A severe thunderstorm developed near Lansing, NC, downing a tree on Highway 194.
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A severe thunderstorm developed near Lansing, NC, downing a tree on Highway 194.
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 1, 1:35 PM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 235 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2007 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE MIDWEST WILL BUILD SLOWLY EAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL TEND TO SUPPRESS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND BRING HOT TEMPERATURES. A COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES THE MID ATLANTIC REGION NEXT TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PATTERN THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG UPPER RIDGE ALOFT AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC WILL KEEP CONDITIONS RELATIVELY DRY THRU THE PERIOD. DIFFERENTIAL HEATING IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF BRIEF ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCTD TSTMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS...BUT THE GREAT MAJORITY WILL NOT SEE RAIN WITH VERY DRY AIR ALOFT BEING A LIMITING FACTOR FOR CONVECTION. AGAIN PATCHY VALLEY DENSE FOG WILL BE AROUND IN THE MORNING...BUT LIKELY NOT AS WIDESPREAD AND THE SOIL DRIES OUT FROM RECENT RAINS. LOWER DWPTS WILL RESULT IN A LARGER DIURNAL TEMP RANGE WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS TONIGHT...BUT A WARMER AFTERNOON THURSDAY. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... ADDED MINIMAL POPS DOWN THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS ON FRIDAY...AS THIS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE FAVORED SPOT FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS. HOWEVER...COOLER DEWPOINTS AND EVEN DRIER AIR ALOFT MAY EVEN KEEP THE HIGHEST SPOTS AWAY FROM PRECIP BY THEN. TEMPS WERE LEFT ALONE...EXCEPT AT LWB WHERE MINS WHERE RAISED AGAIN TO BETTER COMBAT THE BIG COOL BIAS FROM MOS PRODUCTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... ALTHOUGH H5 RIDGE STILL FORECASTED TO ARRIVE BY ECMWF AND GFS...NOTHING IMPRESSIVE SHOWING UP IN TERMS OF H5 HEIGHT OR H85 TEMP ANOMALIES. THIS MAY IMPROVE AS NEXT WEEK NEARS...BUT AT DAY 7...H85 TEMPS ARE JUST OVER 1 SD ABOVE NORMAL...WHICH HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES THIS YEAR. GFS ENSEMBLE DOES PUSH H85 TEMPS TO +22C IN THE WEST DAY 7. BOUNDARY STILL LOOKS FAR ENOUGH TO OUR NORTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK TO PRECLUDE ANY WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS THRU THE NEXT 24. WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE MENTION OF CONVECTION OUT OF THE TAFS WITH MINIMAL COVERAGE EXPECTED. LOW LEVELS REMAIN FAIRLY DRY OVERNIGHT WITH A 10-15 KT JET SHOWING UP ON BUFKIT SOUNDINGS 8-13Z ABOVE THE BNDRY LAYER. THIS MAY HELP MINIMIZE FOG TNGT COMPARED TO THE LAST COUPLE NIGHTS...BUT STILL ADDED A TEMPO GRP FOR MVFR FOG AT MOST SITES AS WELL AS LIFR AT LWB. MODELS ARE KEEPING MUCH OF THE AREA DRY THROUGH FRIDAY...OUTSIDE ISOLATED MOUNTAIN CONVECTION. EXPECT TYPICAL RIVER VALLEY FOG AT NIGHT...WHICH WILL IMPACT LWB/LYH AND POSSIBLY DAN. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JJ NEAR TERM...JS SHORT TERM...KM LONG TERM...KM AVIATION...JJ/JS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 511 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2007 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-020915- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-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-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- 511 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2007 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 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 IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:07 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down along Highway 194, three miles north of Lansing.
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