVR THE RGN. TRACK OF ANY CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES LIKELY TO RMN N OF THE RGN. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE GENERALLY IN GOOD AGREEMENT ABOUT THE OVERALL PATTERN EVOLVING FROM AN UPR RIDGE DOMINATING THE WEATHER THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY...TO A TROUGH BECOMING ESTABLISHED BY FRIDAY. WARM/HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...EXCEPT FOR THE DELMARVA WHERE A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL RESIDE. WILL TEMPER MAX TEMPS EXPECTATIONS THERE. AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES/CROSSES THE AREA THURSDAY/THURS NIGHT... ENTIRE CWA SHOULD AGAIN GET INTO THE WARM SECTOR. COOLER AIRMASS THEN MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR FRIDAY/SATURDAY. UNSETTLED CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD/WITH THE FRONT FROM WED-FRI. MAX TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE 80S ON WED...EXCEPT COOLER 60S/70S FOR THE DELMARVA. MAX TEMPS BY THURSDAY IN THE 70S/80S...THEN IN THE 70S EVERYWHERE NEXT FRIDAY/SATURDAY. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP ACROSS THE AKQ CWA DUE TO DESTABILIZING ATMOSPHERE AND WEAK LEE TROUGH OVER THE AREA. COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS TOO LIMITED TO INCLUDE IN 18Z TAFS AT THIS TIME. SHRA WITH MVFR VIS WAS INCLUDED TO RELAY THE POSSIBILITY FOR CONVECTION. EXPECT IMPROVING CONDITIONS AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA FIZZLES OUT OVERNIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUN WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE NW BY LATE SUN MORNING. MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS SUN INTO MON AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC RETROGRADES OVER THE ATLANTIC COAST. && .MARINE... SSW WINDS 15 KT OR LESS ARE PREVAILING ACRS THE WTRS...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE TODAY INTO SUN MORNG...UNTIL A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THRU AND WINDS SHIFT TO THE W OR NW. HI PRES WILL BLD OVR THE AREA DURING SUN...THEN SETS UP OFF THE MID ATLC CST FOR MON INTO WED. WINDS WILL SHIFT FM NNE TO S FM EARLY SUN AFTN INTO LATE SUN NGT. EXPECT S OR SW WINDS 15 KT OR LESS FOR MON THRU TUE. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT...AND SEAS 2 TO 3 FT EXPECTED FM TODAY THRU TUE. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...ALB/LKB NEAR TERM...ALB/LKB SHORT TERM...ALB/LKB LONG TERM...JDM AVIATION...TMG/DAP MARINE...JDM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 248 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-111900- 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- 248 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014 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...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. .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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
417 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM MARINE TSTM WIND DOMINION TERM ASSOC 36.96N 76.42W
05/10/2014 M56 MPH CITY OF NEWPORT NE VA BUOY
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1400919
JMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
419 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0342 PM MARINE TSTM WIND DOMINION TERM ASSOC 36.96N 76.42W
05/10/2014 M40 MPH CITY OF NEWPORT NE VA BUOY
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1400920
JMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
421 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
VAZ080>082-088>090-102100-
CHARLES CITY-DINWIDDIE-JAMES CITY-PRINCE GEORGE-SURRY-SUSSEX-
421 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CHARLES CITY...DINWIDDIE...
CITY OF PETERSBURG...PRINCE GEORGE...SURRY...JAMES CITY AND SUSSEX
COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 421 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TEMPLETON...OR ABOUT OVER DISPUTANTA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BARHAM AT 435 PM EDT...OAK HILL
CORNER...AND...BURROWSVILLE AT 440 PM EDT...CABIN POINT...AND...
SPRING GROVE AT 445 PM EDT...CLAREMONT...AND...BRANDON AT 450 PM
EDT...RUSTIC AT 455 PM EDT...GOVERNORS LAND AT 500 PM EDT.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
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 3739 7682 3719 7673 3718 7674 3719 7676
3718 7677 3715 7673 3697 7741 3713 7749
ZIMMERMANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
433 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0308 PM HAIL HOLIDAY PARK 37.07N 76.32W
05/10/2014 E0.75 INCH CITY OF HAMPTON VA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL...45MPH WIND GUST
0310 PM MARINE TSTM WIND DOMINION TERM ASSOC 36.96N 76.42W
05/10/2014 M56 MPH CITY OF NEWPORT NE VA BUOY
0316 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 2 WNW WILLOUGHBY BEACH 36.98N 76.31W
05/10/2014 M44 MPH ANZ632 VA BUOY
WILLOUGHBY DEGUASSING STATION
0318 PM HAIL WILLOUGHBY BEACH 36.97N 76.29W
05/10/2014 E0.75 INCH CITY OF NORFOLK VA TRAINED SPOTTER
32MPH WIND GUST
0328 PM HAIL SMITHFIELD 36.98N 76.62W
05/10/2014 E0.88 INCH ISLE OF WIGHT VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
0330 PM HAIL 5 N CHESTERFIELD 37.45N 77.51W
05/10/2014 E0.75 INCH CHESTERFIELD VA NWS EMPLOYEE
0342 PM MARINE TSTM WIND DOMINION TERM ASSOC 36.96N 76.42W
05/10/2014 M40 MPH CITY OF NEWPORT NE VA BUOY
0345 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 4 NNW CAPE HENRY 36.97N 76.05W
05/10/2014 M40 MPH ANZ634 VA BUOY
FIRST LANDING BUOY
0400 PM HAIL ZUNI 36.87N 76.82W
05/10/2014 M0.50 INCH ISLE OF WIGHT VA NWS EMPLOYEE
35MPH WIND GUST
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1400922 AKQ1400919 AKQ1400918 AKQ1400921 AKQ1400924
AKQ1400925 AKQ1400920 AKQ1400917 AKQ1400923
DAPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
437 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
VAZ099-100-102130-
ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON-
437 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHAMPTON AND ACCOMACK
COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 437 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
WARDTOWN...OR ABOUT OVER EXMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR PAINTER AT 445 PM EDT...MELFA
AT 450 PM EDT...LOCUSTVILLE AT 455 PM EDT...ACCOMAC AT 500 PM EDT...
MODEST TOWN AT 510 PM EDT...WALLOPS ISLAND AT 515 PM EDT.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
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 3787 7534 3785 7538 3788 7541 3780 7551
3761 7561 3757 7558 3738 7570 3739 7574
3742 7572 3749 7575 3743 7581 3750 7597
3776 7581 3780 7583 3781 7575 3786 7570
3785 7573 3788 7570 3791 7577 3798 7528
JBILLETSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
437 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
VAZ076>078-102100-
LANCASTER-NORTHUMBERLAND-RICHMOND-
437 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHMOND...LANCASTER AND
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 437 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ROBLEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR HOWLAND...AND...BEANES CORNER
AT 445 PM EDT...AVALON...AND...BROWNS STORE AT 450 PM EDT...
BURGESS...AND...LILIAN AT 455 PM EDT...OPHEILA AT 500 PM EDT.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
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 3796 7640 3796 7635 3793 7628 3788 7622
3783 7624 3780 7628 3781 7629 3779 7630
3777 7665 3778 7667 3792 7671 3798 7641
ZIMMERMANThe Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:43 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed.
Several trees were downed along Route 15.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, May 2014
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: 519210, 519212.