1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 1:20 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 220 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... EARLY AFTERNOON SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED A WEAK SURFACE RIDGE OVER TENNESSEE AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS WITH RIDGE ALOFT BUILDING SLOWLY EAST OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. LOWER ATMOSPHERE IS RUNNING ABOUT 1 DEGREE C. WARMER THAN YESTERDAY...AND CURRENT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 2 DEGREES F. WARMER THAN SAME TIME YESTERDAY. AN UNCAPPED SOUNDING ONCE AGAIN EXISTS OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA...WITH CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY IN THE 1500-2500 J/KG RANGE WITH NO CONVECTIVE INHIBITION. HOWEVER...LACK OF ANY FOCUSING MECHANISM...NO DYNAMIC SUPPORT...RELATIVELY DRY MID ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE...AND A WEAK SUBSIDENCE INVERSION CENTERED AROUND 12000 FEET IS LIMITING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO ISOLATED IN NATURE AND CONFINED MAINLY TO HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF BLUE RIDGE WHERE UPDRAFTS ARE MORE LOCALIZED AND SUSTAINED DUE TO OROGRAPHICS AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING. WITH NO OTHER SUPPORT AVAILABLE... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD RAPIDLY DISSIPATE AROUND SUNSET WITH LOSS OF SURFACE HEATING. WEATHER ON THURSDAY SHOULD BE NEARLY IDENTICAL TO WEATHER OF TODAY...WITH NO CHANGE IN AIRMASS AND NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE ADVECTION. ABUNDANT SUNSHINE SHOULD ASSURE THAT DAYTIME HIGHS ON THURSDAY EQUAL THOSE OF TODAY...WITH READINGS REACHING INTO THE LOWER-MID 90S ACROSS MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT...WITH UPPER 80S COMMON WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...TRENDING DOWN INTO THE MIDDLE 80S IN THE GREENBRIER VALLEY AND ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. TEMPERATURES IN MID 90S WITH DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 60S WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 100F...BUT SHY OF THE ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 105F...SO NO ADVISORIES EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WILL NEED TO PUSH DEW POINTS INTO THE 73 DEGREE RANGE WITH MID 90S SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO REALIZE ADVISORY CRITERIA. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... FOLLOWED HPC GRIDS WITH REGARD TO EXTENDED PERIOD. UPPER TROF APPROACHES BY FRIDAY. FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPS SOUTHWARD AND STALLS ACROSS REGION THIS WEEKEND. NAM AND GFS DIFFER ON EVOLUTION AND PLACEMENT OF THE FRONT. WENT CLOSE TO HPC TIMING WITH BOUNDARY WHICH WAS A LITTLE SLOWER. KEPT THE GENERAL IDEA OF SCATTERED CONVECTION FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER WEST VIRGINIA BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. MADE A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN TEMPERATURES DURING THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION... NO CHANGE IN AIRMASS OR FORECAST WEATHER FOR TAF SITES...WITH NEARLY IDENTICAL CONDITIONS THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS WHAT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED THE PAST 24 HOURS. WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL REMAIN OVER OR NEAR THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD...RESULTING IN VERY WEAK OR CALM SURFACE WINDS SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATCHY NIGHTTIME FOG IN LOW LYING AREAS. LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN OVER HIGHER TERRAIN...AND THEREFORE NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT ANY TAF SITE THROUGH TOMORROW. DEVELOPMENT OF FOG SHOULD RESTRICT SURFACE VISIBILITY TO 3-5 MILE RANGE AS EARLY AS 02Z AT LEWISBURG...DANVILLE...AND LYNCHBURG...TRENDING DOWN TO INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES AT SAME LOCATIONS IN 05-13Z TIMEFRAME. BRIEF RESTRICTION IN VISIBILITY EXPECTED AT ROANOKE AND BLUEFIELD AN HOUR EITHER SIDE OF SUNRISE THU. ALL LOCATIONS SHOULD SEE RAPID RETURN TO VISUAL FLIGHT RULES WITH NO VISIBILITY OR CEILING RESTRICTION BY/SHORTLY AFTER 1330Z THU. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && DW/KK/DW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 621 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-041030- ASHE-ALLEGHANY-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- 621 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
416 PM EDT WED AUG 03 2005
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0411 PM HAIL 2 SW VALLE CRUCIS 36.20N 81.81W
08/03/2005 1.75 INCH WATAUGA NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
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DSThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm produced damaging winds which downed trees at Mountain Lake during the evening of the 3rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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