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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood watch at Jun 26, 2015, 11:51 PM EDT for 25 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2015, 11:51 PM EDT (03:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Flood severity
- None
All 31 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 26, 8:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 8:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 831 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 .SYNOPSIS... A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...TRIGGERING INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND UNSEASONABLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 830 PM EDT FRIDAY... FORECAST AREA REMAINS IN VOID BETWEEN STORMS TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST. WW363 IS IN EFFECT FOR FAR WESTERN VA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN WV IN ANTICIPATION OF ARRIVAL OF MCS LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HRRR INDICATES ARRIVAL AROUND MIDNIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS STALLED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THIS FEATURE WILL PROVIDE AS A FOCUSSING MECHANISM FOR SHOWERS/STORMS TO FOLLOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT. ENHANCEMENT OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA IS EXPECTED DURING THE LATE NIGHT AS EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW INCREASES AFTER MIDNIGHT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LIFT AND CONCENTRATION OF DEEPER MOISTURE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. FRONT OVER THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT SATURDAY...ALLOWING WINDS TO SHIFT SOUTHWESTERLY AREAWIDE. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE A BREAK IN THE RAINFALL THREAT FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE SUPPORTING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PUSHES A BKN-SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS OUR AREA FROM THE WEST. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN... FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND FURTHER WEST AND NORTH WITH THE BRUNT OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW...KEEPING IT MORE CONFINED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. WHILE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN A FEW FLOODING ISSUES ACROSS OUR AREA...BELIEVE WE WILL NOT SEE ENOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN TO SUPPORT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. THAT SAID...WITH INCREASING EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW LATE TONIGHT...WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR LOCALIZEDFLASH FLOODING DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM CELLS TO BECOME ANCHORED NEAR CREST OF BLUE RIDGE WHERE UPSLOPE FLOW WILL BE THE GREATEST. CONFIDENCE IS JUST NOT GREAT ENOUGH ATTM TO PINPOINT EXACT LOCATION WHERE THE ANCHORING WILL OCCUR. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 250 PM EDT FRIDAY... THE BIG STORY DURING THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST WILL BE THE WINTERISH GRADIENT WINDS WE WILL EXPERIENCE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT...FOLLOWED BY MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS. THE PARENT UPPER LOW WILL MAKE ITS WAY SLOWLY EASTWARD SATURDAY NIGHT FROM THE THUMB OF MICHIGAN TO NEAR ERIE PA. THE 850 MB FLOW AROUND THE LOW IS PROGGED TO PEAK IN THE 40 TO 50 KT RANGE AROUND 12Z SUNDAY. MOST AREAS IN THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS THE REGION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT TROUGH AT LEAST MID-DAY SUNDAY WILL SEE WIND GUSTS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...WITH THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS EXPERIENCING GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH 850 MB WINDS PROGGED TO DECREASE TO AROUND 15 TO 20 KTS BY SUNSET SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL BE CONFINED TO TWO MAIN AREAS. THERE WILL BE LINGERING SHOWERS AND SOME STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE AREA COINCIDENT TO AND BEHIND THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT. THE LAST FEW SHOWERS IN THIS PART OF THE FORECAST AREA MAY LINGER UNTIL 200 AM TO 500 AM SUNDAY MORNING. THE OTHER AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED UPSLOPE SHOWERS ACROSS THE PREFERRED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. COVERAGE WILL DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON SUNDAY AS THE WIND SPEEDS SLACKEN. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND COOLER SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 50S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 70 TO THE LOWER 70S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. DRY AND COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY NIGHT. EXPECT NO PRECIPITATION WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID 50S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH UPPER 50S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. WHILE NO RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST...A FEW LOCATIONS WILL FALL TO READINGS WITHIN FIVE DEGREES OF RECORD LOWS. SEE THE CLIMATE SECTION OF THIS DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS. ON MONDAY...THE CENTER OF THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD IN ADVANCE OF OUR NEXT GREAT LAKES SHORTWAVE TROUGH. EXPECT A RETURN OF A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT OF THE LOW LEVEL WINDS AND INCREASING DEW POINTS AND TEMPERATURES. WHILE NO PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST FOR THE MORNING...SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE 5 TO 7 DEGREES MILDER THAN THOSE OF SUNDAY. ANTICIPATE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 IN THE MOUNTAINS AND LOW TO MID 80S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. ON MONDAY NIGHT...THE TROUGH AXIS OF THE GREAT LAKES SYSTEM WILL START PROGRESSING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. LOOK FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA. STILL LITTLE OR NO COVERAGE IS ANTICIPATED FOR AREAS EAST OF THE CREST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S TO AROUND 60 ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO THE LOWER 60S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 320 PM EDT FRIDAY... THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST PERIOD IS EXPECTED TO BE ONE WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE AREA EACH DAY AND NIGHT. THE AXIS OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER...OR JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA...AND TAKE ON A NW-SE ORIENTATION. THROUGH FRIDAY...LITTLE MOVEMENT OF THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL WAVES OF ENERGY MOVING SOUTHEAST ALONG THIS FEATURE WILL BE THE SOURCE OF THE FORECAST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SOME STORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND MID TO UPPER 80S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL MAINLY BE IN THE LOWER 60S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND UPPER 60S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. && .AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 800 PM EDT FRIDAY... VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS DEEP CONVECTION FROM THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS CROSSES THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE OVERNIGHT. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH ON EXACT TIMING OF TSRA...THUS LEAVING OUT OF TAFS ATTM. MORE CONFIDENT ON INCREASING CLOUDS AND INCREASING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS WITH POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CIGS PER INCREASING UPSLOPE EASTERLY FLOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT. MODELS HINT THAT CIGS COULD DROP TO IFR AFTER 06Z/2AM...BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCREASING COVERAGE OF RAIN COOLED AIR BEFORE FORECASTING THE LOW CIGS. PRIMARY CONCERN SATURDAY IS STRONG FRONTAL PASSAGE WHICH IS FORECAST BY ALL MODELS TO OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH 40-50KT WESTERLY WINDS 3KFT AGL DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT. ANTICIPATING BKN LINE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY PARTIAL CLEARING SATURDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE DAY SUNDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. EXPECT MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE SPREADING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE WITH POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS MONDAY EVENING/OVERNIGHT. TIMING OF SHOWERS WITH THIS FRONT A BIT UNCERTAIN BUT COULD SEE PERIODS OF MVFR MONDAY NIGHT AND MAINLY ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES TUESDAY...OTHERWISE VFR ACROSS THE EAST. && .CLIMATE... AS OF 300 PM EDT FRIDAY... JUNE 29TH RECORD LOWS BLACKSBURG...42 IN 1974 BLUEFIELD....52 IN 1970 DANVILLE.....54 IN 1968 LEWISBURG....49 IN 1981 LYNCHBURG....51 IN 1970 ROANOKE......44 IN 1919 && .EQUIPMENT... THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN LYNCHBURG...BROADCASTING ON A FREQUENCY OF 162.550 MHZ...IS OPERATING ON THE SECONDARY TRANSMITTER. TECHNICIANS CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE ISSUE AND HAVE ADVISED THAT BOTH TRANSMITTERS WONT BE FULLY OPERATIONAL UNTIL AT LEAST SUNDAY. THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN HINTON WV...BROADCASTING ON A FREQUENCY OF 162.425 MHZ...IS OFF THE AIR DUE TO A TELCO PROBLEM. THIRD PARTY TECHNICIANS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE COMMUNICATION ISSUE. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NF NEAR TERM...NF/PM SHORT TERM...DS LONG TERM...DS/WP AVIATION...PM CLIMATE... EQUIPMENT...PM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 6:26 PM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 626 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 NCZ001-002-018-019-VAZ010>020-022>024-WVZ042>044-507-508-272230- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-WILKES-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- 626 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT AS A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MAINLY DAMAGING WINDS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO OCCUR WHERE CELLS TRAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL BANDS OF STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ON SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 40 OR 45 MPH WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ007-009-272230- TAZEWELL-SMYTH- 626 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 363 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...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. THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO OCCUR WHERE STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL BANDS OF STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ON SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 40 OR 45 MPH WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ003>006-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-272230- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- 626 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 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...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH HAIL. PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1113 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>017-022-032-033-043-044-058-WVZ042- 270700- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- HALIFAX-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...ROANOKE...SALEM...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT... MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP 1113 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND PERIODS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PULLING OUT OF THE REGION TO THE NORTH AROUND 200 AM SATURDAY MORNING. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLOODING ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE...AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VAZ018>020-023-024-034-035-045>047-059-WVZ043-044-507-508-270700- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-CHARLOTTE-SUMMERS-MONROE- EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... BEDFORD...AMHERST...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...KEYSVILLE...HINTON... HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...ALDERSON... QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1113 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...AND THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS AND PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND PERIODS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PULLING OUT OF THE REGION TO THE NORTH AROUND 400 AM SATURDAY MORNING. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLOODING ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE...AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MBS
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1140 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015
VAZ020-270430-
BATH-
1140 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BATH COUNTY...
AT 1139 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BURNSVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURNSVILLE...
AND YOST.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE
15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A
BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3822 7971 3820 7956 3818 7951 3817 7952
3815 7953 3817 7949 3816 7944 3810 7949
3808 7948 3805 7952 3820 7984 3826 7979
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 296DEG 18KT 3821 7973
MBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Wythe | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 10:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 10:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 11:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles, Pulaski, City of Radford | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 12:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania and 2 more | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 2:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington | 67 min |
| Jun 27, 2:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 2:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Covington, City of Roanoke and 1 more | 21 min |
| Jun 27, 3:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 4 more | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 5:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bath | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bath | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Halifax | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 57 min |
| Jun 27, 3:24 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 19 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, City of Galax | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson, Wythe, City of Galax | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Danville | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Patrick | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, City of Buena Vista, City of Lynchburg, City of Roanoke | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 6:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Henry, Patrick | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 91 min |
| Jun 27, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 7:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 89 min |
| Jun 27, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 6:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 12:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 1:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 57 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.