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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 3, 2012Giles County, Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2012, 4:36 PM EDT for Giles County, Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2012, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Giles County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 1044 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

571 
WUUS51 KRNK 032036
SVRRNK
VAC071-WVC055-063-089-032115-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0093.120503T2036Z-120503T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
436 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
  SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA
  EAST CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA
  SOUTH CENTRAL SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER GLEN LYN...OR OVER PETERSTOWN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
  MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PETERSTOWN...
  BOZOO...
  RED SULPHUR SPRINGS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL WILL DAMAGE VEHICLES...WINDOWS AND SOME ROOFS. SEVERE
WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND CAN DAMAGE MOBILE
HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3754 8081 3744 8067 3733 8090 3740 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 222DEG 10KT 3739 8087

$$

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2 follow-up statements

792 
WWUS51 KRNK 032102
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
502 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

WVC055-032112-
/O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120503T2115Z/
MERCER WV-
502 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MERCER
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND 
THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BLACKSBURG.

LAT...LON 3737 8082 3740 8087 3741 8086 3742 8087
      3743 8086 3747 8087 3754 8081 3744 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 219DEG 10KT 3744 8082

$$

VAC071-WVC063-089-032115-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120503T2115Z/
GILES VA-MONROE WV-SUMMERS WV-
502 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL SUMMERS...SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND
NORTHWESTERN GILES COUNTIES...

AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOZOO...
OR NEAR PETERSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... RED SULPHUR SPRINGS.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY 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 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.

LAT...LON 3737 8082 3740 8087 3741 8086 3742 8087
      3743 8086 3747 8087 3754 8081 3744 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 219DEG 10KT 3744 8082

$$

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774 
WWUS51 KRNK 032112
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
512 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

VAC071-WVC063-089-032122-
/O.EXP.KRNK.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120503T2115Z/
GILES VA-MONROE WV-SUMMERS WV-
512 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL
SUMMERS...SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN GILES COUNTIES EXPIRES
AT 515 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BLACKSBURG.

LAT...LON 3737 8082 3740 8087 3741 8086 3742 8087
      3743 8086 3747 8087 3754 8081 3744 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 219DEG 10KT 3746 8080

$$

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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 3, 4:12 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 4:12 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
412 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH FROM THE
GULF COAST TONIGHT...AND WILL TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE AREA...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. SPOTTY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE
FORECAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WHEN A COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH OUR AREA.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

SPOTTY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EVENING AS A PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE...
ASSOCIATED WITH A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...MOVES
NORTH FROM THE GULF COAST. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME
STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH HAIL AS THE MAIN THREAT...BUT GUSTY WINDS
AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY AFTER SUNSET AS
DAYTIME HEATING ENDS.

OVERNIGHT...TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES ON THE
WARM AND MUGGY SIDE...AND DO NOT EXPECT LOWS TO FALL MUCH BELOW
THE MID 60S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT REGION...AND BELOW THE UPPER 50S
TO LOW 60S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. ALSO EXPECT LOW CLOUDS TO DEVELOP
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS...BUT OVERALL SKIES WILL START
OUT THE NIGHT ON THE PARTLY CLOUDY SIDE. AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE
CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTH...CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE AREAWIDE...
WITH SHOWERS MOVING BACK ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE SUNRISE.

BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE REGION...AGAIN WITH A FEW STORMS
BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON. INCREASED CLOUD
COVER AND SCATTERED RAINFALL ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WILL HELP TO
MODERATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES...HOLDING HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S
TO THE LOW 80S. FURTHER EAST HOWEVER...CLOUD COVER AND RAIN WILL
NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE
UPPER 80S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 330 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

A BACKDOOR FRONT WILL MOVE INTO AND THEN STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE
AREA SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. WE ARE ANTICIPATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT...AND THEN A BIT OF A COOL DOWN DURING THE
DAY SUNDAY. SHOULD ALSO SEE PLENTY OF CLOUDINESS DURING THIS TIME
PERIOD...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. ON SATURDAY HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE
LOWER 80S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO THE UPPER 80S EAST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE. ON SUNDAY...LOOK FOR HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S IN THE
MOUNTAINS WITH UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY. LOW
PRESSURE IS PROJECTED TO RIDE ALONG THE EDGE OF THIS RIDGE THROUGH
THE MID WEST AND THEN EASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. AS THIS
LOW APPROACHES...THE STALLED FRONT FROM THE WEEKEND WILL RETURN AS A
WARM FRONT ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SHOWERS AND STORMS. AS THE LOW
HEADS TOWARD NEW ENGLAND...ANTICIPATE A STRONG COLD FRONT TO MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE POTENTIAL MAY EXIST FOR
SEVERE WEATHER ALONG THIS FRONT.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL START TO BUILD INTO THE AREA ON
THURSDAY...HOWEVER...THERE STILL MAY BE SOME LINGERING UPSLOPE
SHOWERS ACROSS THE SE WV MOUNTAINS.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 200 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES SCATTERED CU ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH A FEW STRONG STORMS HAVE CROPPED
UP IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES ARE OBSERVED...ALTHOUGH CU IS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP
THERE AS WELL.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN ISOLATED ENOUGH THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THURSDAY THAT DO NOT HAVE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
MENTIONED IN THE 03/18Z TAFS...ALTHOUGH CANNOT RULE OUT A STORM
OVER ONE OF THE TAF SITES LATER THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE EXPECT
SKIES VARYING BETWEEN SCT AND BKN WITH BASES BETWEEN 5KFT TO 7KFT
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

OVERNIGHT EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT FOG TO DEVELOP DURING THE
PREDAWN HOURS OF FRIDAY...THANKS TO LIGHT WINDS AND PARTLY CLOUDY
SKIES. WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO BE WEST SOUTHWESTERLY
OVERNIGHT...BELIEVE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF MVFR/IFR CEILINGS
DEVELOPING AT BLF...BUT THESE LOW CEILINGS WILL GRADUALLY LIFT
DURING LATE MORNING. WILL ALSO BE CONCERNED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE PRESSING NORTH FROM THE GULF COAST REGION...AND
USHERING IN A PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE WHICH WILL TRIGGER
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE
EVENING. WILL EXPECT SUB VFR CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING AS THE SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO
ADVECT GULF MOISTURE INTO OUR AREA.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...NF
NEAR TERM...NF
SHORT TERM...DS
LONG TERM...DS
AVIATION...NF

Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 3:40 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
340 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

NCZ001-002-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>045-041945-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-
PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-
ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
340 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS
EVENING...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ003>006-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-041945-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-
AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-
CHARLOTTE-
340 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 3:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
328 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

VAZ012-015-016-032000-
CARROLL VA-GRAYSON VA-WYTHE VA-
328 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SPEEDWELL...

WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 MPH AND HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES IS EXPECTED. THE
STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LAT...LON 3688 8101 3676 8096 3674 8119 3682 8122

Special weather statement, May 3, 3:43 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA343
PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

VAZ010>013-032015-
GILES VA-BLAND VA-WYTHE VA-PULASKI VA-
343 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF LONG SPUR...

A CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WITH PEA
SIZED HAIL. ALSO A QUICK INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL IN 30 MINUTES.

LAT...LON 3725 8084 3708 8073 3703 8097 3721 8107

Special weather statement, May 3, 4:14 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
414 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

VAZ017-032045-
FLOYD VA-
414 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WILLIS...

A NEARLY STATIONARY STORM COULD PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH
WINDS. ALSO AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN MAY FALL IN 30 MINUTES.

LAT...LON 3675 8049 3689 8059 3695 8049 3683 8035

Local storm report, May 3, 4:27 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
427 PM EDT THU MAY 03 2012

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

0307 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W BRANDON             36.54N  81.52W
05/03/2012                   ASHE               NC   911 CALL CENTER

            ONE TREE DOWN ON ANDERSON HILL ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RNK1200105

WHP

Local storm report, May 3, 4:33 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
433 PM EDT THU MAY 03 2012

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

0421 PM     HAIL             1 N CONNERS GROVE       36.81N  80.42W
05/03/2012  E0.75 INCH       FLOYD              VA   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZE HAIL AT 554 EMMANUEL ROAD

&&

EVENT NUMBER RNK1200106

PW

Local storm report, May 3, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
435 PM EDT THU MAY 03 2012

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

0425 PM     HAIL             1 NW ALLISON            36.94N  80.85W
05/03/2012  M1.00 INCH       WYTHE              VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER RNK1200107

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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 3, 1:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	34 min
May 3, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	39 min
May 3, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson	36 min
May 3, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	26 min
May 3, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	32 min
May 3, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Wythe	53 min
May 3, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd	34 min
May 3, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski	32 min
May 3, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Giles, Pulaski	65 min
May 3, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	31 min
May 3, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Radford	51 min
May 3, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	30 min
May 3, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	32 min
May 3, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	28 min
May 3, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania	48 min
May 3, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	27 min
May 3, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	28 min
May 3, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	28 min
May 3, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	33 min
May 3, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.