Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Blacksburg, VA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
920 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST INTO ALABAMA.
LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER THE GREAT LAKES WITH A FRONT TRAILING INTO
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
KFCX WSR-88D SHOWED SCT CONVECTION LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS WEST
VIRGINIA AND EASTERN KY. THIS MORNING RNK SOUNDING WAS QUITE MOIST
WITH PWATS AT 1.46 INCHES WITH WESTERLY FLOW. NAM AND WRFARW-RNK
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING EAST INTO
OUR AREA AFTER 16Z. MODIFIED SOUNDINGS CREATE CAPES ARD 2K WITH LI
ARD MINUS 5. THE COMBINATION OF SHORTWAVE...LEE TROF...AND OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY WILL CREATE SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST. FOR MORNING UPDATE WILL TRIM
HIGHS A FEW DEGREES WITH CLOUD COVER AND CONVECTION ESPECIALLY IN
THE WEST. CONVECTION CONTINUES INTO TONIGHT AS SHORTWAVE MOVES
ACROSS OUR AREA. ANY TRAINING OF ECHOES WITH HEAVY RAINS MAY
RESULT IN SOME LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
03Z LOCAL WRF WAS TAKING THE STORMS DEVELOPING IN KENTUCKY OR THE
OUTFLOW FROM THESE STORMS AND BRINGING THAT LIFT INTO SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA AROUND 16Z. MODELS ARE SHOWING THE SHORT WAVE
CROSSING THROUGH THE COUNTY WARNING AREA TONIGHT WITH THE LOW
LEVEL WINDS BACKING BRIEFLY TO THE SOUTHWEST JUST AHEAD OF THE
SHORT WAVE.

LEE TROF DEVELOPS BY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH MAY BE THE FOCUS FOR
THUNDERSTORMS LATE TODAY. WILL BE TRIMMING CHANCE OF RAIN EAST OF
THE BLUE RIDGE UNTIL AFTER 20Z/4PM. CAPES MAY STAY UNDER 1000 J.KG
BUT IF HEATING OR OUTFLOW CAN TRIGGER ANY STORMS HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
A THREAT.

PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WERE ALREADY RISING AND WERE AROUND 1.5 AT
06Z/2AM. MODELS ARE SHOWING A POOL OF PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR
2.00 INCHES WITH THE OHIO VALLEY SHORT WAVE AND SURFACE DEW POINTS
AROUND 70 DEGREES. ALL THIS MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT
IN HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WITH THE
0-6KM MEAN WIND IN THE 15-25 KT RANGE TODAY AND EVEN LIGHTER AFTER
00Z/8PM.

850 MB TEMPERATURES STAY AROUND +19 TODAY AND TEMPERATURES ARE
STARTING OUT MILD. HIGHS SHOULD BE BACK AROUND 90 EAST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE AS LONG AS THERE IS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MID AND HIGH CLOUD
COMING FROM THE STORMS OVER KENTUCKY AND EVENTUALLY WEST VIRGINIA.
TOOK A BLEND OF MAV/MET GUIDANCE FOR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. KEPT LOWS
ON THE WARM SIDE OF GUIDANCE FOR TONIGHT SINCE THERE WILL BE CLOUD
COVER AND SURFACE DEW POINTS WILL BE IN THE MID 60S TO AROUND 70.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
WEAK SHORTWAVES WILL BE PASSING THROUGH A NEARLY ZONAL UPPER FLOW
SUNDAY. A DEEP WESTERLY FLOW WILL MAINTAIN WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT
THUS MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL BE VERY WEAK. AN ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF
MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRESENT...THEREFORE GIVEN THE
PARAMETERS ABOVE...EXPECT THE MAIN HAZARD TO BE HEAVY RAIN OUT OF
ANY DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION. THE BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION WILL BE
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO BE CONCENTRATED
ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS AND WEST.

SUNDAY WILL BE HOT AND HUMID WITH MAX TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE
MID 80S IN THE WEST TO LOW TO MID 90S IN THE EAST. WITH REALLY HIGH
DEWPOINTS PERSISTING...POSSIBLE NEAR RECORD LOWS ARE ANTICIPATED AS
MIN TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.

MONDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE GULF COAST STATES SLOWLY PUSHES
EAST WHILE THE FLOW OVER THE COUNTY WARNING AREA REMAINS ZONAL AND
THE FLOW BECOMES MORE NORTHEAST. A WEAK BOUNDARY BEGINS TO DROP
SOUTH TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA LATE MONDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW THE
TEMPERATURES TO COOL A FEW DEGREES ALOFT MAKING FOR A BETTER CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AGAIN...STILL
EXPECTING THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY TO REMAIN IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE AREA.

MONDAYS HIGHS AND LOWS WILL BE SIMILAR TO SUNDAY AS HOT AND HUMID
AIR WILL STILL BE IN PLACE.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE MODELS ARE GETTING WEAKER WITH THE NORTHEAST TROUGHING...SO I
HAVE RAISED POPS ACROSS THE THE SRN CWA TUE AFTERNOON TO CHC
THINKING THE DEEPER MOISTURE MAY LINGER CLOSER TO THE SRN CWA. BY
WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER RIDGE HAS SETTLED BACK OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S.
AND THE FORECAST AREA LOOKS TO BE ON THE EDGE OF THE WESTERLIES- NOT
FAR ENOUGH UNDER THE RIDGE TO PREVENT DIURNAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
TSTMS IN WHAT WILL BE A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS. HIGH TEMPS WILL
GRADUALLY RISE THROUGH THE PERIOD...AND WILL LIKELY BE BACK ABOVE 90
IN THE PIEDMONT BY THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. HAVE KEPT LOW ABOVE GUIDANCE
MOST NIGHTS- GENERALLY RANGING THROUGH THE 60S.

&&

.AVIATION /13Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
A WEAK SHORT WAVE OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA
WILL MOVE INTO WEST VIRGINIA TODAY. AIR MASS OVER THE FORECAST
AREA WILL BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE SO EXPECT THIS SHORT WAVE WILL
TRIGGER NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MVFR CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED JUST WEST OF LWB. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE
VCNTY OF LWB AND BLF BY 16-18Z.

CONFIDENCE IS LOW AS TO HOW FAR EAST THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
TODAY. THERE IS A DEEP WEST WIND THAT MAY ONLY BRIEFLY BACK TO
THE SOUTHWEST AS THE SHORT WAVE CROSSES THE REGION TONIGHT. TIMING
ON THE LAST TWO RUNS OF THE LOCAL WRF HAS STORMS POSSIBLE IN LYH
AFT 19Z AND AT DAN AFT 20Z. INCLUDED A CB MENTION IN EASTERN
LOCATIONS USING THIS TIMING.

COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETTER TONIGHT AS THE SHORT WAVE
CROSSES THE FORECAST AREA. THE MAY RESULT IN MORE WIDESPREAD MVFR
CEILINGS AS MVFR TO IFR VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. IN
ADDITION...ANY TERMINAL THAT GETS RAIN TODAY WILL LIKELY HAVE MVFR
FOG TONIGHT SINCE SURFACE DEW POINTS ARE FORECAST TO STAY IN THE
MID TO UPPER 60S.

THE SETUP REMAINS SIMILAR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH LOTS
OF MOISTURE AROUND BUT POSSIBLY NEGATED SOMEWHAT BY WESTERLY FLOW
ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE PASSING EARLIER IMPULSE.

LOOKS LIKE BEST DAILY COVERAGE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BE ACROSS
SE WVA WHERE LIFT WILL BE AIDED BY WESTERLY CONVERGENCE AND
PERHAPS ANOTHER WEAK TROF/FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST ON
MONDAY. THIS BOUNDARY LOOKS TO LINGER AROUND THRU MIDWEEK WITH
ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF LATE DAY MVFR POSSIBLE IN SHRA/TSRA.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...AMS
NEAR TERM...AMS/KK
SHORT TERM...REB
LONG TERM...JJ
AVIATION...AMS/JH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1246 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

VAZ007-009>011-018>020-023-024-WVZ042>045-131700-
TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-
ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
1246 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SOME STORMS MAY HAVE VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ANY TRAINING
OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING PROBLEMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ012>017-022-032>035-043>047-058-059-131700-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
1246 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

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.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. ANY TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER
THE SAME LOCATIONS COULD LEAD TO LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1028 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

WVZ042>045-121530-
GREENBRIER WV-MERCER WV-MONROE WV-SUMMERS WV-
1028 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF GREENBRIER...
MERCER...MONROE AND SUMMERS COUNTIES...

AT 1023 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR
FAYETTEVILLE AND SANDSTONE...TO HINTON...PIPESTEM...AND
MATOAKA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
FALL FROM THESE STORMS. RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN MAY CAUSE WATER TO POND
ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.
DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR PIPESTEM RESORT STATE PARK...BLUESTONE
DAM...BLUESTONE STATE PARK...AND DUNNS AROUND 1035 AM...PIPESTEM...
HIX...AND ELTON AROUND 1040 AM...BUCK...AND LERONA AROUND 1045 AM AND
TALCOTT AROUND 1050 AM.

LAT...LON 3820 8036 3811 8036 3805 8026 3772 8026
      3768 8030 3764 8029 3764 8025 3750 8042
      3736 8106 3765 8107 3772 8097 3771 8090
      3783 8093 3787 8077 3794 8081 3801 8079
      3804 8082 3809 8075 3809 8069 3827 8042

WERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1132 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ010>017-032-WVZ042>044-121630-ALLEGHANY
NC-ASHE NC-BLAND VA-CARROLL VA-FLOYD VA-GILES VA-GRAYSON VA-MERCER
WV-MONROE WV-MONTGOMERY VA-PATRICK VA-PULASKI VA-SUMMERS WV-SURRY
NC-WATAUGA NC-WILKES NC-WYTHE VA-YADKIN NC-
1132 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
INTO NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 1128 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WERE ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR CAMP CREEK...
TO BLUEFIELD...TO NEAR BLAND...TO INDEPENDENCE...LAUREL
SPRINGS...AND BLOWING ROCK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.

DO NOT REMAIN OUTDOORS OR ATTEMPT TO SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN
LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR PIPESTEM RESORT STATE PARK AROUND 1145
AM...INDIAN MILLS AROUND NOON...RAINES CORNER AROUND 1215 PM...AND
CHILDRESS AROUND 1230 PM.

LAT...LON 3600 8134 3609 8148 3611 8163 3613 8164
      3644 8141 3671 8126 3704 8125 3722 8128
      3724 8122 3729 8130 3742 8131 3749 8127
      3752 8121 3758 8119 3762 8107 3753 8051
      3723 8041 3696 8036 3667 8051 3605 8090

WERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1136 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

VAZ011-018>020-022-023-WVZ044-045-121630-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH VA-BOTETOURT VA-CRAIG VA-GILES VA-GREENBRIER WV-
MONROE WV-ROANOKE VA-
1136 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF ALLEGHANY...
BATH...BOTETOURT...CRAIG...GILES...GREENBRIER...MONROE AND ROANOKE
COUNTIES...

AT 1132 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR
RICHWOOD AND RENICK...TO NEAR WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS AND
PETERSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.

DO NOT REMAIN OUTDOORS OR ATTEMPT TO SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN
LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR ROARING MOUNTAIN SUMMIT AROUND 1145 AM...
MONCOVE LAKE STATE PARK AROUND NOON...POTTS CREEK AROUND 1215 PM AND
CARLOOVER AROUND 1230 PM.

LAT...LON 3823 8035 3811 8036 3805 8027 3804 8018
      3807 7996 3818 7992 3826 7982 3815 7943
      3734 8010 3734 8026 3736 8032 3734 8037
      3733 8086 3784 8047 3820 8055 3827 8044

WERT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1146 AM EDT SAT JUN 12 2010

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

1123 AM     TSTM WND DMG     RURAL RETREAT           36.90N 81.27W
06/12/2010                   WYTHE              VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREES DOWN IN TOWN

&&

WERT

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