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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 1, 2012Charlotte County, Halifax County, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2012, 3:54 PM EDT for Charlotte County, Halifax County, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was in force for 66 min. 3 reports 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: May 1, 2012, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Charlotte County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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
May 1, 4:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Halifax, VA	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON BERRY HILL RD
May 1, 4:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 N Turbeville, VA	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON RIVER ROAD
May 1, 4:10 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	6 Sse Halifax, VA	PENNY SIZE HAIL AT THE SOUTH BOSTON SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 16 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
May 1, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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: 660 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

146 
WUUS51 KRNK 011954
SVRRNK
VAC037-083-143-012115-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0080.120501T1954Z-120501T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
354 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  SOUTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.

* AT 352 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
  NEAR ELMO...OR NEAR INGRAM...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELMO...
  TURBEVILLE...
  SOUTH BOSTON...
  HITESBURG...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF QUARTER OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3670 7864 3668 7863 3663 7855 3663 7858
      3669 7865 3669 7867 3665 7870 3654 7873
      3654 7914 3655 7928 3671 7927 3671 7893
      3693 7881 3689 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 288DEG 42KT 3671 7908

$$

1 follow-up statement

397 
WWUS51 KRNK 012100
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
500 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

VAC037-083-143-012110-
/O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120501T2115Z/
PITTSYLVANIA VA-HALIFAX VA-CHARLOTTE VA-
500 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA...
HALIFAX AND SOUTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND
EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1 8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

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

LAT...LON 3670 7864 3668 7863 3663 7855 3663 7858
      3669 7865 3669 7867 3665 7870 3654 7873
      3654 7914 3655 7928 3671 7927 3671 7893
      3693 7881 3689 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 288DEG 42KT 3647 7817

$$

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 1, 1:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 1:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
142 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA TODAY...THUNDERSTORM
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO BE THE FOCUS FOR RENEWED SHOWERS AND STORMS
TODAY AND TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED TO OUR SOUTHEAST
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH A FETCH OF GULF OF MEXICO
MOISTURE RIDING NORTH ALONG THE APPALACHIANS. A COLD FRONT WILL
MAKE A RUN AT THE AREA LATE IN THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 1208 PM EDT TUESDAY...

EARLY AFTERNOON UPDATE REFLECTS LATEST TRENDS OF PRECIPITATION ON
RADAR WITH LIKELY POPS NOW MENTIONED IN THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS. ELSEWHERE...ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EARLIER FORECAST
TO REFLECT THE LATEST TRENDS OF TEMPERATURE...DEW POINT AND SKY
COVER.

AS OF 925 AM EDT TUESDAY...

ADJUSTMENTS THIS MORNING REFLECT PRIMARILY CAPTURING A BIT MORE
DETAIL IN THE ARRIVAL OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE WESTERN PART OF
THE FORECASTS ARE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE ACTIVITY CURRENTLY
HEADING EAST OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. FIRST
SMALL CLUSTER WILL BE BETWEEN THE BLUEFIELD AND ROANOKE AREAS
BETWEEN NOW AND NOON. THE NEXT...AND MORE ORGANIZED AREA...SHOULD
ENTER THE FAR WEST BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON AND THEN MAKE PROGRESS
EASTWARD.

OTHER ADJUSTMENTS WERE TO TWEAK HOURLY TEMPERATURE...DEW
POINT...SKY COVER AND WINDS BASED UPON CURRENT OBSERVATIONS AND
EXPECTED TRENDS INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

AS OF 715 AM EDT TUESDAY...

ISSUES WITH DENSE FOG VCNTY OF ROANOKE AND LYNCHBURG ARE NO LONGER
A PROBLEM PER MIXING FROM PASSAGE OF MORNING SHOWERS. DENSE FOG
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OVERALL FLOW PATTERN WITH INCREASING
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WIND FLOW TODAY SHOULD ALSO RESULT IN QUICK
DEMISE OF RESIDUAL COOL WEDGE JUST EAST OF BLUE RIDGE...AND BY
AFTERNOON WILL BE AN AFTERTHOUGHT WITH AREAS CAUGHT BY THE COOL
AIR YESTERDAY GETTING A TASTE OF WARMER CONDITIONS TODAY.

LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT CROSSED THE NRN CWA THIS MORNING
WEAKENED AS THEY PASSED EAST OF THE MTNS. THROUGH NOON EXPECT
A LULL IN ACTIVITY. CONCERN TODAY IS WHERE AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT
OF SHRA/TSRMS WILL TAKE PLACE. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE MORNING
ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ALIGNED FROM W-E ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA VCNTY
OF THE VA/NC BORDER...AND FEEL THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE THE MAIN
FOCUS FOR RENEWED DEVELOPMENT DURING THE AFTERNOON.

MODEL GUIDANCE...ESP THE NAM...SUGGESTS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS
IN THE L60S FROM TN/NC TO POOL ALONG THE REMNANT BOUNDARY WITH SB
CAPES OF 2500 PROGGED ACROSS THE SRN CWA THIS AFTERNOON...YEILDING
LIS OF M5 TO M7. MAIN SVR THREAT WOULD BE HAIL...BUT INCREASING
DCAPES PER COMBINATION OF MID LEVEL DRYING IN THE WAKE OF THIS
MORNINGS MCS AND VERY WARM AFTERNOON TEMPS SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR
WIND TOO. ANOTHER AREA TO WATCH WILL BE UPSTREAM DEEP CONVECTION
OVER THE OH VALLEY. SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SFC TROF IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST RESULTING IN ORGANIZED DEEP CONVECTION
ACROSS THE OH VALLEY...ANY MCS MOVING DOWNSTREAM...AND INTO OUR
CWA...FOLLOWING ALONG REMANT BOUNDARY. IF THIS OCCURRS...WINDS
BACKING AHEAD OF APPROACHING FEATURE WOULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED
0-3KM HELICITIES VCNTY OF OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ON THE ORDER OF
150-200 M/S. TIMING OF THIS PARTICULAR FEATURE WOULD BE LATE
AFTERNOON OR EVENING WITH POTENTIAL FOR DEEP CONVECTION TO LINGER
OVER OUR LOCAL REGION THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

STUCK PRETTY CLOSE TO MOS TEMPS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM EDT TUESDAY...

VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN THE SECOND HALF OF THE
WORK WEEK. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES. THIS RIDGE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM TO MID
SUMMER LEVELS. DIURNAL HEATING AND A LEE TROUGH MAY TRIGGER AN
ISOLATED PULSE THUNDERSTORM ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS DURING EACH
AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY DRIFT EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE
DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 330 PM EDT MONDAY...

MODELS KEEP BROAD UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES
THROUGH THE PERIOD. A WEAK SHORT WAVE CROSSES THE FORECAST AREA ON
SATURDAY THEN A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC
REGION ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. OTHERWISE THE BAROCLINIC ZONE
REMAINS WELL NORTH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND...MEANING
THE FORECAST AREA STAYS WELL IN THE WARM UNSTABLE AIR UNTIL MONDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 135 PM EDT TUESDAY...

BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING EAST OF A KLWB-KBCB-KLNP
LINE. ISOLATED IFR CONDITIONS AND SURFACE GUSTS OF 30-40 KTS UNDER
THE HEAVIER CONVECTIVE CELLS...BUT OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF A
KLYH-KTNB LINE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS PRIOR TO DISSIPATION.

OVERNIGHT...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. EXCEPTION WILL BE
LOW LYING AREAS TONIGHT THAT RECEIVED PRECIPITATION TODAY. COULD
SEE SOME LOCAL IFR/MVFR BR/FG. ANOTHER CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WILL BE
HEADING ACROSS KY/OH LATE TONIGHT. COULD SEE SOME SCATTERED
SHOWERS OR STORMS NEAR A KBLF-KLWB LINE AROUND AND AFTER 10Z...6AM
WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY WILL BE COMPARABLE TO TODAY WITH SCATTERED COVECTION
DEVELOPING BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS
PRIOR TO PROPAGATION EASTWARD.

SUMMER LIKE PATTERN IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
PERIOD...BUT LOCAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS SHOULD PRIMARILY BE VFR.
MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE FROM THE LCL IFR VCNTY OF THE TSTMS...AND
ALSO IN ASSOCIATION WITH LATE NIGHT RIVER AND VALLEY FOG IN AREAS
THAT RECEIVED PRECIPITATION THE DAY BEFORE.

SUB-VFR CONDITIONS FOR CIGS MAY RETURN LATE IN THE WEEKEND AS HIGH
PRESSURE NOSES SOUTH ALONG THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIANS AFTER THE
PASSAGE OF A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...PM
NEAR TERM...DS/PM
SHORT TERM...RCS
LONG TERM...AMS
AVIATION...DS

Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 3:25 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-021930-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-
HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 219 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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.

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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>045-021930-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-
MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-
BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 3:36 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
336 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

0320 PM     HAIL             6 SW FRANCISCO          36.44N 80.44W
05/01/2012  E1.00 INCH       STOKES             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON MCDANIEL ROAD JUST SOUTH OF
            WESTFIELD

&&

PW

Local storm report, May 1, 3:40 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
340 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

0330 PM     HAIL             4 ENE PILOT MOUNTAIN    36.40N 80.40W
05/01/2012  E0.75 INCH       STOKES             NC   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZE HAIL ON OSCAR FRYE ROAD

&&

PW

Special weather statement, May 1, 3:40 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
340 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

NCZ019-020-012015-
WILKES NC-YADKIN NC-
340 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

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

AT 338 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
NORTH WILKESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WINDY GAP AROUND 350 PM...CLINGMAN AROUND 355
PM...SWANCREEK AROUND 410 PM AND BUCK SHOALS AROUND 415 PM.

LAT...LON 3609 8118 3626 8113 3621 8070 3605 8074
      3605 8099 3604 8100

Local storm report, May 1, 3:43 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
343 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

0325 PM     HAIL             3 NE PILOT MOUNTAIN     36.42N 80.43W
05/01/2012  E1.75 INCH       STOKES             NC   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MITCHELL
            ROAD AND WILSON ROAD

&&

PW

Special weather statement, May 1, 3:49 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
349 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

VAZ007-012045-
TAZEWELL VA-
349 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT TAZEWELL COUNTY...

AT 347 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF RICHLANDS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR GLEN BURKE...AND RAVEN AROUND 355 PM...JEWELL
RIDGE...AND RICHLANDS AROUND 405 PM...CEDAR BLUFF AROUND 410 PM...
CLAYPOOL HILL AROUND 415 PM...BANDY AROUND 420 PM AND CLIFFIELD
AROUND 430 PM.

LAT...LON 3718 8187 3719 8179 3724 8174 3724 8171
      3721 8168 3721 8156 3723 8152 3726 8150
      3727 8144 3706 8140 3704 8143 3704 8183
      3710 8189 3715 8191

Local storm report, May 1, 3:52 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
352 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

0235 PM     HAIL             1 WSW ROCKY MOUNT       37.00N 79.89W
05/01/2012  E0.50 INCH       FRANKLIN           VA   POST OFFICE

            DIME SIZE HAIL AT THE ROCKY MOUNT POST OFFICE

&&

PW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 9:59 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Roanoke, Rockbridge and 5 more	9 hr
Apr 30, 11:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	56 min
May 1, 2:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	63 min
May 1, 2:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington	62 min
May 1, 3:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	61 min
May 1, 4:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	60 min
May 1, 4:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford, City of Lynchburg	56 min
May 1, 5:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin, Pittsylvania	59 min
May 1, 12:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	41 min
May 1, 12:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	51 min
May 1, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	53 min
May 1, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	33 min
May 1, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	26 min
May 1, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Floyd, Franklin, Pittsylvania	63 min
May 1, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania	58 min
May 1, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	76 min
May 1, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	62 min
May 1, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	56 min
May 1, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	55 min
May 1, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	32 min
May 1, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	City of Martinsville	35 min
May 1, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry	54 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.