Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 5, 2007

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
518 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PASS OFFSHORE THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BE OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES WILL BE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER TROF IN
THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ON THE WATER
VAPOR LOOP THERE IS A SHORT WAVE IN MICHIGAN TRAILING BACK INTO
CENTRAL OHIO AND A SECOND ONE IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND THE
COMBINATION OF THIS ENERGY IS SPARKING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS KENTUCKY AT 19Z UTC.

THE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN KENTUCKY CONTINUES TO
MOVE EAST AND SHOWERS ARE ALREADY MOVING INTO THE WESTERN COUNTY
WARNING AREA. INCREASED POPS EVEN MORE THIS EVENING...AS STRENGTH
OF SHORTWAVE SHOULD BALANCE OUT LOSS OF HEATING EARLY TO KEEP
ACTIVITY BETTER THAN CHANCE ACROSS THE WESTERN FORECAST AREA. THE
BEST UPPER SUPPORT COMES THROUGH FROM 06-12UTC.

HAVE ALSO INCREASED MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT CLOSER TO
LATEST GUIDANCE...WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE SINCE THERE WILL BE QUITE
A BIT OF CLOUD COVER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
EXPECT THE ILLINOIS SHORT WAVE TO CROSS THE FORECAST AREA BETWEEN
06-12Z ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE AXIS OF THE TROF WELL EAST OF THE
COUNTY WARNING AREA BY 15Z WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PUSH A WEAK COLD
FRONT THROUGH THE AREA SO THAT BY 18Z WEDNESDAY...THE 850
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER...SURFACE AND 850 MB DEW POINTS
WILL BE DRIER AND THE LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO THE
NORTHWEST.

SO WITH LOW LEVEL FLOW NOW OUT OF THE WEST THE BEST COVERAGE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE
CURRENT STORMS IN KENTUCKY WILL MAINTAIN AND BE APPROACHING THE
FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 00-06Z. FORTUNATELY...THE COLD POOL ALOFT COMES
ACROSS DURING THE NIGHT SO IT MAY ENHANCE CHANCE FOR THUNDER BUT NOT
ADD TO ANY INTENSE STORMS.

BIGGEST QUESTION IS HOW FAR EAST PRECIPITATION WILL GET SINCE WINDS
ARE OUT OF THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AND DO NOT BACK AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
DOWNSLOPING WILL ERODE MUCH OF THE SHOWERS AS THEY REACH THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.

ON THURSDAY THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OF THE REGION AND SOUTHWEST
SURFACE THROUGH 850MB WINDS ARE DIRECTING AIR RIGHT OUT OF THE GULF
OF MEXICO. WILL BE GOING ABOVE WARMEST GUIDANCE FOR MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
OVERALL PATTERN IS STILL ZONAL THROUGH THIS PERIOD BUT MODELS ARE
NOW TRENDING TOWARD A DEEPER TROF IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES BY
SUNDAY.

EXPECT A COLD FRONT TO COME THROUGH THE COUNTY WARNING AREA ON
FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY MORNING AND PUSH WELL SOUTH THROUGH THE
CAROLINAS BY MONDAY. WILL HAVE CHANE OF PRECIPITATION WITH THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE
SHIFTING INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.

TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT ON SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE
CLOSE TO NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROFS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE BLACKSBURG
TERMINAL FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. FIRST WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA THIS EVENING...WITH THE FINAL AND MOST SIGNIFICANT WAVE TO
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. WEAK DYNAMIC FORCING AND
COOLING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WITH APPROACH OF WAVES WILL RESULT IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA TERMINAL FORECAST SITES WHERE UPSLOPE WINDS WILL ENHANCE
UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION FIELDS...WITH ACTIVITY MORE ISOLATED OR
WIDELY SCATTERED IN NATURE ACROSS PIEDMONT SITES DUE TO NEGATIVE
CONTRIBUTION OF DOWNSLOPING WINDS.

WITH THE ABOVE IN MIND...EXPECT GENERAL VFR WEATHER...BUT WITH
BRIEF REDUCTIONS BACK DOWN TO MVFR IN CEILING AND/OR VISIBILITY
NEAR SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. SOME IFR OR EVEN LIFR CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE ALONG/NEAR THE HIGHER RIDGES. FURTHER EAST AT
KROA...KLYH...AND KDAN...SOME PATCHY MVFR LIGHT FOG WITHIN A FEW
HOURS OF SUNRISE IS POSSIBLE...BUT DOWNSLOPING SHOULD MINIMIZE
THIS OCCURRENCE IN BOTH TIME AND SPACE.

PASSAGE OF FINAL SHORT WAVE TROF AND ASSOCIATED COOL FRONT AROUND
12Z WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN RAPID CLEARING OF SKIES ALONG WITH
INTRUSION OF DRIER AIR TO RETURN ALL AREAS BACK TO VFR CONDITIONS BY
MID MORNING WEDNESDAY.

VFR CONDITIONS WITH NO RESTRICTIONS TO CEILING OR VISIBILITY
SHOULD THEN PREVAIL OVER ALL BLACKSBURG TERMINAL FORECAST POINTS
FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS UPPER
RIDGE BUILDS OVER MID ATLANTIC STATES.

EXCEPTIONS MAY COME FROM BRIEF OCCURRENCES OF LATE NIGHT-EARLY
MORNING IFR FOG IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS (SUCH AS NEAR LEWISBURG) ON
THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT AND SUBSIDENCE ON
BACKSIDE OF DEPARTING SURFACE HIGH...WITH SOME BRIEF MVFR FOG
POSSIBLE ACROSS PIEDMONT SITES. PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD BE
STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK TO PREVENT REDEVELOPMENT
OF EARLY MORNING FOG FRIDAY MORNING...ALTHOUGH A BRIEF PERIOD OF
MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE NEXT COOL
FRONT EXPECTED TO ARRIVE FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY.

&&

.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
WV...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...AMS
NEAR TERM...AMS/WP
SHORT TERM...AMS
LONG TERM...AMS
AVIATION...WERT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
328 AM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-060730-
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-
328 AM EDT TUE JUN 5 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
752 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRATTON                 37.13N 81.42W
06/05/2007                   TAZEWELL           VA   PUBLIC

            LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

0745 PM     HAIL             PULASKI                 37.05N 80.80W
06/05/2007  E0.88 INCH       PULASKI            VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JSTEWART

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
801 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     HAIL             AMONATE                 37.18N 81.65W
06/05/2007  E1.00 INCH       TAZEWELL           VA   PUBLIC

            COVERED THE GROUND

&&

JSTEWART

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
818 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0755 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S PULASKI             36.98N 80.80W
06/05/2007                   PULASKI            VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 100.

&&

JSTEWART

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
834 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W BLAND               37.10N 81.13W
06/05/2007                   BLAND              VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE APPLE TREES DOWN

0630 PM     HAIL             1 W BLAND               37.10N 81.13W
06/05/2007  M1.00 INCH       BLAND              VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL COVERING GROUND

&&

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
837 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

VAZ032-033-043-060130-
PATRICK VA-FRANKLIN VA-HENRY VA-
837 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007

AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF CHARITY...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...FAIRY STONE STATE
PARK...PHILPOTT DAM AT 850 PM EDT...BASSETT AT 855 PM EDT...OAK
LEVEL...STANLEYTOWN AT 900 PM EDT...SYDNORSVILLE...COLLINSVILLE AT
905 PM EDT...FIGSBORO AT 910 PM EDT...LEATHERWOOD...SNOW CREEK AT
915 PM EDT...

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...SO SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS...HAIL OR
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING
1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

WP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
840 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 PM     HAIL             1 SW FLOYD              36.91N 80.33W
06/05/2007  M0.75 INCH       FLOYD              VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL DAMAGED GARDEN

&&

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