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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 14, 2006Carroll County, City of Galax, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2006, 12:16 PM EDT for Carroll County, City of Galax, Virginia. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2006, 12:16 PM EDT (16:16 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2006, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 14, 10:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 10:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:01 AM EDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
501 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-150915-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-
ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-
CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
501 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. A COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES
ALOFT...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM...AND DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS
THE AREA WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING LEVEL IS LOW ENOUGH THAT A FEW OF THE
STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZED OR LARGER HAIL. A FEW OF
THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS. IF WE SEE SOME BREAKS OF SUN THIS MORNING TO PRODUCE
SURFACE HEATING...THEN STRONG STORMS MAY BE WIDESPREAD THIS
AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH SIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHWEST
PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-150915-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-
MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
501 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
JET STREAM...AND DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE FREEZING LEVEL IS LOW ENOUGH THAT A FEW
OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PENNY SIZED OR LARGER HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

JJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 11:41 AM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1141 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1125 AM     HAIL             6 NE SUGAR GROVE        36.33N 81.71W
05/14/2006  E0.75 INCH       WATAUGA            NC   PUBLIC

            DIME AND PENNY SIZED HAIL COVERING GROUND

1132 AM     HAIL             3 SW RADFORD            37.10N 80.61W
05/14/2006  E0.88 INCH       PULASKI            VA   PUBLIC

            ON INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 96 AND 102.

&&

RMG
Local storm report, May 14, 11:58 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1158 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1123 AM     HAIL             DUBLIN                  37.12N 80.70W
05/14/2006  E0.25 INCH       PULASKI            VA   PUBLIC

            PEA SIZED HAIL COVERING GROUND.

1140 AM     HAIL             2 S RADFORD             37.10N 80.57W
05/14/2006  E0.50 INCH       MONTGOMERY         VA   PUBLIC

            PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL

1140 AM     HAIL             1 E RADFORD             37.13N 80.55W
05/14/2006  E0.75 INCH       CITY OF RADFORD    VA   PUBLIC

1147 AM     HAIL             2 E RADFORD             37.13N 80.53W
05/14/2006  E1.25 INCH       MONTGOMERY         VA   PUBLIC

&&

RMG
Local storm report, May 14, 12:09 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 11:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKMontgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford62 min
May 14, 12:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFloyd38 min
May 14, 12:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRoanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem55 min
May 14, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin60 min
May 14, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPatrick58 min
May 14, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHenry, City of Martinsville61 min
May 14, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford55 min
May 14, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin36 min
May 14, 11:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWatauga24 min
May 14, 11:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAshe49 min
May 14, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany46 min
May 14, 12:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAshe20 min
May 14, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWilkes57 min
May 14, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCaswell, Rockingham62 min
May 14, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKStokes57 min
May 14, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockingham56 min
May 14, 12:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKSummers67 min
May 14, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKMonroe39 min
May 14, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGreenbrier60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

Sources

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