Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Blacksburg, VA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
230 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

RECOMMENDATIONS...

WBC...RDU AND CRW...DO WHAT YOU WANT...HV HAD NO TIME TO LOOK AT
MUCH OF ANYTHING.

DISCUSSION...SMALL BOW ECHO PRODUCED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED
POWER LINES AND TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ACRS NRN PORTION OF THE CWA.
OUTFLOW BNDRY FROM THIS CONVECTION NOW SHOWG UP ON SAT PICTS FROM ERN
APPOMATTOX COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO GRAYSON COUNTY. EXPpECT SEVERE TRW TO
DVLP HERE DURG THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

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THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1200 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 3 PM FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND FAR
   SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR THE REMAINDER OF
   SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
   ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

LATE THIS MORNING...A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WAS IN PLACE
ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEATING THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE THE
INSTABILITY OF THE AIRMASS EVEN MORE. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE ALREADY OCCURRING IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND FAR
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
RAPIDLY EAST-NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ALMOST ANYWHERE IN SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL INTO THE
EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IS
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
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STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED BY MID AFTERNOON.

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LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
245 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OF MAY 18, 1995

TIME     COUNTY/CITY        EVENT

1225 PM       CRAIG              TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN
                                 OVER ENTIRE COUNTY.

1235 PM       CRAIG              12 TO 20 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN
                                  AND NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN IN
                                  NEW CASTLE VICINTY.

1238 PM       CITY OF ROANOKE     59 MPH GUSTS TURNED OVER SMALL
                                  AIRPLANE AT ROANOKE AIRPORT.

1242 PM       BOTETOURT           HOUSE PARTIALLY DESTROYED IN
                                  CLOVERDALE.
                                                                  .
1245 PM        CRAIG             TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT
                                 NATIONAL FORREST SERVICE STATION
                                 AT POTTS MOUNTIAN.

1255 PM        BEDFORD           STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTED
                                 TREES DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN PART OF
                                 COUNTY.

100 PM         BOTETOURT         ROOFS BLOWN OFF TWO BUILDINGS
                                 AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN BUCHANAN.

105 PM         ROCKBRIDGE         WINDS 60 TO 70 MPH BLEW SCREENS
                                  OFF DOORS IN GLASGOW AND MADISON
                                  HEIGHTS.

110 PM         BEDFORD            STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTED
                                  POWER LINES DOWN IN BIG ISLAND.

135 PM         AMHERST            SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED TREES
                                  AND POWER LINES DOWN IN AMHERST
                                  AND MADISON HEIGHTS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
25O PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

FOR THE TIME BEING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...ALONG A LINE FROM NORTHERN
CHARLOTTE COUNTY TO MARTINSVILLE TO NEAR GALAX AND IN THE MOUNTIANS
OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN KENTUCKY WILL
LIKELY SPREAD BACK INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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