Thunderstorms brought several inches of rain in a small amount of time, supporting flash flooding in the Seven Mile Ford area of Smyth County during the early afternoon of June 1.
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Thunderstorms brought several inches of rain in a small amount of time, supporting flash flooding in the Seven Mile Ford area of Smyth County during the early afternoon of June 1.
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 Jun 1, 12:53 PM EST, 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 153 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE ITS TRAVELS THROUGH AND THEN SOUTH OF THE AREA TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BRIEFLY INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY. ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL OVER THE REGION TUESDAY INTO FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON/... SERIES OF WEAK MESOSCALE VORTICITY CENTERS EMBEDDED IN WESTERLY FLOW OVER MID ATLANTIC REGION...AND APPROACH OF REINFORCING SHOT OF COOLER AIR FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL MAINTAIN A CONTINUED THREAT OF WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BLACKSBURG FORECAST AREA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. MODIFIED SOUNDINGS OVER AREA REVEAL THE POTENTIAL OF LIFTED INDEX VALUES IN THE -2 TO -4 RANGE WITH CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY EXCEEDING 1000 J/KG. DESPITE SOME THERMODYNAMIC SUPPORT FOR CONVECTION...SIGNIFICANT DYNAMIC FORCING IS LACKING...AND SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...PERSISTENT DEEP WESTERLY WIND FLOW OVER REGION WILL RESULT IN CONVECTION BEING FAVORED OVER UPSLOPE AREAS OF THE WEST...WITH LESSER THREAT EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE DUE TO INFLUENCE OF DOWNSLOPING. DESPITE MID AND HIGH LEVEL DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM UPSTREAM CONVECTION... AMOUNT OF INSOLATION OVER BLACKSBURG AREA HAS BEEN SUFFICIENT TO REACH CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE IN THE MID-UPPER 70S ACROSS THE WEST...AND APPROACHING THE LOWER-MID 80S NEEDED ACROSS THE EAST. CONSIDERING THE ABOVE...GRIDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEPICT HIGHEST THREAT FOR CONVECTION ACROSS THE WEST...WITH LOWER THREAT EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... APPROACH OF SURFACE RIDGE AND SOMEWHAT DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT...ALLOWING FOR DISSIPATION OF ANY REMAINING CONVECTION BY MID TO LATE EVENING ALONG WITH GRADUAL CLEARING OF THE SKY. DECOUPLING OF LOWER ATMOPSHERE WITH ARRIVAL OF SURFACE RIDGE AND ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE OVER RELATIVELY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER MAY RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT OF SOME PATCHY FOG...AND THIS WILL BE INCLUDED FOR THE NORMALLY FAVORED AREAS SUCH AS THE GREENBRIER VALLEY...AND PERHAPS OUT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AS WELL. MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROGRESS OVERHEAD AND THEN SHIFT TO THE EAST OF THE REGION. A DRY FORECAST...LIMITED CLOUD COVER...AND TEMPERATURES AROUND THE AVERAGE OF THE MET/MAV IS IN THE FORECAST WITH ADJUSTMENTS MADE FOR LOCAL BIASES. LATE MONDAY NIGHT WE SHOULD START TO SEE CLOUD COVER IN THE WEST START TO INCREASE AS SOUTHERLY FLOW IN ADVANCE OF OUR NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM DEVELOPS. ON TUESDAY...AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT SHOULD HELP TO DEVELOP SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WV SOUTH INTO NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE MORNING. BY THE AFTERNOON...SCATTERED COVERAGE EAST TO AROUND THE BLUE RIDGE ALONG WIT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE GENERALLY IN AREAS NORTH OF ROUTE 460. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... FRONT WILL BE WAVERING AROUND OUR FORECAST AREA INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE RIDGE BUILDS IN EARNEST FRI-SAT. THIS WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF SHOWERS/STORMS AROUND FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD...DROPPING TO TYPICAL SUMMERTIME ATMOSPHERE TOWARD THE WEEKEND. FOLLOWED HPC/00Z ECWMF BLEND FOR THIS PERIOD. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT MOST LOCATIONS THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE SOME POCKETS OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS IN ASSOCIATION WITH SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA THAT WILL TRAVERSE MAINLY WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...ANY REDUCTION OF FLIGHT RULES BELOW VFR SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED...LESS THAN AN HOUR...AT ANY ONE GIVEN LOCATION. SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRIMARILY FROM A WESTERLY DIRECTION THROUGH THIS EVENING UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEXT REINFORCING SHOT OF COOLER AIR FROM THE WEST LATER TONIGHT...WHEN WINDS WILL GRADUALLY VEER INTO A MORE NORTHERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. THE ARRIVAL OF THE COOL FRONT LATER TONIGHT WILL BRING DRIER AIR BACK INTO THE REGION AND ALLOW FOR A GRADUAL DECREASE IN CLOUD COVER AND WIND SPEED. WITH SUBSIDENCE INCREASING OVER A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER...MAY SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME FOG FOR A BRIEF PERIOD BEFORE/AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY IN THE GREENBRIER VALLEY OF SE WV AT KLWB...AND NEAR KBLF. HIGH PRESSURE WILL COVER THE AREA MONDAY BRINGING VFR CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT WINDS. YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER THREAT OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS WITH PERIODS OF MVFR...POSSIBLY IFR CONDITIONS. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DS NEAR TERM...WERT SHORT TERM...DS LONG TERM...WP AVIATION...DS/WERT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1012 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009-010-012-013-015>017-032-033-043>047- 058-059-021415- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-PULASKI-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- PATRICK-FRANKLIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 1012 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL OR WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ANY STORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. VAZ011-014-018>020-022>024-034-035-WVZ042>045-021415- GILES-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 1012 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WERT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 911 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 NCZ001-018-011415- WATAUGA NC-ASHE NC- 911 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 AT 906 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEECH MOUNTAIN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF PEORIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR THE TOWNS OF REESE AND SUGAR GROVE AROUND 920 AM EDT...NEAR SILVERSTONE AND SUGAR GROVE AROUND 925 AM EDT...NEAR BOONE AND MOSES CONE MEMORIAL PARK AROUND 930 AM EDT...AND NEAR TODD AND TROUT AROUND 940 AM EDT... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. WERT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1151 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-015-016-011700- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-GRAYSON- CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 1151 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 AT 1145 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ONTO THE HIGHLANDS OF NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY THROUGH 100 PM EDT WILL REMAIN FROM NEAR WYTHEVILLE...AND POINTS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. WERT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1255 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 NCZ001-002-018-011800- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE 1255 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 AT 1145 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH INTO THE HIGHLANDS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO ONE INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. VAZ007-009-010-012-015-016-011800- TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... WYTHEVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 1255 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 AT 1145 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ONTO THE HIGHLANDS OF NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY THROUGH 200 PM EDT WILL REMAIN FROM BETWEEN RICHLANDS AND SALTVILLE EAST TO BETWEEN WYTHEVILLE AND INDEPENDENCE. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO ONE INCH IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. WERT
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:14 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains in a short amount of time caused flash flooding of Highway 11 in Seven Mile Ford. There was several feet of water running across Highway 11. Damage values are estimated.
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