Isolated severe thunderstorm associated with a warm front produced damaging winds across portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore.
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Isolated severe thunderstorm associated with a warm 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 Jul 13, 1:18 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wakefield VA 218 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 .SYNOPSIS... A warm front lifts across the area and off the coast through tonight. High pressure becomes nearly stationary off the Southeast coast through Friday. A cold front will push into the region Saturday before stalling nearby or just south of the region on Sunday. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... Late this morning, a warm front was pushing thru ern portions of the CWA with widely sctd showers associated with it. Expect very warm and humid conditions this aftn into this evening. The lingering warm front and developing lee side trough will combine with increased instability to ignite sctd showers and tstms acrs much of the FA that will linger into the evening (pops 30-50%). Only a marginal risk at best for any severe wx today due to a weakly sheared environment. Otherwise, any tstm will still be capable of producing locally heavy rain due to PW's around 2" and slow storm motions. Highs today 85-90. Lows tonight in the 70s. Pcpn should wane overnight into Thu morning, as the warm front pushes ENE and off the coast. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... Models show H5 ridge off the Southeast coast becoming dominate across the region both Thu and Fri...leading to hot temperatures. H85 temps rise to ~22C with 1000-850 mb thickness exceeding 1444 meters which supports highs in the mid/upr 90s. Heat indices, especially from the I-95 corridor south/east, may nudge into heat advisory criteria of 105-109 degrees. Will continue to mention this threat in the HWO and latter shifts will need to consider possible headlines. The very warm temperatures aloft will tend to cap convective potential, especially on Thu, so will only carry slight chance pops after 21Z Thu, with increasing pops (to 30%) across inland areas on Friday ahead of a disturbance in the upper flow. Lows in the 70s. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... Typical mid-summer conditions are expected to continue through the extended period. A weak trough will gradually drop into the Mid- Atlantic and Northeast Saturday into early next week, with a subtle surface boundary in vicinity of the Mid-Atlantic region. Overall, this will result in daily chances (30-50%) of diurnally driven showers/tstms Saturday through early next week. Forecast highs are mainly in the low 90s Saturday and Sunday, with upper 80s Monday and Tuesday. Lows will primarily be in the 70s. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... A weak trough will remain over the region this afternoon and evening. This will trigger a few showers/tstms across the area. SBY will likely experience a tstm through 19z. Otherwise, confidence is too low to forecast thunder at any given TAF site thereafter. Sct-bkn cu ~5kft are expected this afternoon and evening along with a SE wind of 8-12kt along the coast. The trough will push offshore later tonight with partial clearing expected toward morning. High pressure builds off the Southeast coast Thursday with a lee-side trough developing over the Piedmont. This will promote a SW wind of 8-12kt under a generally sunny sky with sct afternoon cu. High pressure remains off the Southeast coast Friday with a weak front dropping into the area Saturday through early next week. This will bring a chc of afternoon/evening showers/tstms. && .MARINE... High prs becomes anchored off the SE coast thru the wkend. S-SE winds aob 15 kts becomes SW. Waves 1-2 ft with 2-3 ft seas. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...None. NC...None. VA...None. MARINE...None. && SYNOPSIS...JDM NEAR TERM...JDM/TMG SHORT TERM...JDM LONG TERM...AJZ AVIATION...AJZ MARINE...MPR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 340 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ076>090-092-093-095>100-512>516-518-520- 522>525-141145- NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-WESTERN CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-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-EASTERN HANOVER-WESTERN CHESTERFIELD- EASTERN CHESTERFIELD (INCLUDING COL. HEIGHTS)- WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND)-EASTERN HENRICO- EASTERN KING WILLIAM-EASTERN KING AND QUEEN-EASTERN ESSEX-YORK- NEWPORT NEWS-HAMPTON/POQUOSON- 340 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EASTERN VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 103 TO 107 DEGREES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WHICH MAY LEAD TO THE ISSUANCE OF HEAT ADVISORIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ021>025-NCZ102-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075-509>511-517-519-521- 141145- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- EASTERN CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND- CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-WESTMORELAND- WESTERN LOUISA-EASTERN LOUISA-WESTERN HANOVER-WESTERN KING WILLIAM- WESTERN KING AND QUEEN-WESTERN ESSEX- 340 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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 242 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 MDZ022-131915- WICOMICO- 242 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL WICOMICO COUNTY... AT 242 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELMAR...OR NEAR SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SALISBURY...SALISBURY UNIVERSITY...DELMAR...PARSONSBURG...PITTSVILLE... MELSON AND CHESAPEAKE HEIGHTS. STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE WIND GUSTS ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS...SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES...AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING OF DITCHES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3832 7556 3835 7564 3846 7565 3845 7534 TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 217DEG 15KT 3841 7555 DEROSA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
315 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016
MDZ022-131930-
WICOMICO-
315 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ...
AT 315 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DELMAR...OR
NEAR SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL WICOMICO
COUNTY.
STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE WIND GUSTS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS...SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES...AND
BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER
LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM. BE
PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. HEAVY RAIN
COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING
OF DITCHES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 3842 7553 3844 7556 3846 7555 3845 7548
3845 7549
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 207DEG 8KT 3844 7553
DEROSAThe Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Chicken coop was destroyed. Shingles were blown off a roof. Small tree was snapped off.
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