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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 17, 2022Roanoke County, City of Roanoke, City of Salem, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2022, 3:06 PM EDT for Roanoke County, City of Roanoke, City of Salem, Virginia. It was in force for 22 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 17, 2022, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2022, 3:28 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

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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 17, 1:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 1:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
133 PM EDT Sun Jul 17 2022

.SYNOPSIS...
Low pressure will drift northeast into the Ohio Valley through tonight,
bringing a cold front closer to the region by late Monday.
Showers and thunderstorms are expected each day through Tuesday.
Warmer temperatures arrive for the second half of the week.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
As of 119 PM EDT Sunday...

Showers/storms firing up along/near the Blue Ridge this
afternoon where moisture convergence is higher. More organized
convection resides further west across the Ohio Valley close to
the front and shortwave. For the rest of the afternoon
anticipate the storms over the Blue Ridge area to drift
northeast with scattered storms moving into or developing across
the piedmont. Slow moving storms could produce localized
flooding as pwats are running from 1.3 to 1.7 inches.

The activity further west to make inroads toward our WV counties
by late afternoon/evening, but then weaken after 8 or 9pm.

Most of the night should be fairly quiet but cannot rule out a
few renegade showers/storms.

Better lift arrives Monday ahead of the front so will see an
uptick in coverage at least in the mountains. Cloud cover moving
into area earlier may curtail any severe threat but heavy
rainers likely. The cloud cover may also limit heating so highs
Monday could run several degrees cooler than today, with upper
70s to lower 80s, while the piedmont reaches the mid 80s to
around 90.

Forecast confidence is above average, except average on storm
coverage/location this afternoon.

&&

.SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
As of 110 PM EDT Sunday...

Scattered Storms Possible Into Midweek...

An upper trough will pivot east Monday night into Wednesday night.
An associated front will rotate east Monday into Wednesday. The
combination of lift and moisture created by southerly winds will
generate scattered showers and thunderstorms.

Showers and thunderstorms Monday afternoon will diminish heading
into Monday night with the loss of solar heating. Low temperatures
Monday night will range from the lower 60s in the mountains to
around 70 degrees in the Piedmont.  The front slowly moves south
Tuesday into Wednesday. Isolated to scattered showers and
thunderstorms are possible mainly in the southern portions of
Virginia and into portions of North Carolina. High temperatures
Tuesday will vary from the mid 70s in the mountains to around 90
degrees in Piedmont. Low temperatures night will be mild with
readings generally in the 60s. Stronger return flow and building
heights will warm highs Wednesday into the lower 80s in the
mountains to the mid 90s in Piedmont.

Moderate Confidence In The Short Term Forecast.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
As of 110 PM EDT Sunday...

Trough Slide East, Followed By Drier Air...

An upper trough remains over the area Thursday into Friday, then
begins to lift as a ridge of high pressure builds into the Southeast
next weekend. Dry air in the low levels is expected to result in
quieter weather from Friday into Saturday, before another shortwave
provides an opportunity for convection next weekend into early next
week.

Above normal temperatures return into early next week.

Moderate confidence in The Long Term Period.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
As of 115 PM EDT Sunday...

Thunderstorms along/near Blue Ridge will likely impact or will
be close to ROA/BCB til 23z. LYH/DAN may start to see potential
storms after 20z, with BLF-LWB in the 19-00z time frame. Mainly
VFR outside any storms.

Fog will be likely tonight where it rains though cloud cover may
limit this. Still kept LWB at VLIFR late tonight as previous taf
showed.

More coverage of storms tomorrow but for now left out of tafs as
much of this happens around or after the end of the taf valid
period.

Average confidence for ceiling, visibility, wind and the timing
of thunderstorms.

Extended Aviation Discussion...

A cold front Monday will bring good coverage of storms in the
afternoon into evening. Anticipate more sub-VFR after 18z
Monday at least to the west of the Blue Ridge.

Coverage will lessen during Tuesday with mainly VFR

Wednesday will be dry and VFR.

Another cold front will arrive by Thursday to enhance the
coverage of storms. Any terminals that receive rainfall during
this time could also experience patchy fog in the early
mornings.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...AMS/WP
NEAR TERM...AMS/WP
SHORT TERM...KK
LONG TERM...KK
AVIATION...AMS/WP
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 5:18 AM EDT, 9 hours 48 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
518 AM EDT Sun Jul 17 2022

NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-WVZ042>044-
507-508-180930-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-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-Mercer-Summers-
Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-
518 AM EDT Sun Jul 17 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
northwest North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia,
southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West
Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon through
late this evening. The primary threat is damaging wind.

In addition, storms will contain heavy rainfall rates that may result
in localized flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

The threat for afternoon and evening thunderstorms continues on Monday.
Any of the stronger storms may produce heavy rainfall rates that may
result in localized flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ004>006-020-VAZ058-059-180930-
Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Yadkin-Halifax-Charlotte-
518 AM EDT Sun Jul 17 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
northwest North Carolina and south central Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKPatrick27 min
Jul 16, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKPatrick24 min
Jul 17, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKGrayson, City of Galax33 min
Jul 17, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKFranklin40 min
Jul 17, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKPulaski35 min
Jul 17, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBotetourt44 min
Jul 17, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCity of Radford50 min
Jul 17, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGiles, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford46 min
Jul 17, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKPatrick40 min
Jul 17, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBotetourt, City of Buena Vista46 min
Jul 17, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKMontgomery, Roanoke51 min
Jul 17, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCarroll, City of Galax47 min
Jul 17, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBedford50 min
Jul 17, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCraig, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem29 min
Jul 17, 3:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKCarroll115 min
Jul 17, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBotetourt30 min
Jul 17, 4:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKBedford, Botetourt, Roanoke2 hr
Jul 17, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKPittsylvania25 min
Jul 17, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKPatrick25 min
Jul 17, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKPittsylvania30 min
Jul 17, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCampbell27 min
Jul 17, 5:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKCampbell, Pittsylvania100 min
Jul 16, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKYadkin29 min
Jul 17, 12:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKYadkin28 min
Jul 17, 12:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKYadkin30 min
Jul 17, 1:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKWatauga, Wilkes112 min
Jul 17, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAlleghany, Surry, Wilkes42 min
Jul 17, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKSurry, Wilkes42 min
Jul 17, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCaswell40 min
Jul 17, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWilkes35 min
Jul 17, 4:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKYadkin102 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.