Damaging winds from a thunderstorm in Toast, NC brought trees down on Highway 89.
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Damaging winds from a thunderstorm in Toast, NC brought trees down on Highway 89.
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 11, 1:02 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 506 AM EDT SAT JUL 11 2009 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-120915- 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- 506 AM EDT SAT JUL 11 2009 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. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
306 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2009
NCZ003>005-019-020-VAZ032>034-043-044-112000-
BEDFORD VA-FRANKLIN VA-HENRY VA-PATRICK VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-
ROCKINGHAM NC-STOKES NC-SURRY NC-WILKES NC-YADKIN NC-
306 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BEDFORD...CITY OF DANVILLE...CITY
OF MARTINSVILLE...FRANKLIN...HENRY...PATRICK...PITTSYLVANIA...
ROCKINGHAM...STOKES...SURRY...WILKES AND YADKIN COUNTIES...
AT 305 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF PENHOOK TO
WILKESBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS
AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN
OR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 3618 8134 3715 7954 3667 7919 3655 7946
3655 7951 3652 7951 3624 8013 3625 8045
3612 8044 3606 8052 3605 8100 3602 8105
EXPERIMENTAL
PHThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew trees down on Highway 89. Damage values are estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2009
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: 189859.