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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 31, 2007Henry County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2007, 9:20 PM EDT for Henry County, Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2007, 9:20 PM EDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2007, 1:15 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity: None

County Henry County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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 was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 31, 9:40 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Collinsville, VA	WATER UP TO THE DOOR OF THE YMCA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 20 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KRNK 010130
FFWRNK
VAC089-010515-
/X.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0003.070601T0120Z-070601T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
920 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT

* AT 919 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANVILLE...
  PHILPOTT DAM...STANLEYTOWN...OAK LEVEL...MOUNTAIN VALLEY...  
LEATHERWOOD...FIGSBORO...COLLINSVILLE AND BASSETT.

1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF HENRY 
COUNTY THIS EVENING. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA BY MIDNIGHT.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DANIEL CREEK WILL LIKELY FLOOD...INCLUDING ALONG ROUTE 665...HIDDEN 
VALLEY ROAD. 

LITTLE REED CREEK WILL LIKELY FLOOD...AND MAY BLOCK ROUTE 220 NORTH 
OF THE BASSET AREA. 

BLACKBERRY CREEK IS EXPECTED TO FLOOD...INCLUDING ALONG ROUTE 
698...BLACKBERRY ROAD. 

JORDAN CREEK WILL LIKELY FLOOD...INCLUDING ROUTE 684 AND ROUTE 1163 
IN FIELDALE. 

KOGER CREEK IS EXPECTED TO FLOOD ROUTE 626...MORNINGSIDE 
DRIVE...NEAR SANVILLE. 

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER THAT COVERS A ROAD. TURN AROUND...DONT 
DROWN. 

PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

LAT...LON 3684 7965 3674 7968 3672 7988 3665 7992
      3663 8003 3674 8007 3679 8006 3679 8003
      3683 7999 3683 7997 3678 7975

$$

AMS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS71 KRNK 010353
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1151 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

VAC089-010515-
/X.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070601T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HENRY VA-
1151 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY...

AT 1136 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT ROUTE 
329 JOHN BAKER ROAD WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN THE FIELDALE 
AREA. WATCH FOR PROBLEMS ALONG JORDAN CREEK...INCLUDING ROUTE 684 
AND ROUTE 1163 IN FIELDALE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS 
EARLIER TONIGHT PRODUCED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 
THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG DANIEL CREEK...INCLUDING ALONG ROUTE 
665...HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD. LITTLE REED CREEK WILL LIKELY FLOOD...AND 
MAY BLOCK ROUTE 220 NORTH OF THE BASSET AREA. BLACKBERRY CREEK IS 
EXPECTED TO FLOOD...INCLUDING ALONG ROUTE 698...BLACKBERRY ROAD. 

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY 
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.


LAT...LON 3684 7965 3674 7968 3672 7988 3665 7992
      3663 8003 3674 8007 3679 8006 3679 8003
      3683 7999 3683 7997 3678 7975

$$

KK

000 
WGUS71 KRNK 010504
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1258 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

VAC089-010508-
/X.CAN.KRNK.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070601T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HENRY VA-
1258 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN HENRY
COUNTY...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...DRIVERS SHOULD BE CAREFUL FOR WASHED OUT ROADS OR BRIDGES.


LAT...LON 3684 7965 3674 7968 3672 7988 3665 7992
      3663 8003 3674 8007 3679 8006 3679 8003
      3683 7999 3683 7997 3678 7975

$$

KK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at May 31, 2:57 PM EDT, 6 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:57 PM EDT, 6 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
257 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT OVER THE MID
ATLANTIC REGION WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST AND OFF THE COAST BY THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSRA FORMING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS IN AXIS OF
WEAK CONVERGENCE ZONE/MODERATE INSTABILITY LOOK TO CONTINUE INTO
THIS EVENING AHEAD OF WEAK S/W. POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF SVR DOWNBURST
GIVEN SOME DRY AIR ALOFT WITH SLOW MOVEMENT/HEAVY RAINFALL PROBABLY
A BIGGER CONCERN PER MOIST PWATS AND ANCHORED CELLS. THUS HAVE UPPED
POPS TO HIGHER CHANCE ACROSS THE WEST INTO THIS EVENING...WITH ONLY
ISOLATED COVERAGE OUT EAST WHERE DEEPER RH LESS. HOWEVER THINK WITH
SUCH SOUPY AIR AROUND THAT OUTFLOW MAY POSSIBLY HELP LINGER SOME
SHRA/TSRA A BIT LONGER SO INCLUDED ISOLATED MENTION THRU AROUND
MIDNIGHT. OTRW ANOTHER WARM/HUMID NIGHT UNDER CLEARING SKIES LATER
WITH PATCHY VALLEY FOG/HAZE AND MORE SO IN LOCATIONS THAT SAW ANY
RAINFALL. LOWS SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW NIGHTS AND MORE IN LINE WITH
THE WARMER MET VS THE CHILLY MAV MOS OF LATE.

WEAK MID LEVEL WAVE EXITS FRIDAY AS THE OFFSHORE UPPER RIDGE AXIS
STRENGTHENS INLAND A BIT. ALTHO LOW LEVELS REMAIN QUITE MOIST...850
MB FLOW TURNS MORE WESTERLY BEHIND THE DEPARTING S/W ALLOWING A
LITTLE LESS THETA-E SUPPORT THAN TODAY. SINCE UPPER DIFFLUENCE ALSO
QUITE WEAK...THINK LESS COVERAGE ON FRIDAY ESPCLY GIVEN WEAKER
FORECAST INSTABILITY OFF THE NAM THAN SEEN OVER THE FAR WEST THIS
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER WITH WEAK DIFF HEATING...OLD BOUNDARYS AROUND AND
WEAK SE FLOW THINK LINGERING 20/30 POP STILL NEEDED FOR AT LEAST
WIDELY SCATTERED COVERAGE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OTRW PC. LOOKS LIKE A
REPEAT ON HIGH TEMPS...WITH TREND TOWARD THE WARMER MAV FOR NOW.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
NOT MUCH CHG TO THIS FORECAST PERIOD. FIGURE THAT MORE CLOUDS WILL
BE ABLE TO MOVE ON SATURDAY...BLOWING OFF OF WHATEVER TRACK THE
QUASI-COASTAL SYSTEM TAKES. THUS...DID PUT A FEW MORE CLOUDS EVEN
ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. BECAUSE OF THIS...DID LOWER MAX TEMPS A FEW
DEGREES FROM THE BLUE RIDGE WEST. CONTINUED TYPICAL TREND OF
ELEVATED AFTERNOON CONVECTION...THEN FALLING APART INTO THE
EVENING HOURS ON SATURDAY. SPLIT THE DIFF FOR HIGHS ON
SATURDAY...AS THE NAM-WRF CANT BE TRUSTED WITH ITS TRACK OF THE
GULF LOW...WHEREAS THE OP GFS LOOKS TO COLD. FOLLOWED GFS ENSEMBLE
H85 TEMPS WHICH RUN AROUND 16C 0Z SUN.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
LESS THE OPERATIONAL GFS...THE ECMWF AND GFS ENSEMBLES ARE IN FAIR
AGREEMENT FOR THIS TIMEFRAME...REGARDING THE LOW WHICH WILL FORM
IN THE GULF THEN TRACK UP THE COAST...OR FARTHER EAST IF ONE WERE
TO FOLLOW THE OP GFS. FURTHERMORE...SREF WIND PANELS DONT SHOW ANY
TYPE OF ANOMALOUS UPSLOPE FLOW...WHICH IF IT DID EXIST MAY RAISE
CONCERN ABOUT WATER PROBLEMS IN FAVORED SPOTS LATE THIS WEEKEND.
THE MOST RECENT NAM IS AN INLAND OUTLIER...AND WAS DISREGARDED FOR
NOW. SEEMS AS THOUGH THE NAM-WRF IS SHOWING ITS TYPICAL BIAS OF
OVERDOING CLOSED H5 SYSTEMS NEAR THE END OF ITS RUN.

ALTHOUGH A FEW DAYS AWAY...CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE GULF
SYSTEM WILL PASS FAR ENOUGH TO OUR EAST...SO THAT OUR PRECIP WILL
ARRIVE WITH THE STORM AND COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES.
FOLLOWED HPCS THINKING...WHICH SLOWED THE ARRIVAL OF PRECIP DOWN
ABOUT 6-12 HRS FROM PREVIOUS FORECASTS...AS ITS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT
THE ENSEMBLE MEAN IS SLOWER THAN THE OP GFS..WHICH PUTS BEST CHCS
FOR RAIN LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY FIRST HALF. ENSEMBLES WERE MORE
PESSIMISTIC WITH POPS ON TUESDAY...AS A FEW DISTURBANCES PASS ALONG
THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE EASTERN TROUGH...SO DID HOLD WITH SLT CHC
POPS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...ALTHOUGH ENOUGH DRY AIR MAY E
PRESENT IN THE MID LEVELS TO KEEP THIS MORE OR LESS SPRINKLES.
WITH ENSEMBLE H850 TEMPS IN THE 8-11C RANGE NEAR THE END OF THE
LONG TERM...SHOULD BE ABLE TO SNEAK OUT SOME COOLER EVENINGS WEST
OF THE BLUE RIDGE.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
LIGHT WINDS COMBINING WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN
AREAS OF FOG AND HAZE THROUGH AROUND 13Z. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE
LIKELY AT KROA AND KDAN...WITH IFR-LIFR CONDITIONS IN SHELTERED
VALLEYS OF THE WEST SUCH AS AT KLWB. ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE RETURN
TO VFR CONDITIONS BY 1330Z.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP IN 16Z-21Z
TIME FRAME...WITH PERHAPS SOME ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS BEGINNING A BIT EARLIER. VCTS HAS BEEN
MAINTAINED AT KROA...KLWB AND KBLF TERMINAL FORECAST POINTS WHERE
CONVECTIVE INITIATION IS THE MOST PROBABLE. SOME LOCALIZED IFR
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS...ALTHOUGH
THE CHANCE OF A RESTRICTION AT ANY TAF POINT IS EXCEEDINGLY LOW
AND THEREFORE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FORECAST. MORNING MVFR FOG AND
HAZE...WITH LOCALIZED IFR CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN
TONIGHT IN 08Z-12Z TIME FRAME.

FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WILL CONTINUE WITH A PERSISTENCE FORECAST
FOR EARLY MORNING MVFR FOG AND HAZE FOLLOWED BY AFTERNOON WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VFR DURING THE
DAYTIME PERIODS OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. BY SUNDAY...THE
THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ALONG WITH
ASSOCIATED MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AS WEATHER DISTURBANCES APPROACH
THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST.

&&

.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
WV...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...WERT
NEAR TERM...JH
SHORT TERM...KM
LONG TERM...KM
AVIATION...JH

Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:42 AM EDT, 16 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
442 AM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-010845-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-
CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
442 AM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 6:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
648 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

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

0600 PM     HAIL             FAIRFIELD               37.88N 79.30W
05/31/2007  E0.75 INCH       ROCKBRIDGE         VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AMS

Local storm report, May 31, 7:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
706 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

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

0629 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROCKY MOUNT             37.00N 79.88W
05/31/2007                   FRANKLIN           VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

&&

AMS

Special weather statement, May 31, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
750 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

VAZ033-043-010100-
FRANKLIN-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...MARTINSVILLE
750 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM THE MARTINSVILLE
AREA...NORTH TOWARD SONTAG AND ROCKY MOUNT...OR GENERALLY EAST OF
HIGHWAY 220 THROUGH 900 PM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY
WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF YOU LIVE IN THESE
AREAS...REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

VAZ035-045-010100-
AMHERST-CAMPBELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...LYNCHBURG
750 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN AMHERST COUNTY...SOUTH INTO THE
LYNCHBURG AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON
THE STREETS IN LYNCHBURG AND MADISON HEIGHTS...AS WELL AS FLOODING
OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. TAKE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

Special weather statement, May 31, 8:30 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
830 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

VAZ033-044-010130-
FRANKLIN VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-
830 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

AT 828 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALLANDS...OR ABOUT 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SAGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...SAGO AT 840 PM EDT...PENHOOK AT 905 PM
EDT...AJAX AT 910 PM EDT...PITTSVILLE AT 930 PM EDT...

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS...HAIL OR
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING
1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

WP

Local storm report, May 31, 8:32 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
832 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BIG ISLAND              37.53N 79.37W
05/31/2007                   BEDFORD            VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES ON NORTH SIDE OF
            BEDFORD.

&&

SK

Local storm report, May 31, 8:39 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
839 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

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

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE BIG ISLAND         37.51N 79.34W
05/31/2007                   BEDFORD            VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES ON NORTH SIDE OF
            BEDFORD.

&&

SK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	61 min
Jun 1, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd	62 min
Jun 1, 2:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	53 min
Jun 1, 4:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Pulaski	4 hr
Jun 1, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	77 min
Jun 1, 6:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany	4 hr
Jun 1, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bath, Rockbridge	78 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2007 Every flash flood warning in 2007

Sources

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