1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 May 14, 2:12 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 312 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... SATURDAY AFTN-SUNDAY NIGHT... RESIDUAL COLD POOL AND CONVERGENCE ZONE ACROSS THE NRV AND NW NC MTNS PRODUCING A LINE OF TSRA THIS AFTN. THESE TSRA ARE TRAINING OVER A SMALL AREA AND COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. ALL THIS ACTIVITY WILL DIE DOWN AROUND SUNRISE...HOWEVER...MORE TSRA WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS PREFRONTAL AND COLD FRONT WORKS ITS WAY THRU THE REGION. MODERATE CAPES AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE TONIGHT TO PRODUCE SEVERE WX AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. HIGHEST THREAT TONIGHT WILL LIKELY BE STRONG WINDS BUT HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AREAL COVERAGE OF SVR WX THIS EVENING WILL BE NW NC MTNS...THE MTN EMPIRE AND SE WV. THIS ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT TO THE NRV...VA HIGHLANDS AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THE FOOTHILLS OF NC/VA TOWARDS SUNRISE. THE COLD FRONT WILL ALSO MOVE THRU HALF OF THE CWA TONIGHT AND SLOW ITS EASTWARD MOVEMENT TOWARDS SUNRISE. THE COLD FRONT WILL THEN BE ON THE MOVE AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING ONCE A S/WV ROUNDS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN THE OH VALLEY. ON SUNDAY...SVR WX POTENTIAL FOR EASTERN CWA (LYH-DAN) WILL LIKELY HAPPEN IN THE AFTN. DURING SUNDAY EVENING...S/WV PIVOTS THRU N VA PUSHING THE FRONT TO THE EAST COAST AND ENDING ALL PCPN FOR THE AREA. DEW POINT FRONT LAGGING BEHIND WITH DRIER AIR NOT EXPECTED UNDER LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... MONDAY-TUESDAY... HIGH PRESSURE TO MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FROM THE WEST. A WEAK DRY WEDGE OF COOLER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. NORTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP TEMPS AROUND 5F BELOW NORMAL DURING THIS TIME. DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF CLOUDS AND WIND...SCT FROST IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GRB VALLEY AND VA HIGHLANDS TUE MORNING. WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY... A WARM FRONT IS SCHEDULED TO MOVE THRU THE REGION ON WED WHILE SFC HI MOVES OFF THE MID ATL COAST. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL MOVE FROM THE TN/OH VALLEY AND ALONG THE EAST COAST ON THU. THIS WARM FRONT AND RIDGE WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO RETURN TO NORMAL ON WED AND ABOVE NORMAL ON THU. THU AFTN...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH SE WV...MOVE THRU THE AREA THU NIGHT...AND TO THE EAST COAST BY FRI MORNING. MODELS MORE CONSISTENT THIS RUN SO WILL INCREASE POPS. FRIDAY-SATURDAY... UNCERTAINITY INCREASING THIS WEEKEND AS 00Z GFS KEEPS CUT OFF LOW OVER S CAN/NE USA. 12Z GFS HAS THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW TRACKING SE THRU THE OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY AND OFF THE VA/NC COAST ON SATURDAY. EITHER SCENARIO WILL BRING TEMPS BELOW NORMAL. HOWEVER...POSITION/TRACK OF THIS LOW WILL DETERMINE IF PCPN FALLS OR NOT. WILL KEEP LOW CHC POPS IN DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && JJ/RCS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 618 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>045- 151030- ASHE-ALLEGHANY-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES- WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 618 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FROM ROUGHLY MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STRAIGHT LINE DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE CONCERN...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING SECONDARY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO ASSESS ANY SEVERE POTENTIAL AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. ALSO...RAINFALL REPORTS THROUGH THE NIGHT WILL ALSO BE VERY USEFUL. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-151030- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 618 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STRAIGHT LINE DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE CONCERN...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING SECONDARY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY IN THE MORNING. STRAIGHT LINE DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE CONCERN...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING SECONDARY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO ASSESS ANY SEVERE POTENTIAL AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. ALSO...RAINFALL REPORTS THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL ALSO BE VERY USEFUL.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1211 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>045-142100- ALLEGHANY NC-ALLEGHANY VA-AMHERST-ASHE-BATH-BEDFORD-BLAND-BOTETOURT- CARROLL-CRAIG-FLOYD-FRANKLIN-GILES-GRAYSON-GREENBRIER-MERCER-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-PATRICK-PULASKI-ROANOKE-ROCKBRIDGE-SMYTH-SUMMERS-SURRY- TAZEWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-WYTHE- 1211 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE FOOTHILLS LATE IN THE DAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY STRENGTHEN ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR NICKEL HAIL. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BETWEEN ROUGHLY 1000 PM AND 400 AM. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATES A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS TONIGHT...MOST LIKELY IT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING A SECONDARY CONCERN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-142100- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-CAMPBELL-CASWELL-CHARLOTTE-HALIFAX-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-ROCKINGHAM-STOKES-YADKIN- 1211 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE AREA TOWARD EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY STRENGTHEN ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR NICKEL SIZED HAIL. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT BETWEEN ROUGHLY 200 AM AND 800 AM. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATES A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS...MOST LIKELY IT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING A SECONDARY CONCERN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. JJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME IN FIRST GROUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1211 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>045-142100- ALLEGHANY NC-ALLEGHANY VA-AMHERST-ASHE-BATH-BEDFORD-BLAND-BOTETOURT- CARROLL-CRAIG-FLOYD-FRANKLIN-GILES-GRAYSON-GREENBRIER-MERCER-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-PATRICK-PULASKI-ROANOKE-ROCKBRIDGE-SMYTH-SUMMERS-SURRY- TAZEWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-WYTHE- 1211 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE FOOTHILLS LATE IN THE DAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY STRENGTHEN ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR NICKEL HAIL. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BETWEEN ROUGHLY 800 PM AND 200 AM. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATES A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS TONIGHT...MOST LIKELY IT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING A SECONDARY CONCERN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-142100- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-CAMPBELL-CASWELL-CHARLOTTE-HALIFAX-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-ROCKINGHAM-STOKES-YADKIN- 1211 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE AREA TOWARD EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY STRENGTHEN ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR NICKEL SIZED HAIL. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT BETWEEN ROUGHLY 200 AM AND 800 AM. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATES A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS...MOST LIKELY IT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING A SECONDARY CONCERN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. JJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 346 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ012>017-022>024-142200- ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE-BOTETOURT-CARROLL-FLOYD-GRAYSON-MONTGOMERY-PULASKI- ROANOKE-ROCKBRIDGE-WATAUGA-WYTHE- 346 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE BLUE RIDGE AND NEW RIVER VALLEY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH ALONG THE AXIS OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND THROUGH THE NEW RIVER VALLEY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON MAY APPROACH TWO INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ032>035-043-142200- AMHERST-BEDFORD-FRANKLIN-HENRY-PATRICK-STOKES-SURRY-WILKES-YADKIN- 346 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE EAST OFF THE BLUE RIDGE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH OFF THE BLUE RIDGE AND OUT ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH MID EVENING MAY APPROACH TWO INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS...RESULTING IN LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. WERT
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:25 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a tree at the intersection of Route 39 and Copper Road.
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