1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 11, 3:34 AM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 434 AM EDT FRI AUG 11 2006 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS WELL DEFINED SHORT WAVE CROSSING IOWA INTO ILLINOIS. THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THE TIMING AND LOCATION OF BEST CHANCE OF RAIN FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS SHORT WAVE WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST ENHANCING THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY OCCURING ALONG THE 850 MB FRONT FROM SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO INTO NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. AS THE ASSOCIATED JET STREAK REACHES THE COUNTY WARNING AREA AROUND 00Z THERE WILL BE EVEN BETTER UPPER DIFFLUENCE AND LIFT. 850 MB FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND BY SATURDAY MORNING 500 MB TROF HAS PASSED EAST OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. ONCE FRONT MOVES TO THE SOUTH AND HEIGHTS AT 500 MB START TO RISE LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE OUT OF THE NORTH AND BRINIGING IN DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR. BUT BULD OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE GETS TRAPPED UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE JUST TO OUR WEST. AS THE SURFACE AND 850 MB HIGH MOVE EAST SATUDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY THE MOISTURE WILL FOLD BACK INTO THE APPALACHIANS. AT 06Z BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM MERCER AND SUMMERS COUNTY TO ROCKINGHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN FILLING IN FROM BOTH ENDS AND IS NOW ALMOST A SOLID LINE OF STORMS BISECTING THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. WILL HAVE LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL PRECENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION THRU 06Z SATURDAY THEN TAPER THE PRECIPITATION OFF BY SATURDAY MORNING. WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS AND THE ORIENTATION OF THE FRONT LEADING THE TRAINING STORMS...ALONG WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER AT OR ABOVE 1.5 INCHES WILL HAVE HEAVY RAIN MENTIONED FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES HAVE STAYED MILD OVERNIGHT WHICH IS MAKING THE MAV GUIDANCE ALREADY LOOK TOO COOL FOR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES TODAY. WENT CLOSER TO WARMER FWC/MET NUMBERS. STAYED CLOSE TO MAV GUIDANCE FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME && .AVIATION... STRONG LIFT ALONG H85 BOUNDARY CONTINUING TO HELP DRIVE BAND OF SHOWERS/STORMS RUNNING FROM MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA TO CASWELL COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. BELIEVE THIS BAND WILL EVER SO SLOWLY SINK SOUTH OVERNIGHT AS STRONG COLD PUSH BEGINS FROM THE NORTH...ALTHOUGH STILL LIKELY AFFECTING TAF SITES FROM KBLF TO KROA TO KDAN. IN THESE AREAS...BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN DOWNPOURS OTHERWISE VFR IS EXPECTED. AREAS FARTHER NORTH ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE TO BRIEF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT BUT SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY VFR. WILL CATCH A BREAK DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WITH POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL STORM COMPLEX TO DEVELOP AND PUSH THRU THE REGION DURING THE AFTN HOURS. STILL MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TIMING/LOCATION OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL...BUT THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR A PERIOD OF IFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS TOMORROW AFTN FOR MAINLY THE SOUTHERN TAF SITES. GIVEN UNCERTAINTIES HAVE MADE ONLY SMALL MENTION IN CURRENT TAF SET. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN TOWARD THE END OF THE CURRENT TAF PERIOD ALTHOUGH CLDS LIKELY TO LINGER THRU 06Z. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && AMS/DL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 529 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-110930- 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- 529 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:22 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm blew a tree down across a power line in the Purlear community.
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