Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Blacksburg, VA

VAC045-071-181830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
1235 PM EDT MON JUN 18 1990

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF
VIRGINIA IN THE NEXT HOUR. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY
RAIN WAS INDICATED OVER EASTERN GILES COUNTY NEAR MOUNTAIN LAKE.
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL~ HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THEY COULD ALSO CONTAIN SOME HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE
PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD KEEP A LOOKOUT FOR APPROACHING WEATHER...
AND TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

VA008-009-013-014-182000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
215 PM EDT MON JUN 18 1990

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

AT 210 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
OVER THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA...EXTENDING SOUTHWARD
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO BOTETOURT...BEDFORD AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THEY COULD ALSO CONTAIN SOME HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE
PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR APPROACHING WEATHER$...AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.
END/JJ

VAZALL-182000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
200  PM  EDT  MON JUN 18 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING BETWEEN BOTETOURT AND ROCKBRIDGE
     COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA...
AT 200 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL
DEVELOPING IN BOTETOURT AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS...
PARTICULARLY THE ONE OVER ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY...APPEARED TO BE
ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY MOVED TO THE EAST TO
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  PERSONS IN AMHERST AND BEDFORD COUNTIES
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THESE STORMS SHORTLY.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE POPPING UP OVER WIDELY SCATTERED PARTS
OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

STAY ALERT FOR ADDIwTIONAL STATEMENTS REGARDING THUNDERSTORM
FORMATION THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME OF
THESE STORMS TO REACH THE SEVERE STAGE. END/HM

VAZALL-182000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT      (CORRECTED FOR TIME)
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
300  PM  EDT  MON JUN 18 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING BETWEEN BOTETOURT AND ROCKBRIDGE
     COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA...
AT 300 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL
DEVELOPING IN BOTETOURT AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS...
PARTICULARLY THE ONE OVER ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY...APPEARED TO BE
ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY MOVED TO THE EAST TO
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  PERSONS IN AMHERST AND BEDFORD COUNTIES
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THESE STORMS SHORTLY.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE POPPING UP OVER WIDELY SCATTERED PARTS
OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VI}RGINIA.

STAY ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS REGARDING THUNDERSTORM
FORMATION THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME OF
THESE STORMS TO REACH THE SEVERE STAGE. END/HM(CORRECTED TIMES

VAZALL-182100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
335  PM  EDT  MON JUN 18 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF VIRGINIA...
    INCLUDING ROANOKE AND LYNCHBURG AREAS...UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF
VIRGINIA.  IN THE ROANOKE AND LYNCHBURG AREAS THE FOLLOWING ARE
INCLUDED:  COUNTIES OF AMHERST...APPOMATTOX...BEDFORD...BOTETOURT...
CAMPBELL...FLOYD...FRANKLIN...AND ROANOKE...PLUS THE INDEPENDENT
CITIES OF:ROANOKE...SALEM...LYNCHBURG...BEDFORD AND BUENA VISTA.

AT 330 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE ROANOKE WEATHER
OFFICE...BUT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE
RIDGES FROM BEDFORD AND AMHERST COUNTIES NORTHWARD THROUGH THE
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA AREA AND THE GREATEST THREAT SEEMS TO BE EAST
OF THAT LINE.  STAY ALERT FOR DEVELOPING WEATHER AND FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/MCINTOSH

VAZALL-182200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
518 PM EDT MON JUN 18 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRED FOR HALIFAX COUNTY IN
   SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AT 515 PM EDT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM
    FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND INCLUDING THE ROANOKE
    VALLEY AND THE LYNCHBURG VICINTY...

AT 515 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DETECTED FROM JUST WEST
OF FARMVILLE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY TO THE NORTH
CAROLINA STATELINE WEST OF DANVILLE. THE LINE OF STORMS ARE MOVING
EASTWARD AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE LOCATED SOUTH OF
KEYSVILLE IN EASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY AND NEAR CRYSTAL HILL IN
NORTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT VOLENS REPORTED QUARTER INCH
HAIL COVERED THE GROUND COMPLETELY AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE LINE OF STORMS AT AROUND 435 PM.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE SHELTER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND FURTHER UPDATES.

END/CACCIAPAGLIA