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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 30, 20155 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2015, 11:49 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 56 min. 3 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 30, 2015, 11:49 PM EDT (03:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2015, 12:45 AM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Campbell County, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 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 30, 11:49 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ssw Forest, VA	DOT REPORTS A TREE DOWN ALONG ROUTE 709 SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF FOREST IN BEDFORD COUNTY, VA.
Jun 30, 11:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Huddleston, VA	911 CALL CENTER REPORTS A TREE DOWN WITHIN THE CITY OF HUDDLESTON, VA.
Jun 30, 11:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Huddleston, VA	DOT REPORTS A TREE DOWN NORTHEAST OF HUDDLESTON VA ALONG SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE PARKWAY IN BEDFORD, VA.

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 0 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 nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 28 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: 476 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

640 
WUUS51 KRNK 010349
SVRRNK
VAC009-011-019-031-680-010445-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0085.150701T0349Z-150701T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1149 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  EASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 1148 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR GLASGOW TO GOODE TO NEAR SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE
  STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LYNCHBURG...
  ALTAVISTA...
  AMHERST...
  APPOMATTOX...
  AND HURT. 

THIS INCLUDES LIBERTY UNIVERSITY AND LYNCHBURG AIRPORT.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FOR YOUR
SAFETY...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...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 3709 7920 3713 7925 3710 7930 3714 7934
      3706 7941 3706 7949 3702 7946 3704 7958
      3706 7960 3733 7943 3761 7946 3766 7935
      3775 7930 3780 7912 3778 7907 3772 7907
      3768 7897 3755 7890 3754 7881 3720 7881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 242DEG 34KT 3767 7939 3736 7936 3706 7955 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JH

1 follow-up statement

839 
WWUS51 KRNK 010412
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1212 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

VAC009-011-019-031-680-010445-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-150701T0445Z/
APPOMATTOX VA-AMHERST VA-CAMPBELL VA-CITY OF LYNCHBURG VA-BEDFORD VA-
1212 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT 
FOR WESTERN APPOMATTOX...EASTERN AMHERST...CENTRAL CAMPBELL AND EAST 
CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG...

AT 1211 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOWESVILLE TO NEAR FALCONERVILLE TO RUSTBURG TO
NEAR LEESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYNCHBURG...
AMHERST...
APPOMATTOX...
RUSTBURG...
AND CLIFFORD. 

THIS INCLUDES LIBERTY UNIVERSITY AND LYNCHBURG AIRPORT.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...AS WELL AS DEADLY CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...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 3718 7940 3729 7938 3743 7916 3759 7911
      3776 7917 3778 7907 3772 7907 3768 7897
      3755 7890 3754 7881 3720 7881 3716 7930
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 244DEG 38KT 3777 7913 3752 7904 3727 7911 3718
7935

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MBS

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 30, 9:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 9:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
911 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SERIES
OF LOWS WILL TRACK ALONG THE FRONT THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 900 PM EDT TUESDAY...

CONVECTION HAS BEEN ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CWA THIS EVENING WITH
ONE MAIN AREA OVER THE NW DRIVEN BY AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY DIVING SE
FROM THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY...AND THE OTHER OVER THE SE WITH A
IMPULSE ALOFT PASSING TO THE SOUTH. THESE BANDS TO THE NW REMAIN
THE MAIN CONCERN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS GIVEN LINGERING
INSTABILITY OF OVER 1K J/KG ESPCLY IN AREAS CLOSER TO THE BLUE
RIDGE WHERE THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN WORKED OVER YET. ALSO EVENING
RNK SOUNDING QUITE UNSTABLE WITHOUT ANY CAPPING SO STILL SOME
OPPORTUNITY FOR STORMS TO DEVELOP OUT INTO THE NEW/ROA VALLEYS IN
THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE LOSS OF HEATING CAUSES THINGS TO FINALLY
FADE. HOWEVER GIVEN TRENDS OF MOST CELLS STAYING BELOW SEVERE
CRITERIA...WENT AHEAD AND LET SEVERE WATCH 377 EXPIRE WITH MOSTLY
ONLY ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT OR SO
ESPCLY NORTH AND WEST. DID BUMP UP POPS TO GO WITH MORE COVERAGE
UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN THE LATEST HRRR SHOWS THE
MAJORITY FADING. OTRW FEW ADDED CHANGES WITH LOWS MOSTLY IN THE
60S AND SOME PATCHY FOG AROUND WHERE RAIN HAS OCCURRED AND MORE
CLEARING TAKES SHAPE LATE.

UPPER FLOW WILL TURN MORE WESTERLY WEDNESDAY WITH FOCUS FOR STORMS
SWINGING FURTHER SOUTHWEST...AND WEST FROM WESTERN KY INTO THE
SMOKYS. HIGHEST POPS WILL BE IN THE SW VA/NW NC MTNS GIVEN THIS.
MARGINAL RISK OF SVR REMAINS AROUND AND SOUTHWEST OF THIS AREA
TOMORROW. WE SHOULD SEE MORE SUNSHINE AND RISING TEMPS ESPECIALLY IN
THE PIEDMONT WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S/LOWER 90S. THE MOUNTAINS
WILL BE WARM WITH INCREASING CLOUDS THEN SCATTERED STORMS...WITH
LOWER 80S EXPECTED.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 300 PM EDT TUESDAY

A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
U.S. THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD KEEPING AN UNSETTLED WEATHER
PATTERN IN PLACE. MODELS DIFFER ON THE TIMING OF SHORTWAVES MOVING
THROUGH THE UPPER TROF...BUT THERE IS CONSENSUS THAT ONE OF THE
STRONGER WAVES MOVES OVER OUR AREA ON THURSDAY PROVIDING THE BEST
CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD AND ORGANIZED PRECIPITATION. OUR AREA ALSO
FALLS UNDER THE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF A DEPARTING UPPER LEVEL JET IN
NEW ENGLAND.

WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS ON THURSDAY MAY KEEP INSTABILITY DOWN...WITH
MODELS SHOWING HIGHEST CAPES IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE CWA
WHERE MORE SUN IS EXPECTED. MODELS HAVE BEEN TRENDING SLOWER WITH
THIS SYSTEM...AND AS A RESULT...LOWERED POPS IN THE EAST.
HOWEVER...THIS MAY ALLOW FOR MORE HEATING IN THE SOUTH AND EAST
RESULTING IN A BETTER CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER.  HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO
POSSIBLE...AS PWATS SOAR TO 1.5 TO 2.0" BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WILL
CONTINUE TO MENTION THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED SEVERE
WEATHER IN THE HWO.

IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...THE SFC BOUNDARY IS PUSHED SOUTH INTO
NC ON FRIDAY LEAVING US WITH A EAST/SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW. AS A
RESULT...DROPPED HIGHS ON FRIDAY AND KEPT HIGHEST POPS IN THE FAR
WEST AND FAR SOUTH CLOSEST TO THE PROJECTED LOCATION OF THE LOW
LEVEL BOUNDARY.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 300 PM EDT TUESDAY

THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD...THE GFS AND ECMWF KEEP THE EASTERN
U.S. UNDER AN UPPER TROF THAT FLATTENS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. A SERIES
OF SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS TROF THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...KEEPING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH THE
PERIOD...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE WEST CLOSEST TO THE BEST UPPER
LEVEL SUPPORT.

THE GFS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE CANADIAN MODELS ARE STRONGER AND
DEEPER WITH AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHILE THE ECMWF
IS MORE OPEN AND PROGRESSIVE. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS WILL LIKELY BE
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THESE SOLUTIONS....BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT OUR
REGION WILL REMAIN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE UPPER TROF AXIS...KEEPING
UNSETTLED WEATHER IN PLACE THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD.

TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /01Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 705 PM EDT TUESDAY...

DEEPER CONVECTION REMAINS ALONG THE PERIMETER THIS EVENING WITH AN
IMPULSE PASSING JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA AND UPSTREAM OUTFLOW
DRIVEN BROKEN BANDS SLIDING IN FROM THE WEST. THUS WILL NEED TO
INIT WITH EITHER VCTS/VCSH OVER THE SE WEST VA SITES WITH TEMPO
GROUPS FOR GUSTY WINDS AND MVFR VSBYS UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.
ALSO MAY NEED TO INCLUDE A MENTION AT KDAN FOR CURRENT PASSING
ISOLATED COVERAGE. OTRW RUNNING WITHOUT MUCH CONVECTION OTHER THAN
FOR A BRIEF VCSH INCLUSION ELSW INTO THE EVENING.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT THE ACTIVITY WINDS DOWN. WE WILL SEE
SOME FOG AND LOWER CIGS WORK INTO THE MTNS AFTER 06Z...SO KEPT THE
PREVIOUS FORECAST AND TRIED TO TOUCH ON MORE FOG AT KLWB AND KDAN
WHERE SOME RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. IF KLWB DOES SEE HEAVY
RAINFALL...THEN COULD SEE A PERIOD OF IFR/LIFR IN DENSE FOG THERE.

AS WE HEAD THROUGH WED MORNING WE SCATTER OUT WITH VFR EXPECTED.
TSRA WILL BE MORE WIDELY SCATTERED WEDNESDAY WITH FOCUS SHIFTING
SOUTHWEST. BEST THREAT FOR STORMS WILL LIE FROM KBLF-KBCB AND
SOUTHWEST INTO TN.

EXTENDED AVIATION DISCUSSION...

THE REGION WILL BE IN A GENERAL NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN THROUGH
SATURDAY. WHILE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS CANNOT BE
RULE OUT ANY OF THESE DAYS...THE BEST POTENTIAL WILL BE ON
THURSDAY...THEN AGAIN LATER FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY A THIRD
POTENTIAL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ON SATURDAY AS SEPARATE SHORTWAVE
TROUGHS PROGRESS TROUGH THE NORTHWEST FLOW.

VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE AREA MUCH OF THE
TIME. THE EXCEPTIONS WILL COME AS TEMPORARY DECREASES WITHIN ANY
HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS...AND THEN LATE AT NIGHT AND
EARLY MORNING DUE TO RIVER OR MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG...ESPECIALLY IN
AREAS THAT RECEIVED PRECIPITATION THE DAY BEFORE.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...WP
NEAR TERM...JH/WP
SHORT TERM...PH
LONG TERM...PH
AVIATION...AMS/JH/WP

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 10:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1028 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>044-507-508-020230-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-
MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-
BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER-
WESTERN GREENBRIER-
1028 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WHICH MAY PRODUCE
LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-020230-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-
HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
1028 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 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.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1023 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

VAZ034-045-010330-
BEDFORD-CAMPBELL-
1023 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMD WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CAMPBELL...CITY OF
LYNCHBURG AND CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTIES...

AT 1023 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMD WERES NEAR HUDDLESTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
CLUSTERS OF STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYNCHBURG...
BEDFORD...
RUSTBURG...
BIG ISLAND...
AND HUDDLESTON.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY...THE NATIONAL D DAY MEMORIAL...AND LYNCHBURG
AIRPORT.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3711 7945 3735 7968 3755 7947 3757 7944
      3761 7941 3759 7938 3751 7934 3751 7926
      3749 7926 3751 7922 3748 7921 3747 7919
      3741 7911 3739 7906 3742 7907 3742 7906
      3737 7898 3733 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 236DEG 25KT 3724 7944

JH

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1031 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

VAZ032-033-043-044-010315-
HENRY-PATRICK-PITTSYLVANIA-FRANKLIN-
1031 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT
NORTHEASTERN PATRICK...NORTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA...SOUTHEASTERN
FRANKLIN AND NORTHERN HENRY COUNTIES...

AT 1031 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR FAIRY STONE STATE
PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENHOOK...
CALLANDS...
SYDNORSVILLE...
BASSETT...
AND FIELDALE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3680 8023 3709 7961 3708 7961 3708 7962
      3706 7959 3705 7960 3703 7956 3704 7955
      3705 7955 3684 7948 3664 8014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 245DEG 31KT 3676 8010

JH

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1048 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

VAZ035-045>047-010345-
BUCKINGHAM-APPOMATTOX-AMHERST-CAMPBELL-
1048 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN
APPOMATTOX...SOUTHEASTERN AMHERST...NORTHWESTERN BUCKINGHAM AND
NORTHEASTERN CAMPBELL COUNTIES...

AT 1046 PM EDT...CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER
AMHERST AND APPOMATTOX COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. ANOTHER INCH OR MORE OF RAIN COULD ALSO OCCUR FROM SOUTHERN
AMHERST INTO NORTHERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYNCHBURG...
AMHERST...
CLIFFORD...
CONCORD...
AND BENT CREEK.

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 WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3731 7894 3747 7921 3747 7919 3751 7922
      3749 7926 3751 7926 3751 7929 3770 7899
      3755 7890 3754 7883 3763 7882 3764 7872
      3770 7869 3768 7866 3768 7864 3771 7865
      3776 7861 3776 7851 3780 7849 3771 7841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 238DEG 24KT 3756 7904

JH

Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:50 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1050 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

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

1017 PM     HAIL             5 WNW CHRISTIANSBURG    37.16N 80.49W
06/30/2015  E0.88 INCH       MONTGOMERY         VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL ON SWITCHBACK ROAD

&&

PW

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:18 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1118 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

VAZ033-044-058-010415-
HALIFAX-PITTSYLVANIA-FRANKLIN-
1118 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PITTSYLVANIA...EAST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND NORTHWESTERN HALIFAX COUNTIES...

AT 1117 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SONTAG TO
SAGO...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALTAVISTA...
HURT...
GRETNA...
MT AIRY...
AND PENHOOK.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3684 7958 3693 7983 3704 7953 3701 7948
      3702 7946 3706 7949 3706 7941 3709 7940
      3712 7932 3709 7920 3705 7919 3707 7918
      3707 7915 3700 7892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 251DEG 27KT 3692 7975 3688 7960

MBS

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:37 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1137 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

VAZ033-034-045-010400-
BEDFORD-CAMPBELL-FRANKLIN-
1137 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL
FRANKLIN...WEST CENTRAL CAMPBELL AND SOUTHEASTERN BEDFORD COUNTIES...

AT 1136 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
BEDFORD TO SOUTHERN SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVINGTON...
HUDDLESTON...
PENHOOK...
NORTH SHORE...
AND UNION HALL.

LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3714 7934 3712 7935 3712 7938 3711 7937
      3709 7940 3707 7941 3706 7945 3706 7949
      3704 7948 3703 7951 3705 7954 3703 7956
      3704 7959 3700 7960 3696 7973 3730 7953
      3732 7922
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 256DEG 29KT 3729 7948 3703 7964

MBS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	27 min
Jun 30, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Lexington	26 min
Jun 30, 9:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	25 min
Jun 30, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	23 min
Jun 30, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	32 min
Jun 30, 9:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	27 min
Jun 30, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham	62 min
Jun 30, 10:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	60 min
Jun 30, 10:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke and 3 more	53 min
Jun 30, 10:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford, City of Lynchburg	67 min
Jun 30, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	44 min
Jun 30, 10:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	57 min
Jun 30, 11:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista	48 min
Jun 30, 11:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	57 min
Jun 30, 11:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	23 min
Jun 30, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	38 min
Jul 1, 12:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	52 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.