Isolated severe thunderstorms developed on the back side of departing cold front.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed on the back side of departing cold front.
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 28, 3:59 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 459 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008 .SYNOPSIS... AS THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO SHIFT EAST OF THE REGION...THERE WILL BE A TREND TOWARDS INCREASING HUMIDITY...AND SLOWLY INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS. WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO AND THEN THROUGH THE AREA...BRINGING INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TO A GREATER EXTENT OF THE AREA. A RETURN TOWARDS DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS TOWARD OUR WESTERN COUNTIES...ALTHOUGH EXPECTATIONS ARE ACTIVITY WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO DRIER AIR. BUMPED UP POPS IN THE FAR WEST. FOG STABILITY INDEX VALUES ARE LOW FOR TONIGHT IN THE WESTERN VALLEYS...SO HAVE ADDED PATCHY FOG IN THE WEST WITH SOME DENSE FOG IN THE GREENBRIER VALLEY. TOOK A BLEND OF MAV AND MET GUIDANCE FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS. ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ON TUESDAY AND LEE TROF IS JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP. HAVE TRIMMED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AFTERNOON. STAYED CLOSER TO THE WARMER MAV GUIDANCE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... TUESDAY EVENING...ANY REMAINING AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TROUGH ABOUT 9 OR 10 PM BEFORE BEGINNING TO DISSIPATE. THE GREATEST FOCUS WILL BE NEAR THE CREST OF THE BLUE RIDGE SOUTHWEST OF ROANOKE. BY THE EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY...LOOK FOR A RETURN OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE SE WV MOUNTAINS WITH THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...PROVIDING THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF THE AREA AS COMPARED TO WHAT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED IN RECENT DAYS. THE FRONT WILL STALL OR SLOW JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION...AND A WAVE MOVING ALONG THIS FRONT WILL SLIDE EAST ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...HELPING TO MAINTAIN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... THURSDAY NIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA AND HELP TO PUSH THE FRONT FARTHER SOUTH OF THE REGION. SOME EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE NC/VA BORDER...BUT THEN A TREND TOWARDS DRIER WEATHER HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND WILL TAKE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A GENERAL NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA...BUT A BUILDING CENTRAL CONUS UPPER RIDGE LOOKS TO HELP SHIFT THE MAIN BAROCLINIC ZONE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. GUIDANCE VARIES ON THE TIMING AND TRACK OF ANY WEAK WAVES SKIRTING THE AREA IN THIS NORTHWEST FLOW. SO FOR NOW WILL NOT TRY TO PINPOINT ANY POTENTIAL ISOLATED CONVECTION ON ANY PARTICULAR DAY AND CARRY A DRY FORECAST FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH A TREND TOWARDS SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES EACH DAY. && .AVIATION /21Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN AIRMASS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. STILL EXPECTING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COMING OUT OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. CHANCE OF RAIN DOESNT APPROACH BLF UNTIL AFTER 22Z AND THEN WITH LOSS OF HEATING CHANCE LOWERS AGAIN. OVERALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS STILL TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE BODY OF THE TAF. FOG STABILITY INDEX IS INDICATING A HIGH PROBABILITY OF DENSE FOG AGAIN AT KLWB SO INLY SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO THE OVERNIGHT FORECAST. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS...RESULTING IN MVFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS...ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DS NEAR TERM...AMS/JS SHORT TERM...DS LONG TERM...DS AVIATION...AMS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 319 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2008 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-290730- 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- 319 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2008 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 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 522 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008 VAZ009-012-015-282200- GRAYSON VA-SMYTH VA-WYTHE VA- 522 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADED INTO SOUTHERN SMYTH COUNTY AND NORTHERN GRAYSON COUNTY... AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF WHITETOP...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT ROGERS SUMMIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...THOMAS BRIDGE...ADWOLF AT 530 PM EDT...TROUT DALE...MARION AT 540 PM EDT...SUGAR GROVE...MOUNT ROGERS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AT 550 PM EDT...FLATRIDGE AT 555 PM EDT... MARION WYTHEVILLE...RURAL RETREAT AT 600 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. JDS
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:04 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down on Cleghorn Valley Road. Damage values are estimated.
Two trees were blown down in Claytor Lake State Park. Damage values are estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, July 2008
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: 125447, 125448.