Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Blacksburg, VA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
220 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FEED ON THE MOIST HUMID AIR...

AT 215 PM EDT VOLENS WEATHER RADAR DETECTED WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING EAST NEAR BOONES MILL IN NORTHERN
FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS STORM IS TRACKING EASTWARD AT 25 MPH AND
WILL APPROACH THE SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE AREA BY 300 PM. BOATERS
ON THE LAKE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR DURING THE PASSAGE OF THESE
STORMS. OTHER STRONG STORM WERE LOCATED NEAR BUFFALO MOUNTAIN IN
SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY AND IN WESTERN PATRICK COUNTY.

FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHfTNING...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

LISEN NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
END/CACCIAPAGLIA

VAZALL-111925-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
320 PM   EST  WED JUL 11 1990

...SEVERVE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
   VIRGINIA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE SEVERE STORMS
CENTER. THE WATCH IS EFFECTIVE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON
AND UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA:

BOTETOURT...CRAIG...FLOYD...FRANKLIN...HENRY...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK
AND ROANOKE. ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE INDEPENDENT CITIES OF SALEM...
ROANOKE...AND MARTINSVILLE.

PEOPLE IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR SEVEREe WEATHER. A MAJOR CONCERN IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.
END/CACCIAPAGLIA

VAZALL-112300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
535 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990

...SEVERVE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND
   CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA. IN THE ROANOKE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
THE WATCH EXTENDS FROM BOTETOURT...CRAIG...FLOYD AND CARROLL COUNTIES
EASTWARD THROUGH ROANOKE AND LYNCHBURG INTO CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

AT 530 PM RADAR SHOWS MOST OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOW
IN NORTHERN THROUGH EASTERN VIRGINIA. ONE THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN
WAS INDICATED OVER SOUTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY. WHILE THERE ARE NO STORMS
PRESENTLY IN THE ROANOKE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY...CONDITIONS REMAIN
FAVORABLE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS
EVENING.     END/JACKSON

VAZALL-120200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
740 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND
   CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA. IN THE ROANOKE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
THE WATCH EXTENDS FROM BOTETOURT...CRAIG...FLOYD AND CARROLL COUNTIES
EASTWARD THROUGH THE ROANOKE...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE AND LYNCHBURG
AREAS INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA.

AT 730 PM RADAR SHOWS THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO BE OVER
EASTERN VIRGINIA. ONE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST
PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
THIS EVENING.

THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ROANOKE IS MONITORING THE SITUATION
CLOSELY...AND WILL ISSUE FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WEARNINGS IF
THUNDERSTORMS DO REDEVELOP OR MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES.
END/JACKSON