SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1200 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2003
...SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS
ACROSS THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...AND FAR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE LOWER 80S TO
AROUND 90...EXCEPT 75 TO 80 FOR THE FAR EASTERN MARYLAND EASTERN
SHORE...AND DEWPOINTS CLIMBING TO FROM THE UPPER 60S TO THE LOWER
70S...COUPLED WITH THE PASSING OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THIS
AFTERNOON...CONDITIONS WILL BE RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
REGION. A SQUALL LINE IS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN
VIRGINIA ALONG THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE
THE PIEDMONT DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...EVENTUALLY PUSHING
OFFSHORE BY EARLY EVENING.
.SPOTTER ACTIVATION...SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.
.MAIN WEATHER THREATS...THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING MAY PRODUCE...
TORNADOES...
DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS OF 90 MPH OR GREATER...
HAIL UP TO THREE INCH IN DIAMETER...
IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT
IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS AND IN LOW
LYING LOCATIONS NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/AKQ.
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