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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 292, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 7, 2008Greenbrier County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2008, 4:16 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, West 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
Jul 7, 2008, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2008, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Greenbrier County, WV

The radar

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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 Jul 7, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 1:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
149 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-081800-
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-
149 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. THE
PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL. A
FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WIND
POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
305 PM EDT MON JUL 07 2008

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

0215 PM     HAIL             2 NW FLOYD              36.94N 80.34W
07/07/2008  M0.75 INCH       FLOYD              VA   PUBLIC

            HAIL LASTED FROM 215 PM TO 220 PM EDT.

0240 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 SSW FLOYD             36.89N 80.33W
07/07/2008                   FLOYD              VA   PUBLIC

            DODDS CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS.

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Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:23 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:47 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
347 PM EDT MON JUL 07 2008

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

0315 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WNW BUCHANAN          37.54N 79.75W
07/07/2008                   BOTETOURT          VA   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ON SR 43.

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Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:50 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 7, 4:16 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFloyd, Franklin, Patrick65 min
Jul 7, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGiles, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford56 min
Jul 7, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke58 min
Jul 7, 1:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKFranklin, Roanoke2 hr
Jul 7, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBotetourt, Craig54 min
Jul 7, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, Floyd41 min
Jul 7, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFloyd, Franklin, Patrick61 min
Jul 7, 2:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKFloyd, Franklin, Patrick2 hr
Jul 7, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFloyd66 min
Jul 7, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford, Franklin62 min
Jul 7, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCraig54 min
Jul 7, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge34 min
Jul 7, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford, Franklin54 min
Jul 7, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem60 min
Jul 7, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst, Bedford, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista87 min
Jul 7, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockbridge, City of Lexington54 min
Jul 7, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, Botetourt, Craig, City of Covington51 min
Jul 7, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford, Campbell, Pittsylvania64 min
Jul 7, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania18 min
Jul 7, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCampbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania62 min
Jul 7, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge38 min
Jul 7, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, Floyd, Pulaski55 min
Jul 7, 4:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKRockbridge101 min
Jul 7, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst, Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg53 min
Jul 7, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAppomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax63 min
Jul 7, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCampbell, Pittsylvania52 min
Jul 7, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBuckingham57 min
Jul 7, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, Grayson, City of Galax59 min
Jul 7, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAppomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania54 min
Jul 7, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKSurry, Wilkes, Yadkin59 min
Jul 7, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWilkes56 min
Jul 7, 6:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKWilkes3 hr
Jul 7, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWilkes82 min
Jul 7, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWilkes66 min
Jul 7, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKSurry, Wilkes54 min
Jul 7, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKSurry17 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.