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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 27, 20104 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Surry County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2010, 7:21 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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
Jun 27, 2010, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2010, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Alleghany County, NC, Surry County, NC, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, Grayson County, VA, Patrick County, VA

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 Jun 27, 5:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 5:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 4:16 AM EDT, 15 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
416 AM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-280830-
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-
416 AM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010

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.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG A COLD FRONT
THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:21 PM EDT, 3 hours before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
517 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010

NCZ020-272215-
YADKIN NC-
517 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT YADKIN COUNTY...

AT 512 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF YADKINVILLE...NEARLY STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH 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 LONE HICKORY AROUND 600 PM.

LAT...LON 3604 8079 3605 8084 3609 8087 3613 8068
      3604 8063 3604 8065
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
608 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010

VAZ010-011-272245-
BLAND VA-GILES VA-
608 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BLAND AND GILES COUNTIES...

AT 603 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
ROCKY GAP...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH 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 CHAPEL AROUND 615 PM AND WHITE GATE AROUND
630 PM.

LAT...LON 3733 8085 3721 8080 3716 8103 3725 8107
Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:45 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
645 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010

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

0631 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E NARROWS             37.34N 80.76W
06/27/2010                   GILES              VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 460 EAST BETWEEN NARROWS AND
            PEARISBURG.

&&

HYSELL
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:03 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
703 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010

NCZ018-019-272345-
WATAUGA NC-WILKES NC-
703 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WATAUGA AND WILKES COUNTIES...

AT 659 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
NEWLAND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH 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. EXPECT FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR
SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN
A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BLOWING ROCK AROUND 715 PM...AHO AROUND 730
PM AND DARBY AROUND 745 PM.

LAT...LON 3605 8140 3611 8155 3610 8177 3613 8183
      3615 8183 3626 8152 3623 8147 3628 8140
      3602 8118 3602 8125 3599 8132

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKPatrick59 min
Jun 27, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, Patrick23 min
Jun 27, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKTazewell51 min
Jun 27, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKTazewell40 min
Jun 27, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBland37 min
Jun 27, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBland, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski66 min
Jun 27, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAlleghany50 min
Jun 27, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKSurry28 min
Jun 27, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKYadkin58 min
Jun 27, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKYadkin55 min
Jun 27, 5:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKYadkin4 hr
Jun 27, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCaldwell42 min
Jun 27, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAshe, Watauga, Wilkes82 min
Jun 27, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAlleghany30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.