Isolated severe thunderstorm along a weak trough of low pressure produced damaging winds across portions of central Virginia.
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Isolated severe thunderstorm along a weak trough of low pressure produced damaging winds across portions of central 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 Jun 13, 12:59 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 159 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL DROP ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND DISSIPATE OVER THE AREA ON SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY...MAINLY ALONG THE COAST AS WINDS BRIEFLY BECOME ONSHORE. OTHERWISE...HOT AND MODERATELY HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... LATE MORNING WX ANALYSIS DEPICTS A SFC COLD FRONT NEAR THE MASON DIXON LINE...WITH A WEAK PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH LOCATED OVER CENTRAL AND SE VA. SKIES ARE MAINLY SUNNY AS OF 1430Z...EXCEPT FOR SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS OVERSPREADING THE FAR NORTHERN/NE SECTIONS OF THE CWA. TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN PAST FEW DAYS AT THIS HR...MANY LOCATIONS ALREADY INTO THE UPPER 80S...WITH LOWER 90S LIKELY BY THE NOON HOUR. WITH A W/NW WIND THE DEW PTS ARE A FEW DEGREES LOWER HOWEVER...GENLY UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S RATHER THAN THE LWR-MID 70S DURING THE AM HRS THE PAST 2 DAYS. SO WHILE TODAY SHOULD BE THE HOTTEST DAY SO FAR THIS SEASON...HIGHS INTO MID 90S ACRS MUCH OF THE REGION...HEAT INDICES SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE PAST 2 DAYS...PEAKING IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 F THIS AFTN. ALSO...THE WINDS LOOK LIGHT ENOUGH FOR DIRECTIONS TO TURN ONSHORE ACRS SE VA AREAS INCLUDING HAMPTON ROADS THIS AFTN (WHERE TEMPS MAY ACTUALLY FALL BACK INTO THE 80S). AS FOR PRECIPITATION CHANCES THIS AFTN...CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY ONGOING OVER MUCH OF WV...AND WITH UPPER FLOW BEING FROM THE WNW TO THE NW...THE STORMS WILL TEND TO MOVE TO THE ESE LATER TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE APPROACH OF THE BACKDOOR FRONT AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTN WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED TSTMS...PROBABLY EARLIEST ACRS THE FAR NORTH...HOLDING OFF UNTIL 19-20Z AND THEREAFTER FARTHER SOUTH. DEEP LAYER SHEAR PROFILES ARE A LITTLE MORE FAVORABLE THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS...WITH EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 20-25 KT ACRS THE NE 1/3 OF THE CWA LATE THIS AFTN/EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SOMEWHAT DRIER AIRMASS AND WNW LOW LEVEL FLOW MAY ACT AS AN INHIBITING FACTOR TO SOME EXTENT...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE SW 1/2 OF THE CWA WHERE POPS WILL BE CAPPED AT 30%...WHILE 40-50% POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED FARTHER NORTH AND EAST. THE OVERALL SHEAR AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES APPEAR TOO WEAK FOR SEVERE/DAMAGING WX TODAY...BUT THESE NW FLOW EVENTS OFTEN BRING INTENSE LIGHTNING AND AT LEAST SOME POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY/... UPR FLO TURNS TO THE NW TNGT INTO SUN...AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVES THRU THE NE CONUS...AND DRIVES THE BACKDOOR COLD FRONT THRU THE REGION. HAVE KEPT HIGHEST POPS THIS EVENG INTO TNGT...WITH BETTER FORCING AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WITH THE FRONT (POPS CAPPED AT 40-50% FOR NOW). NO SEVERE TSTMS EXPECTED...BUT A GREATER COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL LEAD TO A BETTER CHC FOR ANY ONE LOCATION AT RECEIVING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. WILL CARRY HIGH CHC POPS THRU THE EVENING...AND LINGER AT LEAST 20% POPS LATER TNGT INTO SUN MORNG...WITH THE SFC FRONT STALLING ACRS THE AREA. LOWS TNGT IN THE UPR 60S TO LWR 70S. HIGHEST POPS WILL SHIFT FARTHER INLAND INTO THE PIEDMONT FOR SUN AFTN INTO SUN EVENG...AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY OVR THIS AREA...DUE TO WINDS TURNING TO THE NE-E-SE. THUS...HIGHS ON SUN WILL BE COOLER...RANGING FM THE MID 80S TO LWR 90S. MORE HEAT RETURNS ON MON...AS SFC FLO TURNS BACK TO THE SSW. SLGT CHC TO CHC POPS FOR AFTN/EVENG SHOWERS AND TSTMS...WITH HIGHEST POPS OVR THE NRN THIRD OF THE REGION. HIGHS WILL RANGE FM THE UPR 80S NEAR THE COAST TO THE MID 90S WELL INLAND. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... AREA REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF UPR RIDGE THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED PERIOD...ALTHOUGH RIDGE FLATTENS OVER TIME. FLATTENING OF UPR RIDGE ALLOWS WEAK FRONTS TO DROP INTO REGION DURING THE PERIOD...WHICH WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SHWRS/TSTMS EACH DAY DURING THE EXTENDED. ALTHOUGH MOST SHWRS/TSTMS WILL OCCUR DURING THE DIRUNALLY FAVORED AFTERNOON/EVENING TIME FRAME...PRECIPITATION LINGERING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIODS IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. TEMPS DURING THE PERIOD WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT OR ABOVE NORMAL...WITH HIGHS IN THE 85 TO 94 DEGREE RANGE...COOLEST ACROSS THE DELMARVA AND NEAR THE OCEAN/BAY. MIN TEMPS GENERALLY WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF 70. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... WDLY SCATTERED TSTMS MAY IMPACT THE TERMINALS THRU 02Z THIS EVENING AS A WEAK COLD FRONT SLOWLY SAGS SOUTH THRU THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC. HOWEVER...TIMING THESE STORMS WILL BE A CHALLENGE...SO WILL NOT INCLUDE PREDOMINATE TS AT ISSUANCE TIME AT ANY ONE TAF SITE. OVERALL...EXPECT MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL TERMINALS THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY (OUTSIDE OF LOWER VSBY/CIGS IN TSTMS). LOOKING AHEAD...MORE CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST. ADDITIONAL BOUTS OF AFTN/EVE SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK. SOME VSBY AND CEILING RESTRICTIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE CONVECTION. && .MARINE... SW FLOW OF 10 TO 15 KT CONTINUES THIS MORNING AS THE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE SERN US. MEANWHILE...TO THE NORTH...A COLD FRONT IS SLIDING SE ACROSS PA. THIS FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE NRN WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL BE WEAKENING AS IT RUNS INTO THE BERMUDA HIGH. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT. EXPECT THE WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT...AS IT DROPS THROUGH THE WATERS SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 15 KT RANGE...BELOW SCA LEVELS. THE FLOW WILL TURN TO THE EAST ON SUNDAY AS THE BOUNDARY THAT MOVED INTO THE AREA TURNS AND BEGINS TO RETREAT TO THE NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS THE BERMUDA HIGH STRENGTHENS. BY MONDAY THE FLOW WILL AGAIN BE FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WITH THE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE BACK INTO CONTROL OF THE WEATHER ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. BUT WIND SPEEDS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE 5-15 KTS...REMAINING BELOW SCA LEVELS. WITH THE LIGHTER WINDS AND CHANGING DIRECTIONS SEAS SHOULD BE BETWEEN 2-4 FT IN THE COASTAL WATERS AND 1-2 FT IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ALBEMARLE SOUND. && .CLIMATE... CONTINUED HOT TODAY...LOWS EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE TENTATIVELY SET A RECORD HIGH MIN AT RIC/ORF/SBY...BUT WILL NOT ISSUE ANY RER PRODUCTS AS THESE TEMPERATURES WILL NEED TO STAND FOR THE CALENDAR DATE (AND COULD DROP A FEW DEGREES IN SCATTERED TSTMS LATER TODAY/THIS EVENING). * STATION......REC HI MIN...(SAT 6/13)......REC HIGH: * RICHMOND.....75 F/2005..(MIN 76 SO FAR)...98 F (1954) * NORFOLK......74 F/2010..(MIN 77 SO FAR)...96 F (2013) * SALISBURY....73 F/2010..(MIN 74 SO FAR)...95 F (1938) && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...LKB NEAR TERM...LKB/TMG SHORT TERM...LKB/TMG LONG TERM...WRS AVIATION...ESS/JDM MARINE...ESS CLIMATE...AKQ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 457 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092- 093-095>100-509>525-140900- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG- NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND- LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT- GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY- SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-WESTERN LOUISA-EASTERN LOUISA- WESTERN HANOVER-EASTERN HANOVER-WESTERN CHESTERFIELD- EASTERN CHESTERFIELD-WESTERN HENRICO-EASTERN HENRICO- WESTERN KING WILLIAM-EASTERN KING WILLIAM-WESTERN KING AND QUEEN- EASTERN KING AND QUEEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS- HAMPTON/POQUOSON- 457 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. TG
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree was split in two, and a roof was blown off an airplane hangar which destroyed an Air Conditioner Unit.
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