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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 2, 2014Alleghany County, City of Covington, Virginia; Greenbrier County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2014, 5:06 PM EDT for Alleghany County, City of Covington, Virginia; Greenbrier 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2014, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2014, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alleghany County, VA, City of Covington, VA, Greenbrier County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 2, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2014-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 547 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2014-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
547 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 2, 3:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
342 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

.SYNOPSIS...

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL
CROSS THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY INTERACTING WITH MOISTURE ASSOCIATED
WITH WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE HURRICANE ARTHUR OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA
COAST. DRIER AND COOLER HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR
THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 340 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING.
THE GREATEST THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS.

AMPLIFIED LONGWAVE TROF FOR JULY IS TRAVELING ACROSS THE CENTRAL
CONUS. ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON EXTENDED FROM
THE GREAT LAKES SOUTHWEST INTO TENNESSEE VALLEY. THIS FRONT WILL
CROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH SLOWLY MOVES EAST.
SHAPED TONIGHT POPS TOWARDS A BLEND OF THE HIRESW-ARW...RNK WRF ARW
AND NAM.

ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTS BOTH DISCRETE AND MULTICELL DEVELOPMENT...WITH
BETTER ORGANIZATION THE FARTHER NORTH YOU GO INTO VA/MD/DE/PA/NJ
WHERE THE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF THE UPPER JET AND STRONGER MID LEVEL
WINDS WILL EXIST. FORECAST MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES OF 6.5 DEG C AND
CAPES OVER 3000+ WILL SUPPORT STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS BECOMING THE MAIN THREAT. MPD 172 AND DAY1 EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL HIGHLIGHT THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN ALONG AND EAST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. WITH RELATIVELY HIGH FFG...CELL MERGERS AND
TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL RATE WILL BE NEED
FOR FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS.

A MUGGY NIGHT WITH THE FRONT STILL WEST OF THE AREA TONIGHT...LOW
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL REMAIN WARM WITH READINGS FROM THE LOWER
60S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE LOWER 70S IN THE PIEDMONT.

THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS THURSDAY...INTERACTING
WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE WHICH WILL ADVECT INTO THE AREA FROM THE
SOUTH AHEAD OF ARTHUR...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE STRENGTHENING INTO A
HURRICANE OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST....BEFORE IT THEN MOVES
NORTHEAST UP THE CAROLINA COAST.

PWATS INCREASE FROM AROUND ONE INCH THIS MORNING TO JUST UNDER TWO
INCHES IN THE PIEDMONT THURSDAY...WHICH IS WELL ABOVE NORMAL BUT
CERTAINLY NOT EXTREME. WITH THIS INCREASING TROPICAL MOISTURE...EVEN
THOUGH ARTHUR NOT TRACKING VERY NEAR THE BLACKSBURG FORECAST
AREA...THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL. THE FRONTAL FORCING IS VERY WEAK OVER OUR AREA COMPARED TO
CLASSIC CASES OF PREFRONTAL HEAVY RAIN EVENTS STUDIED...AND OVERALL
THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PRE...SO AT THIS POINT NO
EXTREME RAINFALL IS FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR ANY ENHANCED RAINFALL WOULD BE ALONG AND
EAST OF BLUE RIDGE. INCREASED QPF AND PLAYED IT CLOSER TO HPCQPF AND
AFTER DISCUSSION WITH AKQ DECIDED TO HOLD OFF ON ANY FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR THURSDAY. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED
HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND MONITOR FOR TRAINING OF
ECHOES WITH HEAVY RAINFALL RATES FOR ANY PLACEMENT OF FLOOD WATCH.

UNLESS THE FRONT REALLY SLOWS DOWN...FAR SW VA...NW NC...AND SE WV
MAY ONLY SEE SOME SCATTERED SHWRS AND ISOLD THUNDER THROUGH MIDDAY
BEFORE MAIN THREAT FOR RAIN HEADS EAST IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PLAYED IT COOLER FOR THURSDAY COMPARED THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE FRONT
PASSING THROUGH AND INCREASE IN DEEPER MOISTURE AND CLOUD COVER.
LEANED HIGH THURSDAY TOWARDS THE ADJMETBC WITH READINGS THE MID 70S
IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE UPPER 80S IN THE PIEDMONT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 245 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...PRECIPITATION WILL
GRADUALLY COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
AS A COLD FRONT EXITS THE REGION TO THE EAST. SOME LINGERING
MOISTURE OVER SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA MAY BE LIFTED UPSLOPE ALONG A
20 TO 25 KT NORTHWEST 850 MB WIND AND YIELD SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS
TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. OTHERWISE...ONCE PRECIPITATION STOPS
IN A GIVEN AREA...IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO RETURN.

DRIER HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUES OVER
THE REGION THROUGH INDEPENDENCE DAY AND NIGHT. EXPECT NO
PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES TRENDING COOLER THAN NORMAL WITH
LIMITED CLOUD COVER.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 1230 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL START TO SHIFT EAST ON SUNDAY IN
RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE UPPER PLAINS
STATES. NO PRECIPITATION IS STILL EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT...BUT HUMIDITY WILL START TO INCREASE AGAIN AS WINDS BECOME
SOUTHWEST AND START TO ADVECT HIGHER DEW POINTS BACK INTO THE REGION.

MONDAY...TUESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL
GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA AS THE UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND
ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACH THE AREA. ANTICIPATE
INCREASED UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS AND ASSOCIATED INCREASED SURFACE
INSTABILITY THANKS TO INCREASED TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE LEVELS.

THE FRONT MAY STALL OVER OR JUST NORTH OF THE AREA TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY. THIS COULD ALLOW FOR AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE
VICINITY OF THE FRONT.

TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL START AROUND NORMAL ON
SUNDAY...BUT TREND A LITTLE WARMER THAN NORMAL MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO-TENN VALLEYS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. WITH A SOUTHERLY WIND...HEAT...MOISTURE
AND INSTABILITIES...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP VCNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE ASSOCIATED WITH WIND CONVERGENCE
THERE. LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOWED ISOLATED CONVECTION FORMING
ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AT 17Z. WIND IS THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

SCT TO BKN MVFR CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED IFR WITH THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON
TIMING...THEREFORE ONLY HAVE VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS AT ALL TAF
SITES ATTM...AND MAINLY CONFINED TO LATE IN THE DAY. APPEARS THAT
THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE NORTH BLUE
RIDGE MOUNTAINS. MEAN WIND THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT IS OUT OF
THE SOUTHWEST...SO STORMS WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST...FROM 240
DEGREES AT BETWEEN 15-20 MPH.

THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...THE POTENTIAL INTERACTION BETWEEN
THE ADVANCING FRONT AND TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR WILL KEEP
PRECIPITATION ACROSS OUR REGION. CONFIDENCE IN THE SPECIFIC
LOCATION AND AMOUNTS ARE LOW GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES IN THE TRACK
OF ARTHUR.

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES DURING THE PERIOD.
HIGH TO MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON WINDS

EXTENDED AVIATION...

MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS DRIER
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ITS WAY INTO THE AREA. THERE MAY BE SOME
RIVER VALLEY FOG SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...KK/PM
NEAR TERM...KK
SHORT TERM...DS
LONG TERM...DS
AVIATION...KK/PM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 12:54 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1254 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

VAZ010>014-016>020-022>024-031700-
BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
1254 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 385 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH THE MAIN
THREAT BEING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WHILE THE MOST LIKELY
TIME FRAME WOULD BE MIDDAY...THESE COULD LINGER LATER INTO THE
AFTERNOON DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF A FRONTAL PASSAGE.

AFTER THURSDAY...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042>045-031700-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-
MONROE-GREENBRIER-
1254 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN
ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT AND THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT A FEW OF
THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT...BUT ANY STORMS THAT REACH SEVERE THRESHOLDS WILL BE
ISOLATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH THE MAIN
THREAT BEING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WHILE THE MOST LIKELY
TIME FRAME WOULD BE MIDDAY...THESE COULD LINGER LATER INTO THE
AFTERNOON DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF A FRONTAL PASSAGE.

AFTER THURSDAY...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

NCZ003>006-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-031700-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-
HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
1254 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 385 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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.

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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AS A
COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION INTERACTS WITH MOISTURE WELL
NORTH OF TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS
WILL PRODUCE ESPECIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE MOST LIKELY TIMING FOR THE
HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL BE AFTERNOON INTO THE LATE EVENING.
CONFIDENCE IS LOW REGARDING HOW WIDESPREAD THIS HEAVY RAIN THREAT
MAY BE.

AFTER THURSDAY...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

NCZ019-020-031700-
WILKES-YADKIN-
1254 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT AND THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK
THAT A FEW OF THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE
THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT EITHER.
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AS A
COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION INTERACTS WITH MOISTURE WELL
NORTH OF TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS
WILL PRODUCE ESPECIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE MOST LIKELY TIMING FOR THE
HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL BE AFTERNOON INTO THE LATE EVENING.
CONFIDENCE IS LOW REGARDING HOW WIDESPREAD THIS HEAVY RAIN THREAT
MAY BE.

AFTER THURSDAY NIGHT...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:53 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
453 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

VAZ022-022145-
ROANOKE VA-
453 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  EASTERN ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR POAGES MILL...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
  STORM. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROANOKE...
  POAGES MILL...
  CAVE SPRING...
  HOLLINS...
  AND ROANOKE AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES THE SALEM FAIRGROUNDS.

LAT...LON 3733 7986 3731 7984 3726 7985 3723 7984
      3721 7988 3719 7989 3714 7996 3718 8003
      3716 8007 3716 8009 3715 8014 3738 7999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 216DEG 16KT 3719 8002

RAB
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:57 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
457 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

NCZ001-018-022145-
WATAUGA NC-ASHE NC-
457 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
  ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BALDWIN...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
  STORM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
  THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TODD...
  LAUREL SPRINGS...
  GLENDALE SPRINGS...
  JEFFERSON...
  AND LANSING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3658 8151 3658 8136 3648 8132 3648 8131
      3643 8126 3640 8126 3636 8131 3637 8133
      3637 8136 3632 8136 3629 8142 3623 8149
      3631 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 211DEG 17KT 3634 8154

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKMontgomery61 min
Jul 2, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCity of Roanoke52 min
Jul 2, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKGrayson53 min
Jul 2, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKRockbridge64 min
Jul 2, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBath59 min
Jul 2, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, Rockbridge50 min
Jul 2, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBotetourt, Craig56 min
Jul 2, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBotetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington56 min
Jul 2, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKPatrick49 min
Jul 2, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKPatrick45 min
Jul 2, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPatrick63 min
Jul 2, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAshe45 min
Jul 2, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAshe48 min
Jul 2, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAshe39 min
Jul 2, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, Ashe43 min
Jul 2, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKMercer38 min
Jul 2, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKMercer43 min
Jul 2, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKMonroe62 min
Jul 2, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKMonroe41 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.