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Tidewater severe tstm warning

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:57 pm
by WXBUFFJIM
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
953 PM EST SUN MAR 7 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CITY OF CHESAPEAKE IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
CITY OF FRANKLIN IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 1025 PM EST

* AT 946 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WINDSOR TO 12 MILES WEST OF CLEOPUS...OR
FROM WINDSOR TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MURFREESBORO...MOVING EAST AT
55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
GREAT BRIDGE AROUND 1025 PM EST...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES.
WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.


A tornado warning was issued earlier for Gates and Hertford Counties in ne North Carolina. That warning expired at 9:50 PM. However be on the lookout for possible tornadoes and wind damage along the Virginia/North Carolina border as this storm could rotate at anytime.

Otherwise expect 60 mph gusts with small hail, and horizontal rains.
Frequent lightning is also a threat for the VA tidewater and the NE North Carolina coast.

Jim

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:15 pm
by WXBUFFJIM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1008 PM EST SUN MAR 7 2004

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1025 PM EST FOR
CITY OF CHESAPEAKE IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
CITY OF FRANKLIN IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES.
WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR.
VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.



LAT...LON 3692 7669 3694 7646 3677 7638 3679 7626
3674 7614 3659 7626 3656 7668 3656 7703
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MALOIT
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:42 pm
by hurricanedude
Tennis ball size hail and TREMENDOUS HAIL DAMAGE in my AREA....;-(