Thunderstorm Wind, Yadkin
- When
- July 27, 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Yadkin County, Courtney
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.067, -80.633
Damaging thunderstorm winds downed trees in the area around Courtney.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Damaging thunderstorm winds downed trees in the area around Courtney.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 27, 6:52 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 752 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 .UPDATE (REST OF TONIGHT)... DID QUICK UPDATE AROUND 7PM MAINLY TO REMOVE HEAT ADVISORY HEADLINES...BUT ADJUSTED SOME OVERNIGHT POPS A BIT AS WELL. WILL LIKELY NEED ANOTHER UPDATE LATER THIS EVENING AS CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DIMINISH...WHICH IS EXPECTED. && .AVIATION... LEFT A FEW MORE HOURS OF SHWR AND TSTM ACTIVITY IN THE FAR EAST...SHWRS MAINLY AT BLF...BUT AS FRONT APPROACHES STILL A SLIM CHC OF SOME THUNDER UP AT LWB UNTIL LATE THIS EVE. MVFR TO IFR VSBYS WITH SOME FOG SINCE MOST LOCATIONS SEEING EARLY EVENING RAIN. NOT EXPECTING MUCH CLEARING OF MID DECK SO DONT EXPECT DENSE FOG...EXCEPT AT BLF AND LWB. FRONT HANGING UP JUST TO OUR WEST FOR THURS...SO CAN EXPECT A REPEAT OF CONVECTION...LIKELY AN EARLIER START THOUGH. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 255 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005) SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... LAST DAY OF SIGNIFICANT HEAT TODAY AS UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION. BAND OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS FORMING ALONG THE FRONT JUST TO OUR WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BULK OF TSTMS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ON THE WESTERN SLOPES LATER THIS EVENING AND DEVELOP IN SHARPENING LEE TROF JUST EAST OF THE FCST AREA. THIS LEE TROF WILL REMAIN STATIONARY TO OUR SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND BE A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE REGIONS WX AS WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE BRING PERIODS OF RAIN ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF THE BOUNDARY THROUGH MONDAY. LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... BEST CHCS OF RAIN AT THIS TIME APPEAR TO BE LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS FIRST SIGNIFICANT WAVE RIDES UP THE FRONT. FRONT AND BEST SPPT FOR RAIN GETS SUPRESSED TO THE SOUTH BEHIND THE WAVE FRI NGT AND SATURDAY...THEN SECOND WAVE SLATED FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY BRING RAIN BACK INTO THE NW PORTION OF THE FCST AREA. MOST OF THE FCST AREA WILL REMAIN IN COOL...STABLE THRU THE WEEKEND. FAR SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FCST AREA WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO SEE CONVECTION AND HEAVIER RAIN. THIS LAST WAVE WILL EXIT EARLY IN THE WEEK USHERING IN DRIER AIR AND MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME CHCS OF TSTMS INTO MIDWEEK. CHCS OF RAIN WILL DEPEND HIGHLY ON THE MEANDERINGS OF THE FRONT AND HOW MUCH THE WAVES WILL AFFECT ITS MOVEMENT. BUT AT THIS TIME IT LKS LIKE AREA EAST OF THE MTNS COULD RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAIN FOR THE NEXT 4-5 DAYS. AVIATION... SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM CENTRAL TENNESSEE NORTHEAST THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA AND INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. BY THE LATE AFTERNOON...THIS BROKEN LINE OF STORMS SHOULD REACH SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. A LEE TROUGH WAS STILL OVER THE PIEMONTS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. CONVECTION ALONG THAT FEATURE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING IS ALSO EXPECTED. AS THE FRONT SETTLES OVER OUR REGION TONIGHT...MVFR CEILINGS WILL ENTER INTO REGION WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE ALONG WITH MVFR LIGHT FOG. DURING THE DAY THURSDAY CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO REFIRE ALONG THE STALLED FRONT BY MID- DAY. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && 02/02
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 333 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 NCZ004>006-020-VAZ022-032>035-043>047-058-059-280745- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-ROANOKE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- 333 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN CLIMB WELL INTO THE 90S WITH SOME SPOTS TOPPING 100 DEGREES. THIS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING INTO EARLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NCZ003-019-VAZ023-024-280745- SURRY-WILKES-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- 333 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICES TO RISE TO AROUND 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-280745- ASHE-ALLEGHANY-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- 333 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN CAUSE HEAT INDICES TO RISE TO BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 745 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 VAZ033-034-043>047-280045- APPOMATTOX-BEDFORD-BUCKINGHAM-CAMPBELL-FRANKLIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- 745 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THROUGH 900 PM... FROM THE PIEDMONT...WEST TOWARD THE FOOTHILLS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS EAST OF HIGHWAY 29 BETWEEN LYNCHBURG AND ALTAVISTA. TOWNS THAT CAN EXPECT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH INCLUDE...APPOMATTOX...SPRING MILLS AND BROOKNEAL. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SECTIONS OF HENRY COUNTY... INCLUDING COLLINSVILLE...FIELDALE AND FIGSBORO. STAY INDOORS IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. ALSO STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 05
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
843 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0810 PM TSTM WND DMG BROOKNEAL 37.05N 78.97W
07/27/2005 CAMPBELL VA COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
&&
JWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
844 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG PENHOOK 36.98N 79.63W
07/27/2005 FRANKLIN VA COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
&&
JWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
845 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM TSTM WND DMG PITTSVILLE 36.98N 79.47W
07/27/2005 PITTSYLVANIA VA COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
&&
JWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
854 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W BASTIAN 37.15N 81.24W
07/27/2005 BLAND VA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN ON GRAPEFIELD ROAD NEAR GOLF COURSE
&&
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</html>The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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