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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 25, 2009Bland County, Giles County, Tazewell County, Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2009, 8:30 PM EDT for Bland County, Giles County, Tazewell County, Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 90 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 25, 2009, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2009, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bland County, VA, Giles County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers 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 25, 7:54 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 7:54 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 4:07 AM EDT, 16 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
407 AM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-260815-
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-
407 AM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY...TRIGGERING
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ISOLATED STORMS MAY BRING DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
549 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

VAZ024-035-252245-
AMHERST VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-
549 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AMHERST AND ROCKBRIDGE
COUNTIES...TO INCLUDED THE CITIES OF BUENA VISTA AND LEXINGTON...

AT 546 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF COLLIERSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR LEXINGTON CITY AROUND 605 PM...ROCKBRIDGE
BATHS AROUND 610 PM...BUENA VISTA CITY AROUND 615 PM...CORNWALL...AND
FAIRFIELD AROUND 620 PM...ALTO...AND ORONOCO AROUND 625 PM AND
VESUVIUS AROUND 630 PM.

LAT...LON 3788 7913 3780 7916 3780 7909 3777 7906
      3772 7906 3770 7899 3767 7896 3773 7968
      3776 7968 3787 7960 3788 7964 3789 7965
      3792 7962 3792 7918

EXPERIMENTAL

RCS

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
606 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

VAZ020-252300-
BATH VA-
606 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN BATH COUNTY...

AT 605 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
MARLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BURNSVILLE AROUND 630 PM.

LAT...LON 3822 7971 3819 7950 3817 7946 3815 7943
      3813 7945 3815 7992 3818 7992 3826 7983
      3827 7979

EXPERIMENTAL

RCS

Local storm report, Jul 25, 6:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:35 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 8:15 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 8:22 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, City of Covington	59 min
Jul 25, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	58 min
Jul 25, 8:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	64 min
Jul 25, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	84 min
Jul 25, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	59 min
Jul 25, 9:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Wythe	33 min
Jul 25, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, City of Radford	66 min
Jul 26, 9:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Tazewell	4 hr
Jul 26, 1:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	63 min
Jul 26, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick	54 min
Jul 26, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	58 min
Jul 26, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania	65 min
Jul 26, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	42 min
Jul 26, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax	75 min
Jul 26, 2:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers	55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2009 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.