In advance of an approaching cold front, thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours of the 19th. Some of these increased to severe levels producing damaging winds with numerous reports of trees being blown down and hail ranging from nickel to quarter size.
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In advance of an approaching cold front, thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours of the 19th. Some of these increased to severe levels producing damaging winds with numerous reports of trees being blown down and hail ranging from nickel to quarter size.
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 Jul 19, 12:51 PM EST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 151 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 .SYNOPSIS... COLD FRONT OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY...AND ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...COOLER AND DRIER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... FRONT DROPPING SOUTH FROM THE GREAT LAKES WILL KEEP A PERSISTENT WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA TODAY. VERY WARM HUMID CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE FCST AREA. HAVE RAISED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT A COUPLE OF DEGREES. COMBINED WITH THE HIGH SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S...CAPES WILL BE IN THE 2500-3000 J/KG RANGE. OUTFLOW FROM OH VALLEY MCS WILL BE BRINGING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE INCREASED CHANCE OF RAIN IN THESE AREAS TO REFLECT CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY/... WITH FRONT MOVING SOUTH...EXISTING THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS OVER THE OHIO VALLEY TO MOVE SOUTHEAST...TSTM SQUALL LINE MAKING A RUN FOR OUR CWA TONIGHT. INCREASING MIDLEVEL FLOW SUGGESTS MAIN SEVERE THREAT FOR OUR CWA WILL BE FROM THE WIND. DEEP SHEAR FROM 35 TO 40 KTS WILL SUPPORT ORGANIZED STORM STRUCTURES INCLUDING BOWING SEGMENTS. FCST 0-3KM HELICITY OF BETWEEN 100-200 M2/S2 ALSO SUGGESTS POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS. OUTFLOW FROM TONIGHTS THUNDERSTORMS TO CLEAR FCST AREA BY SUNRISE FRIDAY...COLD FRONT FOLLOWING SHORTLY THEREAFTER. MODELS END PRECIP THREAT ABRUPTLY WITH PASSAGE OF FRONT. SINCE FRIDAY IS TRANSITION DAY WITH FRONT STILL IN THE VCNTY...WILL MAINTAIN AT LEAST CHANCE POPS...ALTHOUGH NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION WE COULD SEE A DRY DAY WITH BULK OF FRIDAYS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CWA. BY FRIDAY NIGHT...DRYING SHOULD BE FULLY UNDERWAY WITH FALLING DEWPOINTS AND COOLER TEMPS. WIND FLOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND SUPPORTS CONTINUED DRYING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... INFLUENCE OF COOL DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE AREA PRECIPITATION FREE ALONG WITH NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. BY MONDAY...THE CENTER OF THE HIGH SHIFTS EAST OF THE REGION...AND OUR FLOW WILL TURN ENOUGH TO START THE MODERATING PROCESS...MUCH WARMER TEMPS ANTICIPATED FOR MIDWEEK. AS FOR PRECIP CHANCES NEXT WEEK...IT LOOKS DRY. ANY THREAT OF SHRA/TSRA WILL BE THE ISOLATED AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING STORMS...WITH NO ORGANIZED FRONTS EXPECTED. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... BEST INSTABILITY AND RADAR TRENDS INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER 22Z OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THESES STORMS MAY TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PIEDMONT. MVFR TO IFR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY WITH ANY OF THE STORMS DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAIN. STRONG DYNAMICS COME THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. MODELS ARE SHOWING A WELL DEFINED SHORT WAVE CROSSING THROUGH THE AREA AS WELL AS IMPRESSIVE UPPER AFFLUENCE IN THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF THE UPPER JET. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME OUT OF KENTUCKY AND WEST VIRGINIA AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. THE TIMING OF THE FRONT IS SLIGHTLY SLOWER ON THE GFS COMPARED WITH THE NAM AND WIND SHIFT IN THE TAFS FOLLOWS THE TIMING OF THE GFS. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE MVFR TO IFR AS THE STORMS AND FRONT GO THROUGH. EXPECT IFR CEILINGS ONCE THE RAIN ENDS AT BLF AND LWB. CEILINGS WILL LIFT AFTER SUNRISE ON FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL BE FAR ENOUGH EAST BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THAT ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE EAST OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. AFTER THE FROPA...DRIER AIR WILL COME IN ON FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LOWER DEW POINTS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...PM NEAR TERM...AMS SHORT TERM...PM LONG TERM...PM/WP AVIATION...AMS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 512 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-200915- 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- 512 AM EDT THU JUL 19 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 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE THREAT CONTINUING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 210 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 VAZ034-045-191915- BEDFORD VA-CAMPBELL VA- 210 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 AT 209 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD CITY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...GOODE AT 215 PM EDT...FOREST AND BOONSBORO AT 225 PM EDT...EVINGTON AT 230 PM EDT...TIMBERLAKE AT 235 PM EDT...AND LYNCHBURG CITY AT 245 PM EDT. EXPECT WINDS GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES WITH THIS STORM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. AMS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 213 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 VAZ018-019-WVZ044-191900- CRAIG VA-MONROE WV-ALLEGHANY VA- 213 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 AT 209 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAINT BANK...OR OVER MONCOVE LAKE STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...PAINT BANK AND SIMMONSVILLE AT 220 PM EDT...POTTS CREEK AND CRAIG SPRINGS AT 225 PM EDT...SINKING CREEK AT 230 PM EDT...AND NEW CASTLE AT 245 PM EDT. EXPECT WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. AMS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 222 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 VAZ034-045-191830- BEDFORD VA-CAMPBELL VA- 222 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 AT 217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD CITY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...FOREST...TIMBERLAKE AT 230 PM EDT... EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. KM
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:31 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees along Route 20. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew large tree limbs down on a golf course. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down on Sunnymeade Road. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down on Route 727. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down on a driveway. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees on Thomas Road and Brandon Road. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew down three trees. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree in the City of Bedford. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees across Route 641. Damage values are estimated.
Thunderstorm winds blew down limbs that were five to six inches in diameter. Damage values are estimated.
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, July 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: 48956, 48944, 48946, 48947, 48949, 48959, 48950, 48951, 48952, 48953, 48960, 48954, 48957, 48955, 48958.