Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Apr 15, 1987, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)

Expired

Apr 15, 1987, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Davidson County, NC, Forsyth County, NC

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KGSO 152202
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NCC057-067-159-152300-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
TIME 600 PM EDT WED APR 15 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

NORTH CAROLINA...DAVIDSON...FORSYTH...ROWAN

AT 550 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN DAVIDSON..FORSYTH
AND ROWAN COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

TORNDOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN
SIGHTED OR INDICATED BY RADAR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WINDS STRONGER
THAN 57 MPH OR HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR LARGER.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN1CY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

RBN

In the hours before

^WBCSPSROA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
1150 AM  EDT  WED APR 15 1985

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL VIRGINIA...

AT 1145AM A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA IS
ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE RAIN AND THE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING GENERALLY ON A NORTHEAST TRACK THROUGH ROANOKE AND MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES PRIMARILY. CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY IS ALSO LOCATED OVER FLOYD,
FRANKLIN, PATRICK, CRAIG, HENRY AND BOTETOURT COUNTIES.

WITH THE PRESENT COURSE AND SPEED THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING OUT
OF THE ABOVE COUNTIES WITHIN ONE TO TWO HOURS. SMALLER STREAMS
IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES WILL LIKELY BE NEAR OR SLI>GHTLY OVER BANKFUL
SO PERSONS LIVING ALONG TYPICAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO
POTENTIAL FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO
IN THE EVENT WARNINGS ARE NECESSARY.$$
HM

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.