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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 3, 20085 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2008, 8:19 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 56 min. 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: Jun 3, 2008, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2008, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bedford County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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
Jun 3, 8:27 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	3 Nnw Altavista, VA	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ESTIMATED BY THE PUBLIC IN TOWN OF LYNCH STATION.

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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: 1143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 310 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 601 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 15.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KRNK 040019
TORRNK
VAC019-031-037-083-143-040115-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0019.080604T0019Z-080604T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
819 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  WEST CENTRAL CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  SOUTHERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  NORTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  SOUTH CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER LEESVILLE...OR OVER HUDDLESTON...MOVING EAST AT 37
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HURT...
  HODGES...
  STRAIGHTSTONE...LONG ISLAND...
  CODY...
  BROOKNEAL...
  NATHALIE...

SEVERAL SIGHTINGS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER NOW IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND EXTERIOR WALLS.

BASEMENTS OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. SMALL ROOMS...CLOSETS OR
INTERIOR STAIRWAYS...NEAR THE CENTER OF HOMES AND BUILDINGS...ALSO
OFFER GOOD PROTECTION.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN BLACKSBURG.

LAT...LON 3707 7861 3669 7890 3705 7957 3727 7939
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 291DEG 33KT 3710 7933

$$

WFO RAH

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 040024
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
822 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

VAC019-031-037-083-143-040115-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080604T0115Z/
HALIFAX VA-CHARLOTTE VA-CAMPBELL VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-BEDFORD VA-
822 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR SOUTH 
CENTRAL BEDFORD...NORTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA...SOUTHERN 
CAMPBELL...WEST CENTRAL CHARLOTTE AND NORTHERN HALIFAX COUNTIES...

AT 819 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEESVILLE...OR
NEAR HURT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 42 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ALTAVISTA...GRETNA...HODGES...CHALK LEVEL...GLADYS...MT AIRY...LONG
ISLAND...STRAIGHTSTONE...CODY...LEDA...BROOKNEAL...HAT CREEK...
WREN...NATHALIE...ASPEN...CRYSTAL HILL...HALIFAX...PHENIX...SOUTH
BOSTON...MT LAUREL AND CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3707 7861 3669 7890 3705 7957 3727 7939
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 293DEG 36KT 3711 7932

$$

WERT

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 040047
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
848 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

VAC031-037-083-143-040115-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080604T0115Z/
HALIFAX VA-CHARLOTTE VA-CAMPBELL VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-
848 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA...SOUTHEASTERN CAMPBELL...WEST CENTRAL
CHARLOTTE AND NORTHERN HALIFAX COUNTIES...

AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CODY...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BROOKNEAL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 41 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... LEDA...HAT CREEK...
NATHALIE...WREN...ASPEN...CRYSTAL HILL...HALIFAX...PHENIX...SOUTH
BOSTON AND CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE.

SEVERAL SIGHTINGS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER NOW IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND EXTERIOR WALLS.

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND EXTERIOR WALLS.

LAT...LON 3707 7861 3669 7890 3680 7909 3680 7911
      3682 7913 3683 7917 3685 7920 3692 7931
      3719 7912
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 293DEG 36KT 3699 7905

$$

WFO RAH

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 040058
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
857 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

VAC143-040107-
/O.CAN.KRNK.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080604T0115Z/
PITTSYLVANIA VA-
857 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND 
THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

IF YOU EXPERIENCED SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING
WINDS PLEASE PASS THE INFORMATION ALONG TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3716 7899 3716 7896 3715 7895 3715 7893
      3714 7891 3707 7861 3669 7890 3683 7915
      3717 7900
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 293DEG 36KT 3699 7899

$$

VAC031-037-083-040115-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080604T0115Z/
HALIFAX VA-CHARLOTTE VA-CAMPBELL VA-
857 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CAMPBELL...WEST CENTRAL CHARLOTTE AND NORTHERN HALIFAX
COUNTIES...

AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROOKNEAL...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 41 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... NATHALIE...WREN...
ASPEN...CRYSTAL HILL...HALIFAX...PHENIX...SOUTH BOSTON AND CHARLOTTE
COURT HOUSE.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3716 7899 3716 7896 3715 7895 3715 7893
      3714 7891 3707 7861 3669 7890 3683 7915
      3717 7900
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 293DEG 36KT 3699 7899

$$

WFO RAH

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 040115
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
915 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

VAC031-037-083-040125-
/O.EXP.KRNK.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080604T0115Z/
HALIFAX VA-CHARLOTTE VA-CAMPBELL VA-
915 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CAMPBELL...WEST CENTRAL
CHARLOTTE AND NORTHERN HALIFAX COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 915 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

IF YOU EXPERIENCED SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING 
WINDS PLEASE PASS THE INFORMATION ALONG TO YOUR NEAREST LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3716 7899 3716 7896 3715 7895 3715 7893
      3714 7891 3707 7861 3669 7890 3683 7915
      3717 7900
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 293DEG 36KT 3692 7878

$$

WFO RAH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jun 3, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
655 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF OF THE ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT...LOW
PRESSURE MOVING ALONG A FRONT ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY WILL PUSH
SOUTH INTO WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND
ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES IN MANY AREAS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...

THIS EVENING...APPEARS THAT SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDER WILL
PERSIST BEYOND 00Z. RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICT BAND OF
CONVECTION(DECAYING MCS) CROSSING INTO THE NW SECTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA AT 23Z. THIS CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS
IT MOVES IT A RAIN COOLED STABLE AIR MASS. HAVE ADJUSTED OR EXTENDED
CATEGORICAL POPS INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS THEN RESUME TREND OF
DECREASING POPS TO CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE OVERNIGHT. -WSS

OTHERWISE ON WEDNESDAY...WITH THE COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH...LIFT
AGAIN INCREASES PARTICULARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY...THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA IS FORECAST BY SPC TO BE UNDER A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...WHICH SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE GIVEN THE
INSTABILITY FORECAST BY THE GFS...UP TO 2000J/KG ON THE WESTERN
SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA WITH LOWER VALUES IN THE PIEDMONT. EXPECT
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND NORTHWEST...MORE
SCATTERED IN MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT...BEFORE DIURNAL COOLING AND THE
BEGINNING OF RIDGING BUILDING NORTH RESULTS IN DIMINISHING CHANCES
FOR SHOWERS AS INSTABILITY FALLS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
ONCE THE INSTABILITY WANES OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY AS RIDGING STARTS
TO BUILD IN...CHANCES FOR MUCH MORE THAN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISH. GENERAL SUBSIDENCE BECOMES FAIRLY STRONG
FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AT THE
SURFACE AND ALOFT...WITH A 5920M 500MB HIGH BASICALLY DIRECTLY
OVERHEAD BY 12Z FRIDAY. DRY CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED
FRIDAY...BUT THE MAIN STORY WILL BE WARMING TEMPERATURES. HIGHS
BOTH DAYS IN MANY LOCATIONS IN THE PIEDMONT SHOULD BE AT OR NEAR
95 DEGREES. HEAT INDICES SHOULD AT LEAST BE IN THE UPPER 90S IN
THE WARMER EAST AND SOUTHEAST ZONES...AND WILL HAVE TO WATCH DEW
POINTS OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS HEAT INDICES COULD END UP BEING
JUST A BIT HIGHER.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AFTER A WARM START TO THE WEEKEND...RIDGING ALOFT GRADUALLY MOVES
EAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN GRADUALLY LOWERING THICKNESSES...MAKING
MAXES LOWER THAN WHAT THEY SHOULD BE FOR THE END OF THE WEEK INTO
SATURDAY. STILL...THE RIDGE IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO KEEP LOW PRESSURE
AND ANY STRONG FRONT AT BAY...WITH AT MOST CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS PERIOD AND PARTICULARLY OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN. AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE WESTERN
GREAT LAKES EARLY NEXT WEEK A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST...BUT WEAKENS
AS IT HITS THE STRONG MID- AND UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE. FOR NOW...JUST A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE SEVENTH DAY
SEEMS PRUDENT.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX NOW PUSHING FROM KY INTO WV AND WRN
VA HAS SHOWN A WEAKENING TREND THE LAST FEW HOURS...HOWEVER ALL
TAF SITES STAND A CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...AND A VCTS HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PREVAILING GROUP.
OVERALL CIGS SHOULD DROP TO MVFR WITH THUNDERSTORMS NEARBY...
ALTHOUGH BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS LASTING LESS THAN A HALF HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE AT ALL SITES AS THIS AREA OF SHOWERS/STORMS PASSES BY.

WE SHOULD SEE AN END TO PRIMARY PRECIP CHANCES THIS EVENING BASED
ON CURRENT TIMING AND EXTRAPOLATION OF MCC. FORECAST SOUNDINGS
GENERALLY SUPPORT CIGS LOWERING TO MVFR OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH WITH
WINDS EXPECTED TO STAY UP ABOVE 6 KTS OVERNIGHT...WE SHOULD NOT
SEE TOO MUCH IN THE WAY OF FOG...MVFR AT WORST. AN OVERNIGHT
MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX EITHER OVER OR JUST NORTH OF THE TAF
SITES APPEARS LIKELY AS WE SIT ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE LOW
LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE WITH A 45 KT LOW LEVEL JET NOSING IN FROM THE
WEST. LATER TAFS MAY NEED TO REFLECT THIS CHANCE IF IT MATERIALIZES.
THE COLUMN DRIES SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...SO EXPECT A TREND UP TO
VFR CONDITIONS BY 12-14Z WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
WILL TAPER OFF SOMEWHAT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY UNDER VERY WARM HIGH
PRESSURE.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...DJF
NEAR TERM...WSS/DJF
SHORT TERM...DJF
LONG TERM...DJF/BLAES
AVIATION...GIH/DJF

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 4:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
403 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-041200-
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-
403 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 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 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ONCE AGAIN BE STRONG LATER WEDNESDAY...AS
A COLD FRONT SINKS SLOWLY SOUTH. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...HEAT
INDICES WILL BE IN THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES ESPECIALLY OVER
THE PIEDMONT. ANYONE WHO WILL BE OUTDOORS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS
FROM THE HEAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

DJF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 5:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
509 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

0407 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DANBURY                 36.41N 80.21W
06/03/2008                   STOKES             NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            1 TREE DOWN ON MAIN STREET IN DANBURY.

&&

JBLAES

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
543 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

VAZ011-018-WVZ042>044-032245-
CRAIG-GILES-MERCER-MONROE-SUMMERS-
543 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SECTIONS OF
SUMMERS...MONROE...MERCER...CRAIG AND GILES COUNTIES THROUGH
645 PM EDT...

AT 543 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
JUMPING BRANCH...OR ABOUT OVER HINTON...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BUCK AROUND 550 PM EDT...INDIAN
MILLS AROUND 555 PM EDT...RED SULPHUR SPRINGS AROUND 600 PM EDT...
WAYSIDE AROUND 605 PM EDT...RAINES CORNER AROUND 610 PM EDT...ZENITH
AROUND 620 PM EDT.

GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE
WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DOWN TREE LIMBS. LIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS
TRASH CANS COULD BE TOSSED AROUND.

WSS

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
545 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

WVZ043-044-032245-
MONROE WV-SUMMERS WV-
545 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HINTON...OR ABOUT OVER
BLUESTONE STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR INDIAN MILLS AND BALLENGEE AT
555 PM EDT...WAYSIDE AND RED SULPHUR SPRINGS AT 600 PM EDT...RAINES
CORNER AND LINDSIDE AT 610 PM EDT AND NEAR UNION AND LAUREL BRANCH
BY 620 PM EDT.

EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL..AND
WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH AS THIS STORM PASSES.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT US ON THE WEB AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

WERT

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
647 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

VAZ019-020-WVZ042>045-040000-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...
BLUEFIELD...HINTON...UNION...LEWISBURG
647 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST
AT 30 MPH THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND INTO THE
ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA BEFORE 730 PM EDT. SOME
OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT
MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH.

VAZ014-018-022>024-034-035-045>047-040000-
MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-
CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...NEW CASTLE...
SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BEDFORD...AMHERST...LYNCHBURG...
APPOMATTOX
647 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS ALONG A BROAD LINE EXTENDING FROM
NORTH OF BLACKSBURG EAST THROUGH ROANOKE...BEDFORD...LYNCHBURG AND
BUCKINGHAM. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN AREAS OF
POOR DRAINAGE...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS
TO 40 MPH.

WERT

Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:28 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
728 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

0715 PM     HAIL             ROANOKE                 37.28N 79.96W
06/03/2008  E1.00 INCH       CITY OF ROANOKE    VA   AMATEUR RADIO

            ADJACENT TO ROANOKE AIRPORT

0716 PM     HAIL             ROANOKE                 37.28N 79.96W
06/03/2008  E0.75 INCH       CITY OF ROANOKE    VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NEAR DOWNTOWN ROANOKE

&&

WERT

Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:39 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
739 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008

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

0725 PM     HAIL             1 NE ROANOKE            37.29N 79.95W
06/03/2008  E1.00 INCH       CITY OF ROANOKE    VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

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WERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 8:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell	25 min
Jun 3, 9:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax	52 min
Jun 4, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bath	54 min
Jun 4, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath	36 min
Jun 4, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania	90 min
Jun 4, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin	41 min
Jun 4, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	41 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2008 Every tornado warning in 2008 Tornadoes 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.