Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Blacksburg, VA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1015 AM EDT MON APR 17 2000

BACKDOOR COLD FRONT NOW THROUGH FARMVILLE AND LYNCHBURG. EXPECT
THIS FRONT TO STALL OUT LATER TODAY FROM DANVILLE TO ROANOKE AND
THEN NORTHEAST ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE.

LARGE AREA OF TRW/RW EXITING NERN COUNTIES ATTM. LOTS OF MAINLY
CLEAR SKIES BEHIND THIS SYSTEM ACROSS SW VIRGINIA. BAND OF RW AND
TRW APPROACHING WESTERN AREAS. WITH DECENT SUN EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST
NEXT FEW HOURS IN MOST AREAS...EXPECT THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME
RATHER UNSTABLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. STILL THINK MAIN SEVERE THREAT
THIS AFTERNOON IS IN SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND NW NORTH CAROLINA WITH
THE MAIN THREAT PULSE HAILERS. HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL FOR ALL
AREAS...BUT ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BACKDOOR FRONT. ATTM
THINK FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOT NEEDED FOR THIS AREA.

WILL MAKE SOME WORDING CHANGES TO REFLECT SOME SUN AND RAISE MAX
TEMPERATURES IN MOST AREAS.

.RNK
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
NC...NONE.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1042 AM EDT MON APR 17 2000

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

1000 PM    CITY OF BEDFORD           VA   FLOODING
04/16/00   BEDFORD                        STREET AND CREEK FLOODING

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1200 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND
NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA...
...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE IN ALL AREAS...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING IN NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA.
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY AND
SOUTH OF A ROANOKE TO BUCKINGHAM LINE.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE IN THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA...WITH LARGE HAIL THE GREATEST THREAT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY AND
NORTH OF A ROANOKE TO BUCKINGHAM LINE.

IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SHOWERS AND
STORMS...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS
MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY
NIGHT.

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS... AND
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1247 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

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

1227 PM    3 MI SOUTH OF WYTHEVILLE  VA   1 INCH HAIL
04/17/00   WYTHE                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

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