Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Blacksburg, VA

VAZ014-009-008-015-016

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
120 PM   EDT  FRI JUN 22 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA...INCLUDING
CHARLOTTE AND HALIFAX COUNTIES PLUS SOUTH BOSTON UNTIL 700 PM THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN THIRD OF VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL THUROUGH
EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA.  HALIFAX AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES
PLUS THE CITY OF SOUTH BOSTON ARE INCLUDED UNDER THE WATCH AREA.

AT 120 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS POISED TO MOVE OUT
OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE SOUTHEAST SECTION OF PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY
AND SOUTHWEST HALIFAX COUNTY.  SOME OF THE STORMS IN NORTH CAROLINA
CAUSED SOME DAMAGE EARLIER DURING THEIR PASSAGE SO PERSONS IN THE
NOTED COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ON THE ALERT THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG AN AREA WHICH  OUT OF SOUTHWES
EXTENDS FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ACROSS THE VIRGINIA COUNTIES
OF GILES...WYTHE...CARROLL AND GRAYSON.  THIS AREA IS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE NEW RIVER VALLEY TO ROANOKE
AREAS SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT THE NEXT FEW MINUTES TO THE THREAT
OF THESE STORMS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CLOSELY MONITORING THIS WEATHER
SITUATION SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER COMMERCIAL RADIO/TV
SOURCES FOR UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
END/MCINTOSH

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
208  PM  EDT  FRI JUN 22 1990

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TOWARD
THE ROANOKE VALLEY AREA AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES...
AT 205 PM EDT WEATHER RADIO SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDING OUT OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
NEAR BECKLEY SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THROUGH THE COUNTIES
OF GILES...CRAIG...MONTGOMERY...FLOYD AND CARROLL. THIS LINE OF
STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT A 40 MPH CLIP.

THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF BUT HEAVY DOWNPOURS DURING THEIR
PASSAGE.  THEY SHOULD BE ENTERING ROANOKE COUNTY THE NEXT 15
MINUTES AND PERSONS OUTDOORS...INCLUDING THOSE AT THE SALEM
HORSESHOW...SHOULD MAKE IMMEDIATE PREPARATION TO GET INDOORS.
SOME TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN NEAR PEARISBURG DURING THE PASSAGE
OF THESE STORMS. END/MCINTOSH