Severe drought (D2) conditions continued during December across southern portions of the region.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Severe drought (D2) conditions continued during December across southern portions of the region.
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 Nov 30, 9:25 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 925 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THROUGH SATURDAY. THE NEXT COLD FRONT THAT WILL HAVE NOTICEABLE IMPACT ON THE REGION WILL APPROACH ON SUNDAY...BRINGING THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN...AND THEN BEHIND IT A COLDER AIR MASS THAT WILL LIKELY LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS NOSED INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST...AND SATELLITE SHOWS CLEAR OR MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. MOST LOCATIONS HAVE DECOUPLED...AND TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED OFF RAPIDLY- ESPECIALLY THE VALLEYS. STILL LOOKS LIKE LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE WAKE OF THE WEAK WAVE PASSING OVER THE CENTRAL APPLNS AT THIS TIME. THIS SHOULD MIX TO THE SFC AND KEEP TEMPS FROM BOTTOMING OUT AT THE DEWPOINT OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...I WILL HAVE TO LOWER MIN TEMPS A FEW DEGREES MOST LOCATIONS...AND ESPECIALLY ADJUST THE HOURLY TEMPS. THE ONLY OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE FCST OVERNIGHT WILL BE TO RAISE THE WIND SPEEDS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA WHERE THE STRONGER LOW LEVEL WINDS AND SUBSIDENCE WILL PASS LATE TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER DRY DAY SATURDAY...RH MINS DROPPING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT. ZONAL FLOW ALOFT MAY NOT ALLOW FOR A COMPLETELY CLEAR DAY AS FAST WESTERLIES WILL BEGIN TO BRING UPPER CIRRUS INTO THE AREA FROM THE DEVELOPING MID CONUS SYSTEM. MODELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH CYCLOGENESIS TAKING PLACE LEE OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ON SATURDAY...DEBRIS CLOUDS SPREADING RAPIDLY EAST...THICKENING OVER OUR AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. A GOOD BIT OF DYNAMIC LIFT IS FCST NORTH OF THE CYCLONE SO NRN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST FCST TO CATCH THE BRUNT OF THIS SYSTEM AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER MS VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT WILL ACCELERATE EAST...ENTERING THE WRN OH/TN VALLEYS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... SUNDAY INTO MONDAY IS THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF THE FORECAST. THE PARENT SURFACE LOW WILL BE TRACKING THROUGH THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND THEN OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST. SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...SECONDARY LOW DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE. THIS COULD SLOW DOWN THE EASTERN MOVEMENT OF THE TRAILING COLD FRONT WHICH THEN COULD POSSIBLY SLOW DOWN THE FRONTAL PASSAGE UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER QUESTION IS HOW MUCH PRECIP WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA. BEST JET DYNAMICS ARE SIMILAR TO THE LAST EVENT AND REMAINING TO THE SOUTH. RIDGE OVER THE GULF WILL LIMIT MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO THE REGION. WITH DRY LOW LEVELS...NOT EXPECTING VERY MUCH RAINFALL FOR THE AREA. WITH LITTLE RAINFALL...THIS WEDGE MAY NOT BE REINFORCED WITH ANY INSITU PROPERTIES AND COULD BREAK AS EARLY AS THE MODELS ARE SUGGESTING. WITH SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS...WILL BE A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE AND KEEP POPS IN LONGER OVER THE TIME FRAME. MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...STRONG NOREASTER TO DEVELOP OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST. PRESSURE RISES AND COLD AIR ADVECTING INTO THE REGION WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA. THIS CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORS A HIGH WIND EVENT FOR MOUNTAIN COUNTIES ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...POSSIBLY INTO THE FOOTHILLS. UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS ARE ALSO A GOOD BET WITH GOOD TRANSPORT FROM THE GREAT LAKES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. BY THE END OF THE WEEK...ANOTHER WEAKER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH ACROSS THE REGION. THE GULF ALSO LOOKS CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT...SO PRECIP WILL BE LIGHT. ONCE THE SUNDAY/MONDAY FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION...TEMPERATURES WILL RUN 5-10F COLDER THAN NORMAL. && .AVIATION /02Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH SATURDAY. A SHORT WAVE PASSING WELL NORTH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT WILL BRING STRENGTHENING WINDS LATER TONIGHT IN ITS WAKE. SFC WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 KNOTS AT ROA AND BLF...OTHER SITES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 8 KNOTS. AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION SATURDAY... DANVILLE WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE A PERIOD OF NE WINDS OF 8 TO 10 KNOTS. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO AVIATION WILL BE LATE IN THE WEEKEND AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FCST AREA SUNDAY...CROSSING THE FCST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDINESS MAY DEVELOP AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTN...CLOUD BASES AOA 10 KFT. HOWEVER...A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION TO VSBY AND CIG IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATER SUNDAY...CLOUDS THICKENING AND LOWERING SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH RAIN SHOWER ACTIVITY DEVELOPING TOWARD SUNSET. THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA MONDAY. SURFACE WINDS AT ROA MAY BE AROUND 25 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS. OTHER SITES WILL SEE WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS. CLEARING WILL TAKE PLACE EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MONDAY...BUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN TRAPPED IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH WIDESPREAD STRATOCU ANTICIPATED FROM BLF/LWB NORTHWARD...CIGS BKN- OVC010-030. && .FIRE WEATHER... RH RECOVERY TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO BE POOR WITH RH STRUGGLING TO CLIMB ABOVE 60 PERCENT. SOME MODEST WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE ERN SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO OUR NORTH. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...HOWEVER...ANOTHER DRY AFTN IS ANTICIPATED WITH RH MINS NEAR 20 PERCENT. && .CLIMATE... WITH NO MORE PRECIP EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF NOVEMBER...MOST CLIMATE LOCATIONS WILL COME IN WITH AMONG THE DRIEST NOVEMBERS ON RECORD. A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATE FRIDAY OR ON SATURDAY WHEN THE MONTH IS OFFICIALLY OVER. BELOW ARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS FOR THE CLIMATE STATIONS AS OF NOV 29: STATION NOV RECORD YEAR OF RECORD NOV 2007 PRECIP RANKING ROA 0.44 1960 0.18 #1 LYH 0.19 1922 0.46 #6 DAN 0.28 2001 1.02 #5 RNK 0.14 2001 0.78 #5 BLF 0.46 2001 1.79 #15 && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PM NEAR TERM...JJ SHORT TERM...PM LONG TERM...RCS AVIATION...JJ/PM FIRE WEATHER... CLIMATE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 650 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007 NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>045-011100- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES- WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA- BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 650 PM EST FRI NOV 30 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...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS MONDAY WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA MAY BE AS HIGH AS 35 MPH....WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-011100- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 650 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued in western portions of Tazewell County, while severe (D2) drought conditions were found across the rest of the county.
Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued in western portions Smyth County with severe (D2)drought conditions found in the east.
Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued across western portions of Grayson County with severe drought (D2)conditions in the east. By the end of December, the northeast corner of Grayson county improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions.
Severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions except for extreme western portions.
Severe D2 drought improved to moderate D1 drought conditions except for extreme western portions.
Severe drought (D2) conditions continued during December.
Severe drought (D2) conditions continued during December.
Severe drought (D2) conditions continued during December.
Severe drought (D2) conditions continued in the southern portion of Pittsylvania county in December, with moderate drought conditions (D1) in the north.
Severe drought (D2) conditions continued during December in the southern portion of Halifax county, with moderate drought (D1) conditions in the north.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, December 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 66260, 66262, 66263, 66264, 66265, 66266, 66267, 66268, 66269, 66270.