A thunderstorm over southern Caswell County, NC produced damaging winds during the afternoon of August 10th.
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A thunderstorm over southern Caswell County, NC produced damaging winds during the afternoon of August 10th.
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 10, 2:46 PM EST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 346 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL SHOVE A WEAK COOL FRONT INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK...BEFORE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ENTERS THE CAROLINAS ON WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... COLD FRONT ACROSS WVA WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SE AND EVENTUALLY JUMP TO THE LEE TROF EAST OF THE PIEDMONT THIS EVENING. DEGREE OF CONVECTIVE COVERAGE STILL IFFY AS BROKEN LINE WORKS INTO SE WVA SHORTLY AND THEN POSSIBLY REDEVELOPS OUT EAST LATER ON. HOWEVER CAPES AND RH ACROSS THE REGION REMAIN LACKING ESPCLY VICINITY OF THE BLUE RIDGE WHERE WELL MIXED WEST/NW FLOW HAS DRIED THINGS OUT QUITE A BIT PER 50ISH DEWPTS. THINK DYNAMICS MAY BE ABLE TO OVERCOME SOME OF THIS ESPCLY NW CLOSER TO COLD POOL AND THE SE WHERE HIGHER MOISTURE LEVELS REMAIN. THUS CONTINUING CLOSE TO GOING POPS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING BUT NOT MORE THAN 30/40 NW/SE AND 20S IN BETWEEN. ONCE THE FRONT PASSES...GOOD PUSH OF COOL ADVECTION IN STORE LATER TONIGHT WITH SURGE IN 85H JET BY MORNING. THIS COMBO WITH SOME LINGERING UPSLOPE CLOUDS MAY TEND TO KEEP TEMPS FROM GOING TOO LOW...SO PLAYED CLOSER TO LOCAL SCHEME LOWS FOR THE MOST PART. A DRY RATHER COOL/BREEZY DAY FOR AUGUST IN STORE ON MONDAY ESPCLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AS UPPER COLD POOL SLIDES OFF THE MID ATLC COAST AND LOW LEVEL NW FLOW PREVAILS. EXPECT ENOUGH LEFTOVER MOISTURE FOR SOME CU ESPCLY RIDGES EARLY ON AFTER LOW DECK MIXES OUT...OTRW MAINLY SUNNY UNDER WEAK SUBSIDENCE/MIXING. COOL ENOUGH AT 850 TO SLIDE HIGH TEMPS DOWN A NOTCH MOST SPOTS...BUT WONT GO AS COOL AS THE MET MOS OVER THE WEST GIVEN DRY AIR AND SUNSHINE. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... A GREAT RADIATIONAL COOLING NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...AS LONG AS HIGH CLOUDS ARRIVE TUESDAY MORNING. DEWPOINTS MIXING OUT BELOW GUIDANCE MONDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD MEAN MOST TEMPS AT OR BELOW GUIDANCE...PERHAPS GETTING CLOSE TO RECORDS AT KLYH AND KDAN...53F FROM 1954 AND 54F FROM 1954 RESPECTIVELY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRAVEL ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE CWA...WITH THE GFS/GFS ENSEMBLES KEEPING QPF OUT...AND THE NAM/SREF SUGGESTING A WORTHY CHC. ALTHOUGH THE OPERATIONAL NAM LOOKS TOO WET CONSIDERING HOW COOL DEWPOINTS AND DRY THE ATMS WILL BE LEADING UP TO THE EVENT...ENOUGH SOUTHERLY FLOW MAY BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THIS ALONG THE NC/VA BORDER AND THE NC PIEDMONT SO INC POPS THERE A BIT. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... DESPITE SOME DIFFERENCES...THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GFS/ECMWF/ENSEMBLES IN REGARDS TO THE CLOSED H5 LOW DROPPING INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY NEXT WEEKEND IS STRIKING. AHEAD OF IT...SW FLOW SHOULD ALLOW FOR WARMER AND HUMID AIR TO PRODUCE EITHER AIRMASS TSTORMS...AND THEN INCREASING IN COVERAGE AS IMPULSES EJECT EAST FROM THE MAIN LOW AS IT NEARS. PLACED HIGHEST POPS RIGHT NOW IN THE EXTREME SW. BEFORE THEN....AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING OUT OF THE ARKLATEX MY SKIRT THE NC/VA BORDER AND SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA EARLY THURSDAY...BUT MOST OF THIS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE SHORT TERM. MOST OF THE CWA SHOULD BE BETWEEN SYSTEMS FRIDAY AND AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF SATURDAY. SHRTWAVE RIDGE AHEAD OF THE CLOSED LOW SHOULD WARM IT UP NICELY BY LATE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AREA REMAINS IN SLOT BETWEEN EARLIER SHRA/LEE TROF TO THE SE AND UPSTREAM CONVECTION JUST AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. AS THE BOUNDARY SWINGS INTO THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON EXPECT A BROKEN LINE OF TSRA SE WVA BEFORE POSSIBLY REDEVELOPING EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE BY LATE AFTERNOON. SINCE COVERAGE REMAINS IFFY ESPCLY OUT EAST WILL MAINTAIN VCTS OR TEMPO MENTION MOST SPOTS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS OTRW VFR UNDER 4-6K CU FIELDS. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD HANG INTO THE EVENING HOURS AROUND KDAN SO DELAYED CLEARING THERE UNTIL 00Z AND BEYOND. FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. MAIN AFFECT WILL BE TO BRING LOWER CIGS...MVFR TO POSSIBLY IFR...INTO UPSLOPE SE WV LATE TONIGHT. MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED WOULD BE BLF...MAYBE LWB. ANY LOWER CIGS AT BLF AND LWB WOULD LIFT QUICKLY MONDAY MORNING. DRY WEATHER UNDER HIGH PRESSURE IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH TUESDAY. A WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG A FRONT ACROSS THE CAROLINAS MAY BRING SHOWERS AND TSTMS BACK INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY. MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS WOULD BE KDAN. CHCS OF SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL INCREASE HEADING INTO THE END OF THE WEEK AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KM NEAR TERM...JH SHORT TERM...KM LONG TERM...KM AVIATION...JH/JJ/WP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 946 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 NCZ005-006-VAZ033>035-043>047-058-059-111400- ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 946 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF THE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032-WVZ042>045-111400- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH- BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 946 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 251 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 WVZ045-101945- GREENBRIER WV- 251 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUMMERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF QUINWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...DUO AT 305 PM EDT...TROUT AT 325 PM EDT...LEONARD AT 330 PM EDT...FALLING SPRING...RENICK AT 335 PM EDT...BEARTOWN STATE PARK...RORER AT 340 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. STONEFIELD
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:38 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down across Parkdale Road.
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