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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 13, 20135 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2013, 2:12 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 63 min. 11 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: Jun 13, 2013, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2013, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Botetourt County, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Roanoke County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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 13, 2:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Salem City, VA	TREE DOWN ON MARSHALL ST
Jun 13, 2:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 68	Roanoke Airport, VA
Jun 13, 2:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Roanoke, VA	TWO TREES DOWN BEAVERS CREEK RD
Jun 13, 2:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Salem City, VA	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY. ONE TREE ON A HOUSE. ONE TREE DOWN ON A CAR. POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
Jun 13, 2:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	4 Ssw Roanoke, VA	TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED.
Jun 13, 2:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ssw Roanoke, VA	TREE DOWN ON A CAR ON KENWICK TRAIL.
Jun 13, 2:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Roanoke, VA	LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON MONTGOMERY AVE.
Jun 13, 2:36 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Roanoke, VA	LARGE TREE DOWN AND POWER POLE SNAPPED AT WALNUT AVE AND IVY STREET
Jun 13, 2:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Roanoke, VA	TREE DOWN ON YELLOW MOUNTAIN RD. WINDS ESTIMATED OVER 60 MPH
Jun 13, 2:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Sse Salem City, VA	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON EQUESTRIAN DR
Jun 13, 3:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cave Spring, VA	TWO TREES DOWN AND SEVERAL OTHERS WITH THE TOPS SNAPPED OFF ON STARKY RD

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 10 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
Jun 13, 12:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 49 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: 1563 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

210 
WUUS51 KRNK 131812
SVRRNK
VAC023-045-161-770-775-131915-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0072.130613T1812Z-130613T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
212 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CITY OF ROANOKE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CITY OF SALEM IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 208 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN 
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
  BLACKSBURG...AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROANOKE...
  CATAWBA...
  SALEM CITY...
  BENT MOUNTAIN...
  AND TROUTVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS AN 
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY 
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE
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 AND ON TWITTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3747 7970 3740 7981 3737 7977 3731 7985
      3722 7985 3721 7989 3716 7992 3714 7996
      3718 8003 3716 8009 3711 8016 3723 8019
      3734 8026 3737 8033 3731 8043 3742 8047
      3755 8022
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 276DEG 31KT 3737 8032 

$$

11

2 follow-up statements

711 
WWUS51 KRNK 131846
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
246 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

VAC045-131852-
/O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-130613T1915Z/
CRAIG VA-
246 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR 
CRAIG COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO 
SOUTHERN ROANOKE COUNTY.  


LAT...LON 3747 7970 3740 7981 3737 7978 3731 7985
      3722 7985 3721 7989 3716 7992 3714 7996
      3718 8003 3716 8009 3711 8016 3717 8017
      3750 7989
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 276DEG 31KT 3734 7997 

$$

VAC023-161-770-775-131915-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-130613T1915Z/
CITY OF ROANOKE VA-CITY OF SALEM VA-ROANOKE VA-BOTETOURT VA-
246 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR CITY OF ROANOKE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CITY OF SALEM IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
   
AT 240 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF ROANOKE... 
AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

A 68 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE ROANOKE REGIONAL AIRPORT!


LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROANOKE...
BENT MOUNTAIN...
MILL MOUNTAIN...
TROUTVILLE...
AND CAVE SPRING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND DAMAGE TO 
PROPERTY. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST 
FLOOR OF A STURDY SHELTER NOW. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AND MOVE INSIDE 
A STURDIER STRUCTURE. IF NONE IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH 
OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3747 7970 3740 7981 3737 7978 3731 7985
      3722 7985 3721 7989 3716 7992 3714 7996
      3718 8003 3716 8009 3711 8016 3717 8017
      3750 7989
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 276DEG 31KT 3734 7997 

$$

11

160 
WWUS51 KRNK 131857
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
257 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

VAC023-161-770-775-131905-
/O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-130613T1915Z/
CITY OF ROANOKE VA-CITY OF SALEM VA-ROANOKE VA-BOTETOURT VA-
257 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR 
CENTRAL ROANOKE AND SOUTHWESTERN BOTETOURT COUNTIES...THE CITY OF
ROANOKE AND THE CITY OF SALEM IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. THANK 
YOU.

LAT...LON 3747 7970 3740 7981 3737 7978 3731 7985
      3722 7985 3721 7989 3716 7992 3714 7996
      3718 8003 3716 8009 3711 8016 3717 8017
      3750 7989
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 276DEG 31KT 3733 7982 

$$

PM

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 13, 1:49 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:49 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
149 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BRINGING
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS INTO THE EVENING. MUCH COOLER AND DRIER
AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE
NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 138 PM EDT THURSDAY...

SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH 307 ADDED TO OUR NC COUNTIES TIL 8 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH 306 ISSUED FOR SE WV/SW VA BLACKSBURG
CWA. NC COUNTIES MAY BE IN A LATER WATCH.

AS OF 1040 AM EDT THURSDAY...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ON LAST NIGHT'S STORMS
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN 11A- 01P TODAY. THESE STORMS ARE
CURRENTLY NOT SEVERE BUT DO CONTAIN WIND GUST UP TO 40
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PEA SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL
ADVANCE EAST OVER THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...AND COULD BECOME STRONGER MOVING INTO HIGHER
INSTABILITIES. THE MORE WIDESPREAD THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
COME WITH THE COLD FRONT. THIS COLD FRONT IS JUST NOW ENTERING
WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AT 1030 AM. UNLESS THIS FRONT PICKS UP
SPEED...IT WILL ARRIVE IN SE WV/SW VA AROUND 300 PM. ONCE THIS
FRONT GETS CLOSER TO THE AREA...IT SHOULD PICK UP SPEED AND JUMP
TO THE LEE TROUGH IN THE EAST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS
LIKELY TO BE ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON IN TO THIS EVENING. AS OF
RIGHT NOW...THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD FOR A WATCH WILL BE EAST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE. PORTIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS COULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN
THE WATCH DEPENDING ON AFTERNOON DESTABILIZATION.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AS OF 440 AM EDT THURSDAY...

WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWED TWO WELL DEFINED SHORT WAVES CROSSING THE
GREAT LAKES THIS MORNING. AT THE SURFACE...A SQUALL LINE WAS
CROSSING INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA.
THIS WAS WELL AHEAD OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDED FROM
INDIANA INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A WARM FRONT WAS ACROSS OHIO
INTO SOUTHERN MARYLAND.

MODELS REMAINED SIMILAR IN TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS COMING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. AT THIS
TIME THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR EXTENDED FROM WEST VIRGINIA INTO
KENTUCKY. DOWNDRAFT CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY AHEAD OF
THE STORMS HAD BEEN AROUND THE 1200 J/KG RANGE FOR SINCE MIDNIGHT.
THE LOW LEVEL JET HAD BEEN INCREASING OVERNIGHT FROM THE WEST
WITH SPEEDS NOW INTO THE 40-50 KNOT RANGE...AND 850-300 MB WINDS
WERE FROM THE WEST AROUND 50 KNOTS.

WITH THE DEEP WEST WIND...STORMS WILL LIKELY WEAKEN AS THEY CROSS
INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT EAST SLOPES OF THE BLUE
RIDGE. BUT ENOUGH HEATING BY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE
PIEDMONT...MAINLY EAST OF A LYNCHBURG TO REIDSVILLE LINE THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WILL RE-INTENSIFY OR RE-DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.
BEST PROBABILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS IN THE FAR
WEST AND FAR EAST PARTS OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA.

FRONT WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 8AM AND 8PM. WINDS WILL
BE GUSTY OUT OF THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. MODELS
SHOWED PRESSURE RISES OF 3 TO 5 MB PER 6 HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT
WITH 30 TO 40 KNOT 850 MB WINDS. STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING IN A COOLER AIR MASS WITH 850 MB
TEMPERATURES DOWN TO +10 BY 12Z FRIDAY AND SURFACE DEW POINTS INTO
THE 50S AND LOWER 60S.

LEANED TOWARD BIAS CORRECTED MAV GUIDANCE FOR MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES TODAY AND A BLEND OR MAV/MET GUIDANCE FOR LOWS
TONIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 345 AM EDT THURSDAY...

ANOMALOUS H5 TROUGH DRIVES H85 TEMPS BELOW 10C INTO SE WEST VA FOR
FRIDAY. JUST ENOUGH LLVL MOISTURE IN THE MODEL SOUNDINGS FOR SOME
MOUNTAIN STRATO CU ACROSS SE WEST VA...WHICH WILL PROBABLY MIX OUT
LATE DAY. SOME SPOTS ACROSS SE WEST VA MAY NOT REACH 70F. A BREEZY
DAY WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH WITH MUCH LESS CLOUDINESS ELSEWHERE.
AFTER A CHILLY SATURDAY MORNING THE DEEP BUT SKINNY TROUGH IS GONE
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WAA ENSUES. THE UPPER PATTERN WILL REMAIN
ZONAL THIS WEEKEND AS AN UPPER RIDGE MOVES EAST AND EXPANDS FROM THE
GULF COAST TO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. DISTURBANCES EJECTED FROM THE
CURRENT GYRE OVER THE PAC NW WILL TAKE A WEST TO EAST
ROUTE...ARRIVING BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND DRAWING JUST ENOUGH
MOISTURE FROM THE GULF FOR THE NEXT RAIN OPPORTUNITY SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO MONDAY. TEMPS SHOULD RETURN TO THE LOW TO MIDDLE 80S ON SUNDAY
TOO.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 1215 PM EDT THURSDAY...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST WHILE INCREASING
HUMIDITY AND PIECES OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD
OF A FRONT. THE PATTERN SUGGESTS THAT MON-TUE WILL HAVE THE BETTER
THREAT OF SHOWERS/STORMS WITH THE FRONT SHIFTING SOUTHEAST OF US BY
WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THIS FRONT OVER THE GREAT
LAKES SOUTH INTO THE TN VALLEY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE FRONT
WILL STAY HUNG UP ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SO THERE IS AN OUTSIDE SHOT
THAT SOME OF OUR SRN CWA COUNTIES COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS WED OR
THU...ALTHOUGH FOR NOW LEFT IT MAINLY DRY. TEMPS ABOVE NORMAL EARLY
BECOME MORE NORMAL POST FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH HUMIDITY DROPPING
SOME BY WED NIGHT-THU.

&&

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

CONVECTIVE LINE WILL IMPACT LWB/BLF EARLY THEN ROA/LYH/DAN AFTER
19Z UNTIL ABOUT 22-23Z. CONFIDENCE HIGH THAT TERMINALS WILL BE
AFFECT ALTHOUGH LOWER AT BCB AS INDICATIONS SHOW WEAKENING BEFORE
HITTING BCB AND JUMPING MORE EAST TO THE BLUE RIDGE AND FOOTHILLS.

WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT AND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS PLUS IS NOT
OUT OF THE QUESTION AT ROA/LYH. WHEN THE LINE GOES THROUGH EXPECT
VSBYS TO DROP TO IFR AND CIGS TO MVFR.

THE FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE WILL BE EAST OF THE CWA THIS
EVENING AND EXPECT ALL SITES TO BECOME VFR...ALTHOUGH SOME
LINGERING MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE AT BLF.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY RESULTING IN VFR
WEATHER. MAY SEE FOG AT THE TYPICAL LOCATIONS SUNDAY MORNING...
KLWB/KBCB...OTHERWISE VFR. LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS ON
SUNDAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER FRONT MOVING INTO THE MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES.
THIS WILL LIKELY BRING ISOLATED STORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH BETTER COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AHEAD OF
THE BOUNDARY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...AMS
NEAR TERM...AMS/RCS
SHORT TERM...KM
LONG TERM...WP
AVIATION...AMS/WP

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 1:51 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
151 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>045-141800-
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-
151 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 306 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEAST WEST 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. STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

NCZ001>006-018>020-141800-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-
151 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 307 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.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. STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

RCS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:47 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
147 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

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

0131 PM     TSTM WND GST     BLUEFIELD               37.27N 81.22W
06/13/2013  M62.00 MPH       MERCER             WV   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

JVC

Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:53 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
153 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

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

0140 PM     HAIL             BLUEFIELD               37.24N 81.27W
06/13/2013  E0.50 INCH       TAZEWELL           VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZE HAIL AS WELL AS SMALL BRANCHES DOWN ON EAST
            RIVER MOUNTAIN.

&&

SK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 2:02 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
202 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

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

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 ENE BLUEFIELD         37.26N 81.22W
06/13/2013                   MERCER             WV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AT BLAND STREET AND COLLEGE AVE

&&

SK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 2:03 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
203 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

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

0156 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NE PRINCETON          37.38N 81.08W
06/13/2013                   MERCER             WV   PUBLIC

            DOWNED TREES ON BALL STREET

&&

SK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 2:07 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
207 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

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

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 ENE BLUEFIELD         37.26N 81.21W
06/13/2013                   MERCER             WV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN ON OAKHURST AVE.

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ENE BLUEFIELD         37.25N 81.23W
06/13/2013                   MERCER             WV   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ONE TREE DOWN.

&&

WHP

Local storm report, Jun 13, 2:10 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
210 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

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

0206 PM     HAIL             2 WNW BIG ISLAND        37.54N 79.40W
06/13/2013  E0.88 INCH       BEDFORD            VA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            DIME SIZE HAIL

&&

JVC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 8:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	54 min
Jun 13, 11:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington	40 min
Jun 13, 12:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 1 more	47 min
Jun 13, 12:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Giles	44 min
Jun 13, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	30 min
Jun 13, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Giles, Tazewell	57 min
Jun 13, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Craig, Giles	59 min
Jun 13, 1:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	53 min
Jun 13, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lynchburg	60 min
Jun 13, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Radford	65 min
Jun 13, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	53 min
Jun 13, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax	59 min
Jun 13, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	54 min
Jun 13, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania	63 min
Jun 13, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax	81 min
Jun 13, 3:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	City of Lynchburg	3 hr
Jun 13, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	70 min
Jun 13, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	47 min
Jun 13, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	73 min
Jun 13, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	56 min
Jun 13, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	32 min
Jun 13, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	31 min
Jun 13, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	32 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.