Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA
115 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN AND WESTCENTRAL
   MOUNTAINS OF  VIRGINIA...

AT 1 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH
THE COUNTIES OF GILES AND CRAIG IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COUNTIES OF BOTETOURT
PULASKI AND MONTGOMERY WITHIN THE HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA
225 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM HIGHLAND TO PATRICK COUNTIES
IN WESTERNING VIRGINIA IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND IS
ENTERING WESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY AT THIS TIME. THESE STORMS WILL BE
MOVING INTO THE COUNTIES OF AMHERST...CAMPBELL...PITTSYLVANIA...
HALIFAX...CHARLOTTE AND APPOMATTOX WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTING AS THEY PASS THROUGH OUR AREA.

PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR RADIO
OR TV STATION FOR LATEST STATEMENT OR POSSIBLE WARNING.

MONROE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA
233 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS PELTING THE ROANOKE VALLEY...

AT 225 PM HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING REPORTED BY RADAR AND WEATHER
SPOTTERS AROUND THE ROANOKE VALLEY AREA OF VIRGINIA.  SMALL HAIL WAS
BEING REPORTED BY A SPOTTER NEAR LAKESIDE IN SALEM WITH THE HAIL
ACCUMULATING UP TO 3/4 OF AN INCH.  IN ADDITION VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
INTENSE LIGHTNING WAS ACCOMPANYING THESE STORMS.

THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST INTO BOTETOURT, BEDFORD, FLOYD,
FRANKLIN, PATRICK AND CARROLL COUNTIES WITHIN THE HALF-HOUR.

OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM NORTHERN BOTETOURT
SOUTHWEST INTO WYTHE AND GRAYSON COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE
MOVING TOWARD THE ROANOKE VALLEY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN AN HOUR OR
SO.

WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN REPORTED, RESIDENTS IN
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA SHOULD TAKE COVER AS THE STORMS APPROACH.  MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY VIGILANT SINCE CONSIDERABLE PONDING IS LIKELY ON
ROADWAYS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA
509 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS EXPIRED AT 5 PM FOR ROANOKE
COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY ... AND THE CITIES OF SALEM
AND ROANOKE.

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN OVER THE ROANOKE
VALLEY...BUT ALL HEVAY RAINS ARE NOW EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND MOVING
INTO CENTRAL VA.

LIGHT RAIN MAY PERSIST OVER THE ROANOKE VALLEY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS...BUT THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD POSE NO FURTHER THREAT OF
FLASH FLOODING.  FLOOD WATERS ARE NOW RECEDING ACROSS THE VALLEY...AND
CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN TO NORMAL BY EARLY EVENING.

WIDESPREAD URBAN AND STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA...AS
WELL AS SEVERAL TREES TOPPLED AND POWER LINES DOWN.  SOME SECTIONS OF
THE VALLEY REMAIN WITHOUT POWER AT 5 PM.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING... MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY.
IF DRIVING... DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS, UNDERPASSES OR LOW
SPOTS.  DO NOT CIRCUMVENT SAFETY BARRIERS FOR THE SAKE OF SAVING A FEW
MINUTES DRIVING TIME.

GILLEN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA
532 PM EDT FRI APR 29 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY...

AT 527 PM VOLENS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL...OVER SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...NORTH OF
MARTINSVILLE.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

CUNNINGHAM