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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 8, 2008Henry County, City of Martinsville, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2008, 10:15 PM EDT for Henry County, City of Martinsville, Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr. 5 reports 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 8, 2008, 10:15 PM EDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2008, 4:15 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties City of Martinsville, VA, Henry County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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 8, 10:15 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 N Collinsville, VA	SOUTH DANIEL CREEK ROAD FLOODED BY CREEK.
May 8, 10:53 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Sw Martinsville City, VA	MUDLSIDE ON CLOVERLEAF AT US 220 AND 58
May 8, 10:56 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Martinsville City, VA	LIBERTY STREET CLOSED BY HIGH WATER FROM JONES CREEK
May 8, 11:17 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Martinsville City, VA	SMITH LAKE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
May 9, 3:40 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Martinsville City, VA	SAM LYONS TRAIL ROAD WASHED OUT.

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 5 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 0 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 67 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: 1104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 331 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 6.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRNK 090216
FFWRNK
VAC089-690-090815-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0006.080509T0215Z-080509T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1015 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CITY OF MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 415 AM EDT.

* AT 1012 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
  WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VILLA
  HEIGHTS...STANLEYTOWN...MARTINSVILLE CITY...LEATHERWOOD...
  FIGSBORO...FIELDALE...COLLINSVILLE AND CHATMOSS

THE SMITH RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH MARTINSVILLE IS EXPECTED TO 
OVERFLOW ITS BANKS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...OR ROAD
CLOSURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. DELAYED REPORTS ARE WELCOME.

LAT...LON 3671 8008 3681 7987 3674 7966 3660 7981
      3655 8002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 180DEG 0KT 3667 7989

$$

AMS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS71 KRNK 090338
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1134 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

VAC089-690-090815-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080509T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CITY OF MARTINSVILLE VA-HENRY VA-
1134 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR THE 
CITY OF MARTINSVILLE...AND MUCH OF HENRY COUNTY...

AT 1129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VILLA
HEIGHTS...STANLEYTOWN...MARTINSVILLE CITY...LEATHERWOOD...FIGSBORO...
FIELDALE...COLLINSVILLE AND CHATMOSS

FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE SMITH RIVER AND SMALL STREAMS FEEDING 
INTO THE SMITH RIVER. 

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE 
ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY 
VEHICLES AWAY. 

PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...OR ROAD
CLOSURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. DELAYED REPORTS ARE WELCOME.

LAT...LON 3671 8008 3681 7987 3674 7966 3660 7981
      3655 8002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 180DEG 0KT 3667 7989

$$

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 8, 3:47 PM EDT, 6 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:47 PM EDT, 6 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
347 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT ARRIVES AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSUE MOVES ALONG THE
MASON DIXON LINE TONIGHT. A STRONGER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
TAKE A SIMILAR TRACK ON SUNDAY. A TROUGH DEVELOPING IN THE EASTERN
UNITED STATES WILL PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
STRONG UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS KY IS FCST TO BECOME AN OPEN WAVE
AS IT LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TONIGHT.
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM THE AIRMASS IS PRETTY MOIST...PWATS FCST TO
PEAK BETWEEN 1.5 TO 1.7 EARLY TONIGHT...AND SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN
THE LOWER 60S. DEEP CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITHIN THIS
MOISTURE RICH ENVIRONMENT...PRECIPITATION BECOMING WIDESPREAD THIS
EVENING.

POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE DEEP CONVECTION DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH SUN WE
GET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DENSE CLOUD COVER PREVAILED INTO THE
EARLY AFTN...BUT HAS BEEN THINNING WITH TIME. AS TEMPS INCREASE
THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASING INSTABILITY NEEDED TO FUEL THE
DEVELOPMENT OF STRONGER STORMS. CAPES ARE FCST TO PEAK AT AROUND
1500 J/KG THIS EVENING. SHEAR IS ABUNDANT...SRH FCSTS NEAR 200
M2/S2 FOR THIS EVENING. THE NET RESULT SHOULD BE THE FORMATION OF
DEEP CONVECTION WITH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CELLS...SOME OF WHICH MAY HAVE SUPERCELL STRUCTURES. MAIN TIME
FRAME TO WATCH FOR SEVERE DEEP CONVECTION WILL BE FROM 21 TO 06
UTC.

WITH THE HIGH PWATS...WILL ALSO NEED TO CLOSELY MONITOR FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IF THUNDERSTORM LINE SEGMENTS BEGIN TO
TRAIN. ATTM...WIND FLOW LOOKS PROGRESSIVE ENOUGH TO KEEP THE
STORMS MOVING...BUT IT TRAINING DOES DEVELOP...RAIN AMOUNTS WILL
STACK UP QUICKLY. GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL LOOKS TO BE
BETWEEN 00 TO 06Z...WITH FOCUS ON THE BLUE RIDGE AND POINTS EAST.
A PWAT OF 1.6 INCHES IS 170% OF NORMAL. FORTUNATELY FFG IS HIGH
NOW. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL TAKE 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES TO CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING...SO DO NOT THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH ATTM.

HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO THE FASTER GFS WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE SFC
LOW...SO TAPER OFF PRECIP PRETTY QUICKLY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.
WITH THE LOW PULLING OUT TO THE NORTHEAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON THERE
WILL BE SOME CLEARING. NOT MUCH COLD ADVECTION FRIDAY
BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...SO TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN MILD.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
QUICK SHOT OF SHWS ALONG REMNANT BOUNDARY FROM FRIDAYS LOW
PRESSURE AGREED UPON BY NAM/GFS/SREF SO INC POPS MAINLY IN THE
HIGH TERRITORY...ALTHOUGH SOME SHOWERS SHOULD SURVIVE EAST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ANOTHER CHC OF STRONG STORMS ON
SUNDAY...WITH H3 JET STREAK TAKING AIM ON THE PIEDMONT...AND AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE PASSING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. WEDGE WILL BE
REMAINING FOR PART OF THE DAY IN THE EAST...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR
POTENT LLVL SHEAR AS OCCLUSION/WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH
AND WEST. CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR HVY RAINS LEADING UP TO
THIS EVENT...WATER PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP WITH THE GROUND SATURATED.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
ACTIVE PATTERN TAKING SHAPE DURING THE LONG TERM...WITH RIDGE IN
THE WEST AND TROUGH IN THE EAST. SHRTWVS EJECTING FROM ALEUTIAN
LOW WILL BE DIRECTED INTO THE MIDWEST...ONLY AMPLIFYING THE
EASTERN TROUGH FURTHER BY THURSDAY/FRIDAY. BASICALLY FOLLOWED THE
ECMWF...ALTHOUGH THE GFS IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THIS FAR OUT.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
STAGE IS SET FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MID/UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS
WILL BRIEFLY THIN THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING FOR SURFACE HEATING AND
BUILDUPS FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AFTER 21 UTC WITH POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND IFR CONDITIONS. GRADIENT WINDS AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING FRONT WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST...BUT ANTICIPATED
ERRATIC WINDS WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTS IN THE VCNTY OF TSTMS.

FOR TONIGHT THE ORGANIZED AREA OF DEEP CONVECTION WILL MOVE FROM
WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE SERVICE AREA...WIDEPREAD IFR/MVFR
CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED. THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LIKELY LINGER
INTO EARLY FRIDAY WITH LOW CIGS ANTICIPATED. CIGS AND VSBYS SHOULD
GRADUALLY IMPROVE BETWEEN DAYBREAK AND NOON FRIDAY AS WESTERLY
WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT BEGIN THE DRYING PROCESS.

A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE BACK NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY.
THIS WILL LIKELY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS.
FINALLY... ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE REGION LATE SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS. WINDS
MAY BE STRONG AND GUSTY BEHIND THIS LOW PRESSURE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...KM
NEAR TERM...PM
SHORT TERM...KM
LONG TERM...KM
AVIATION...PM

Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 11:37 AM EDT, 10 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1137 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

VAZ007-010-011-018>020-WVZ042>045-091545-
TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
1137 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
TONIGHT. CONDITIONS MAY BECOME FAVORABLE FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS
TO BE SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT
THAT WILL CROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY.

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ009-012>017-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
091545-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-SMYTH-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-
BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-
PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
1137 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS
TO BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT...BUT THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS
TO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL
IS ALSO EXPECTED. THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY
RAIN PRODUCERS. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF
INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR
MORE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE INDICATES IT WILL TAKE RAINFALL
OF CLOSE TO THREE INCHES TO PRODUCE MORE THAN MINOR FLOOD
PROBLEMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT
THAT WILL CROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN SUNDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 9:16 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
916 PM EDT THU MAY 08 2008

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

0845 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SW SNOW CREEK         36.81N 79.78W
05/08/2008                   FRANKLIN           VA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON HOUSE ON RT 618 AND 632 MUDDY FORK RD

&&

TW

Local storm report, May 8, 9:17 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
917 PM EDT THU MAY 08 2008

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

0910 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DOBSON                  36.39N 80.72W
05/08/2008                   SURRY              NC   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES DOWN IN CITY

&&

TW

Local storm report, May 8, 9:29 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
929 PM EDT THU MAY 08 2008

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

0925 PM     HAIL             2 S DOBSON              36.36N 80.72W
05/08/2008  E0.88 INCH       SURRY              NC   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

TW

Local storm report, May 8, 9:32 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
932 PM EDT THU MAY 08 2008

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

0930 PM     HAIL             HURT                    37.08N 79.28W
05/08/2008  E1.00 INCH       PITTSYLVANIA       VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

TW

Local storm report, May 8, 9:38 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
938 PM EDT THU MAY 08 2008

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

0938 PM     HAIL             HURT                    37.08N 79.28W
05/08/2008  E1.00 INCH       PITTSYLVANIA       VA   PUBLIC

&&

TW

Local storm report, May 8, 9:51 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
951 PM EDT THU MAY 08 2008

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

0935 PM     HAIL             FRANCISCO               36.50N 80.37W
05/08/2008  E1.00 INCH       STOKES             NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

TW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 8:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Patrick	42 min
May 8, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig	30 min
May 8, 8:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Patrick	40 min
May 8, 8:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania	46 min
May 8, 8:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Patrick	30 min
May 8, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 2 more	58 min
May 8, 9:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania	59 min
May 8, 9:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania	50 min
May 8, 9:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville	45 min
May 8, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	57 min
May 8, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	23 min
May 8, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	61 min
May 8, 10:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry	53 min
May 8, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	23 min
May 8, 10:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Campbell, Pittsylvania	6 hr
May 8, 11:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax	55 min
May 8, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania	90 min
May 9, 12:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania	6 hr
May 9, 12:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell	6 hr
May 9, 12:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte and 8 more	4 hr
May 9, 1:14 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick	6 hr
May 9, 1:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	61 min
May 9, 2:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	6 hr
May 9, 3:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	6 hr
May 9, 5:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Campbell, Pittsylvania	5 hr
May 9, 6:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania	4 hr
May 9, 6:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell	4 hr
May 9, 6:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick	6 hr
May 9, 7:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	6 hr
May 9, 10:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	26 hr
May 9, 10:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	36 hr
May 9, 10:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	54 hr
May 9, 6:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	10 hr

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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.