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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 22, 2012Amherst County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2012, 6:10 PM EDT for Amherst County, Virginia. It was in force for 65 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 22, 2012, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Amherst County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 22, 6:29 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Forks Of Buffalo, VA	TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 635...NORTH FORK OF BUFFALO RIVER ROAD.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 minutes after it went out.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 22, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 57 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: 302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

827 
WUUS51 KRNK 222210
SVRRNK
VAC009-222315-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0142.120622T2210Z-120622T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
610 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  AMHERST COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 607 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM ALTO TO ORONOCO TO BUENA VISTA CITY...OR ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCKBRIDGE BATHS TO
  FORKS OF BUFFALO TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLASGOW...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AMHERST...                       CLIFFORD...
  FORKS OF BUFFALO...              ELON...
  MADISON HEIGHTS...               NAOLA...
  ALTO...                          ORONOCO...
  PLEASANT VIEW...                 FALCONERVILLE...
  LOWESVILLE...                    NEW GLASGOW...
  RIVERVILLE...                    

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS NOW!
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF QUARTER OR
LARGER HAIL...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING
DOWNED TREES OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND
PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 3778 7907 3772 7906 3769 7898 3755 7890
      3755 7887 3750 7891 3750 7895 3749 7894
      3743 7902 3742 7907 3739 7907 3741 7910
      3740 7912 3751 7923 3751 7927 3764 7939
      3781 7923 3779 7920 3781 7914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 317DEG 15KT 3778 7922 3773 7925 3772 7932 
$$

RAB

1 follow-up statement

725 
WWUS51 KRNK 222232
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
632 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

VAC009-222315-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-120622T2315Z/
AMHERST VA-
632 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM
EDT FOR
AMHERST COUNTY...

AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LOWESVILLE TO FORKS OF BUFFALO
TO PLEASANT VIEW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMHERST...                       CLIFFORD...
FORKS OF BUFFALO...              ELON...
MADISON HEIGHTS...               NAOLA...
ALTO...                          ORONOCO...
PLEASANT VIEW...                 FALCONERVILLE...
LOWESVILLE...                    NEW GLASGOW...
RIVERVILLE...                    

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS NOW!
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF QUARTER OR
LARGER HAIL...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING
DOWNED TREES OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND
PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 3778 7907 3772 7906 3769 7898 3755 7890
      3755 7887 3750 7891 3750 7895 3749 7894
      3743 7902 3742 7907 3739 7907 3741 7910
      3740 7912 3751 7923 3751 7927 3764 7939
      3781 7923 3779 7920 3781 7914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 317DEG 15KT 3771 7914 3766 7917 3765 7924 

$$

RAB

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 22, 4:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 4:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
439 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL RETURN TO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND BEFORE ANOTHER
COLD FRONT APPROACHES ON MONDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 435 PM EDT FRIDAY...

PRE-FRONTAL BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER THE
PIEDMONT. BEST INSTABILITY WAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE TROF. THE
COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO CENTRAL
TENNESSEE. THE FRONT WILL CROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA THIS
EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
FRONT. THE STORMS ALONG THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET BUT MAY
NOT BE ALL THE WAY OUT OF THE EASTERN COUNTY WARNING AREA BEFORE
MIDNIGHT.

STAYED CLOSE TO MET/MAV GUIDANCE FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS AND HIGHS ON
SATURDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 225 PM EDT FRIDAY...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE DEPARTING COLD
FRONT. AS IT DOES...WE EXPECT LOW LEVEL FLOW TO TAKE ON MORE OF A
SOUTHEAST ORIENTATION. THIS WILL HELP BRING SOME MOISTURE BACK INTO
THE REGION AND HAVE AN UPSLOPE TRAJECTORY ALONG THE CREST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE. WE ARE EXPECTING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
STORMS TO DEVELOP AS EARLY AS SUNRISE SUNDAY ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND NEIGHBORING SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA. BY THE AFTERNOON...SCATTERED COVERAGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS
MOST OF THE REGION...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE ALONG THE CREST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE.

BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO VEER
SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WE ANTICIPATE A NARROW
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR NO OR VERY LITTLE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THIS TIME OF TRANSITION. BY MONDAY
MORNING...SHOWERS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST IN
ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING FRONT. BY NOON...SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE
ACROSS THE REGION. BY THE LATE AFTERNOON...THE FOCUS FOR THE
GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE
AREA.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 1133 AM EDT FRIDAY...

EARLY MONDAY NIGHT...THE BACK EDGE OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH
THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
REGION. ANTICIPATE THE PRECIPITATION TO END BY MIDNIGHT. BEHIND THE
FRONT...COOLER...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION AND BE
CENTERED OVERHEAD BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES BOTH OF
THESE DAYS WILL AVERAGE AROUND TEN DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...WITH LOWS
AROUND NORMAL.

BY THURSDAY...AND ESPECIALLY BY FRIDAY...THE CENTER OF THE HIGH WILL
BE TO OUR EAST. ALOFT...THE SYNOPTIC FLOW WILL BECOME MORE
ZONAL...AND 850 MB FLOW WILL ADVECT TEMPERATURES AROUND THE LOW 20S
C INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL PROMOTE A WARMING TREND...AND A WEAK
DISTURBANCE WITHIN THE ZONAL FLOW WILL HELP BRING A RETURN OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS...ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY. BY FRIDAY...HIGHS IN THE
MID TO UPPER 90S ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...WITH UPPER
80S TO AROUND 90 DEGREES IN THE MOUNTAINS.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 635 AM EDT FRIDAY...

SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES OVER THE NW ATTM WITH MORE
ISOLATED NATURE COVERAGE ELSW OVER THE MOUNTAINS. EXPECT SOME OF
THIS TO LINGER INTO MID MORNING WITH SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLY AFFECTING
KLWB/KBLF FOR THE MOST PART WHERE BRIEF MVFR/IFR IN RAIN
POSSIBLE. OTRW STILL LOOKING FOR A GRADUAL EROSION OF THE CURRENT
MID/LOW CLOUDS WITH THIS CANOPY MIXING OUT TO A BKN CU FIELD OVER
THE MOUNTAINS BY MIDDAY...AND SCTD-BKN CU OUT EAST. THIS SHOULD
ALLOW FOR A PERIOD OF VFR WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE THIS MORNING ONCE
PATCHY MVFR/IFR FOG FADES AND MAINLY VFR OUT EAST THRU EARLY OR
MID AFTERNOON.

STILL A BIT UNCERTAIN AS TO TIMING AND EXACT LOCATION OF RENEWED
CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NW.
MOST LATEST GUIDANCE TRENDING TOWARD ADDED SCTD COVERAGE ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE WITH A SECONDARY AREA AFFECTING THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS
EARLY ON BEFORE THE MAJORITY OF THE SHRA/TSRA JUMP TOWARD
KDAN/KLYH AND POINTS EAST LATE.

THEREFORE KEPT SHRA IN THE TAF WITH VCTS AT ALL SITES BY EARLY
AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISHING TO MORE SHRA NATURE BEHIND THE FRONT
BY THIS EVENING. EXPECT MOST RAINFALL TO TAPER DURING THE
EVENING...WITH MVFR FOG FORMATION LIKELY AFTER SUNSET GIVEN
MOISTURE AROUND AND CLEARING SKIES. HOWEVER WESTERLY WINDS WILL
LIKELY CAUSE LOW CLOUDS TO BANK UP AGAINST THE WESTERN SLOPES
RESULTING IN MVFR CONDITIONS AT KBLF AND/OR IFR IN FOG/LOW CLOUDS
AT KLWB LATE TONIGHT AS WELL. ELSW THINKING MAINLY VFR AFTER
MIDNIGHT WITH A RETURN OF MVFR IN FOG ACROSS THE EAST BY DAYBREAK
SATURDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS FOR THE WEEKEND WITH MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS.
LATE NIGHT MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY FOG IS EXPECTED.

ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY. EXPECT A RETURN
OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS. VFR THEN RETURNS UNDER HIGH
PRESSURE ON TUESDAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...AMS/JH
NEAR TERM...AMS
SHORT TERM...DS
LONG TERM...DS/SK
AVIATION...DS/JH/WP

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 12:49 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1249 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

NCZ004>006-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-231100-
STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-
FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-
BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
1249 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-231100-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-
GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
1249 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
458 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

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

0228 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE MARTINSVILLE CITY 36.64N 79.85W
06/22/2012                   HENRY              VA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR THE SPEEDWAY

0228 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ESE MARTINSVILLE CITY 36.67N 79.84W
06/22/2012                   HENRY              VA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON SPRUCE STREET

&&

MBS

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
458 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

VAZ033-222145-
FRANKLIN VA-
458 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BURNT CHIMNEY...OR 4 MILES
EAST OF BOONES MILL. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR
SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS. MOVE INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3710 7993 3719 7982 3702 7960 3687 7964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 344DEG 0KT 3712 7987

RAB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
503 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

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

0155 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE MARTINSVILLE CITY 36.64N 79.85W
06/22/2012                   HENRY              VA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR THE SPEEDWAY

0155 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ESE MARTINSVILLE CITY 36.67N 79.84W
06/22/2012                   HENRY              VA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON SPRUCE STREET

&&

MBS

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:12 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
512 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

VAZ023-024-034-222200-
BOTETOURT VA-BEDFORD VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-
512 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT FOR
BOTETOURT...BEDFORD AND SOUTHWESTERN ROCKBRIDGE
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM EAGLE ROCK TO SPRINGWOOD TO LITHIA TO HOLLINS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IS EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3760 7939 3752 7934 3750 7923 3746 7924
      3744 7927 3743 7925 3737 7925 3706 7944
      3706 7949 3701 7948 3705 7959 3714 7966
      3719 7976 3723 7978 3722 7980 3722 7985
      3733 7986 3739 8003 3751 7988 3771 7986
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 293DEG 17KT 3761 7977 3755 7978 3748 7979
3736 7995

RAB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:42 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
542 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

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

0255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W MAYFIELD            36.51N 79.62W
06/22/2012                   ROCKINGHAM         NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON PERKINSON ROAD

&&

MBS

Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:07 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
607 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

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

0245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNW BUCKINGHAM        37.58N 78.58W
06/22/2012                   BUCKINGHAM         VA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN BLOCKING THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE
            ROUTE 648 AND 649

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NNW DILLWYN           37.61N 78.49W
06/22/2012                   BUCKINGHAM         VA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON BANTON SHOP ROAD NEAR ROUTE 20.

&&

SK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 10:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	52 min
Jun 21, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	46 min
Jun 22, 12:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	32 min
Jun 22, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	52 min
Jun 22, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania	55 min
Jun 22, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	62 min
Jun 22, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania	67 min
Jun 22, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	60 min
Jun 22, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	50 min
Jun 22, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	20 min
Jun 22, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	34 min
Jun 22, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	43 min
Jun 22, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	33 min
Jun 22, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	30 min
Jun 22, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	41 min
Jun 22, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	47 min
Jun 22, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	42 min
Jun 22, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt	48 min
Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford	66 min
Jun 22, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2012 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.