July 26th, 2009 at 10:42 pm by Cheryl Nelson under Weather
Showers and thunderstorms fired late this afternoon across northern and western parts of our Virginia viewing area. Trees were reported down across the metro Richmond area, parts of the Middle Peninsula (near Gloucester Point) and Pungoteague on the Eastern Shore.
From Lena north of Gloucester Point
Hail was also reported in Gloucester. Our weather watcher, Ed in Williamsburg received close to 2.00″ of rain on Sunday. Unfortunately many other residents across the Southside didn’t even see a drop of rain today. (They only heard crickets…). The Southside and NE North Carolina need rain!
PS. If you saw damage or know of damage that I didn’t mention, please leave a reply and let us know. We appreciate it. Thanks! 
Have a wonderful Sunday night/Monday!
Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson
July 13th, 2009 at 12:17 am by Cheryl Nelson under Weather
What an intense weather day! The lift from a frontal boundary combined with some energy from the sun and a wave of low pressure created some nasty thunderstorms this afternoon. There were numerous reports of damage in Suffolk, Portsmouth and parts of the northern neck and northeast North Carolina. Early reports from the Emergency Manager in Suffolk say that at least 65 homes in the Berkshire Meadows subdivision have minor damage from Sunday’s storms. Gusty winds toppled trees into homes, cars and across roadways, shingles were blown off rooftops and large hail and dangerous lightning reminded us of what a severe thunderstorms is capable of. Thankfully, so far there have been no reports of injuries.
Here are a few photos from WAVY-TV viewers. Remember, you can always send your photos of weather and storm damage to photos@wavy.com. Please make sure your photo size is less than 1 MB. Thank you!
From Darcy near Obici Hospital in Suffolk
Kings Landing area
Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson
June 3rd, 2009 at 5:56 pm by Cheryl Nelson under Weather
With all the heat and humidity around today, numerous scattered showers and thunderstorms developed. Some storms turned severe and knocked down some trees in parts of Isle of Wight and James City counties. Hail was also reported across the region. Some viewers in Gloucester reported seeing a funnel cloud. A funnel cloud is basically a rotating cloud that protrudes in the shape of a funnel from the base of a thunderstorm cloud. This happens before a tornado forms (a tornado is a funnel cloud that makes contact with the surface).
This is a photo of what appears to be a funnel cloud. Thank you to David from near Claybank in Gloucester County for emailing this photo to the Super Doppler 10 Weather Center.
Thankfully we have no reports of this funnel cloud touching down and developing into a tornado.
More scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight. Some will be slow-moving and will contain locally heavy rain. Please be careful if you’ll be travelling.
Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson
