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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 5, 1989Stokes County, Surry County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1989, 5:24 PM EDT for Stokes County, Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 1989, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 1989, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC

The radar

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

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:09 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
100  PM  EDT  MON JUN 5  1989

..A THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH CAROLINA MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...

AT 1 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER SURRY COUNTY NORTH
CAROLINA IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY WITHIN THE
HOUR.

PERSONS IN CARROLL COUNTY ARE ADVISED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
POSSIBLE HEAVY DOWNPOURS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
CG

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:36 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
130  PM  EDT  MON JUN 5  1989

...THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...

AT 125 EDT RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE BUILDING IN THE
COUNTIES OF CARROLL AND FLOYD IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD BE MOVING
INTO THE COUNTIES OF PATRICK MONTGOMERY FRANKLIN AND ROANOKE IN THE
NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS HEAVY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
CG

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
130  PM  EDT  MON JUN 5  1989

...THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...

AT 125 EDT RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE BUILDING IN THE
COUNTIES OF CARROLL AND FLOYD IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD BE MOVING
INTO THE COUNTIES OF PATRICK MONTGOMERY FRANKLIN AND ROANOKE IN THE
NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
CG

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alexander, Wilkes	40 min
Jun 5, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Iredell, Yadkin	66 min
Jun 5, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	57 min
Jun 5, 4:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Carroll, Patrick	2 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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