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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 29, 2009Wilkes County, Yadkin County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2009, 3:39 PM EDT for Wilkes County, Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 81 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: May 29, 2009, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2009, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 81 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC

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 May 29, 2:50 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:50 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 2:44 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
244 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 2009

NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>034-WVZ042>045-301845-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-
GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
244 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NCZ004>006-VAZ043>046-058-059-301845-
STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-
HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
244 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 315 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

VAZ035-047-301845-
AMHERST-BUCKINGHAM-
244 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 314 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY
STRONG TO SEVERE AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL OR STRONG WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

RCS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 2:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
223 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 2009

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

0215 PM     HAIL             7 SW YADKINVILLE        36.06N 80.75W
05/29/2009  E0.50 INCH       YADKIN             NC   PUBLIC

            NEAR HAMPTONVILLE

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Local storm report, May 29, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:45 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 2:58 PM EDT, 41 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
May 28, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	50 min
May 28, 9:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	50 min
May 28, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Roanoke	64 min
May 28, 9:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Giles	84 min
May 28, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, City of Radford	37 min
May 28, 10:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	4 hr
May 28, 10:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	47 min
May 28, 10:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	2 hr
May 28, 10:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Montgomery, Roanoke	41 min
May 29, 12:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Pulaski	4 hr
May 29, 2:14 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Bland, Giles, Tazewell	4 hr
May 29, 1:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	88 min
May 29, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	62 min
May 29, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig, Roanoke	60 min
May 29, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick	55 min
May 29, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Patrick	55 min
May 29, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	77 min
May 29, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	62 min
May 29, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	81 min
May 29, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania	78 min
May 29, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania	62 min
May 29, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	66 min
May 28, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe	49 min
May 29, 1:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wilkes, Yadkin	60 min
May 29, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	41 min
May 29, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	69 min
May 29, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	64 min
May 28, 8:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Mercer	6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.