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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 4, 1998Bedford County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1998, 7:03 PM EDT for Bedford County, Virginia. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 1998, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 1998, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Bedford County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 4, 7:09 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Montvale, VA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 4, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 5:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 6:45 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 6:45 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
645 PM EDT MON MAY 4 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

612 PM     5 S ROANOKE               VA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/98   ROANOKE                        REPORTED BY THE
                                          PUBLIC

625 PM     ROANOKE                   VA   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/98   ROANOKE                        REPORTED BY THE
                                          PUBLIC

632 PM     ROANOKE                   VA   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/04/98   ROANOKE                        REPORTED BY CITY
                                          POLICE

WILF

Local storm report, May 4, 6:50 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
650 PM EDT MON MAY 4 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

641 PM     4 SE ROCzKY MOUNT               0.88 INCH HAIL
05/04/98   FRANKLIN                       REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF
WILF

Local storm report, May 4, 6:50 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
650 PM EDT MON MAY 4 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

641 PM     4 SE ROCzKY MOUNT               0.88 INCH HAIL
05/04/98   FRANKLIN                       REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF
WILF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wythe	46 min
May 4, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wythe	51 min
May 4, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry	32 min
May 4, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte	33 min
May 4, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox	18 min
May 4, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	32 min
May 4, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Montgomery, City of Radford	49 min
May 4, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Montgomery	34 min
May 4, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke	50 min
May 4, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	City of Salem	50 min
May 4, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	33 min
May 4, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke	51 min
May 4, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt	34 min
May 4, 7:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes	34 min
May 4, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1998 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.