Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Blacksburg, VA

VAZ008-009-013-014-015-016-110500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
845 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992

...WINTER RETURNING TONIGHT FOR THE ROANOKE VALLEY AND SURROUNDING
   COUNTIES...
...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THOSE VIRGINIA COUNTIES NORTH AND WEST
   OF ROANOKE OVERNIGHT...
...LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MARCHING EASTWARD ACROSS
   SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTES A NEARLY SOLID BAND OF
SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NEW RIVER VALLEY SOUTHWARD
INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM HILLSVILLE IN CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY NORTH ACROSS RADFORD
AND ON NORTH INTO WEST VIRGINIA...NEAR WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WILLIS IN SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY...
AND JUST NORTH OF NEWPORT IN GILES COUNTY.
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THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE
BAND WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE
ROANOKE VALLEY BY 915 PM.

TO THE WEST OF THIS ACTIVITY...A STRONG COLD FRONT CONTINUES ITS
TRANSIT THROUGH THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. THE FRONT MOVED THROUGH
THE BRISTOL AREA AROUND 700 PM. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF
THE NEW RIVER VALLEY BY 1000 PM. ALONG WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE...STRONG
AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION WITH RAPIDLY
FALLING TEMPERATURES.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES
ON THIS SPRING TO WINTER WEATHER EPISODE.

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