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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Blacksburg, VA
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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
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
RABSpecial 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
RABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery | 61 min |
| Jul 2, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockbridge | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Rockbridge | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt, Craig | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 41 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.