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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Blacksburg, VA
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 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.
&&
RMGLocal 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
&&
RMGLocal storm report, May 14, 12:09 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 62 min |
| May 14, 12:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 38 min |
| May 14, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 55 min |
| May 14, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 60 min |
| May 14, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 58 min |
| May 14, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 61 min |
| May 14, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 55 min |
| May 14, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 36 min |
| May 14, 11:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 24 min |
| May 14, 11:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 49 min |
| May 14, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 46 min |
| May 14, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 20 min |
| May 14, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 57 min |
| May 14, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 62 min |
| May 14, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 57 min |
| May 14, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 56 min |
| May 14, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Summers | 67 min |
| May 14, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Monroe | 39 min |
| May 14, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 60 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.