A rain shower grew in intensity as it progressed northeast across Pulaski County. Winds from the shower caused small branches to come down countywide, but one tree was blown down by the winds.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
A rain shower grew in intensity as it progressed northeast across Pulaski County. Winds from the shower caused small branches to come down countywide, but one tree was blown down by the winds. The tree fell onto power lines and resulted in a power outage that affected over 1000 customers.
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 May 2, 12:35 AM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 135 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2010 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST WILL BRING INCREASING MOISTURE TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...THE BEST COVERAGE OCCURRING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... ADJUSTED POPS TONIGHT ACCORDING TO CURRENT RADAR AND MODEL TRENDS. SIMILAR TO WRFARW-RNK FOR POPS AND CONVECTION...DECIDED TO PLAY HIGHEST POPS IN THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT CLOSEST TO SFC TROF. DECREASED POPS IN THE EAST AS CONVECTION NEVER DEVELOPED THIS EVENING. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. WITH CLOUD COVER AND SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL KEEP OVERNIGHT LOWS MILD WITH READINGS FROM AROUND 60 DEGREES TO THE MID 60S IN THE SOUTHEAST. WARM MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES SUNDAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. WITH PWATS 1 TO 2 INCHES...ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOP COULD CONTAIN HEAVY RAINS. SPC HAS PLACED A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS SUNDAY IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. IT WILL BE A VERY WARM AND HUMID DAY WITH HIGHS FROM MID 80S IN THE NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER 90S IN THE SOUTHEAST. .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... CONVERGENCE OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE FOCUS FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA THIS EVENING. BEST LIFT AND INSTABILITY WILL BE OVER THE MTNS OF NC...STEERING WINDS SW-NE...SO ANY ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE NEW RIVER VALLEY. MODELS HINT THAT ACTIVITY MAY PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT...SO MAINTAINED AT LEAST SLGT CHC THREAT AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH MAIN FOCUS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CWA WHERE THE MOISTURE IS DEEPEST AND CONVERGENCE IS GREATEST. DEWPOINTS HAVE RISEN CONSIDERABLY OVER THE LAST 12 HOURS...AND WITH READINGS NOW INTO THE L-M60S...AND SUSTAINED BY STRONG MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW...WILL NOW PROVIDE A BASE THAT SFC TEMPS WILL NOT FALL BELOW TONIGHT. AS SUCH...LOOK FOR A MILD EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING ABOVE 60. BLF WILL LIKELY SET A HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE...REMAINING ABOVE 61 DEGREES WHICH LAST OCCURRED IN 1962. ON SUNDAY...STRONG MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES. DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S COULD MAKE IT FEEL STICKY...BUT THE HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT WILL BE OFFSET BY A STIFF SOUTHWEST BREEZE. THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE SOUTHEAST CONUS HIGH AND THE APPROACHING MIDWEST COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO TIGHTEN. 85H WINDS ARE FORECAST NEAR 50 KTS...AND WITH MIX DOWN WILL RESULT IN SOME STRONG SURFACE WIND GUSTS (30-35 MPH) FOR THE LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. IN OTHER WORDS YOU MAY NEED TO NAIL DOWN YOUR PICNIC CLOTH IF YOU PLAN ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON COOKOUT. TO GO ALONG WITH THE INCREASE IN DEWPOINTS...PWATS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE THE TREND UPWARD...THE NAM SUGGESTING A RANGE OF 1.5 TO AS MUCH AS 2.0 INCHES. THIS SURGE IN PRECIPITABLE WATER SUGGESTS ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS SUNDAY AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THREAT FOR STORMS SUNDAY WILL BE PRIMARILY LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINS WHERE OROGRAPHIC FORCING WILL BE THE GREATEST. ACTIVITY STILL LOOKS TO BE SCATTERED IN NATURE UNTIL ARRIVAL OF SURFACE FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT TO FOCUS ACTIVITY INTO A MORE UNIFORM COVERAGE. TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WILL BE QUITE MILD. 85H TEMPS OF +16 TO +19 DEG C SUPPORT SURFACE TEMPS IN THE 80S F. SOME OF THE MOS GUIDANCE SUGGEST LOCATIONS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MAY ECLIPSE 90...BUT CURRENT THINKING IS THERE WILL BE ENOUGH CLOUD COVER AND MOISTURE AROUND TO OFFSET THESE WARMER TEMPTATIONS. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT BRINGING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE OF THE WESTERN SLOPES BY MONDAY MORNING..WITH THE NAM SHOWING A BIT OF A WAVE AND WEAK SFC LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN WV BY 12Z MONDAY...WHICH WOULD ACT TO SLOW DOWN EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF FRONTAL SCALE FORCING AND HEAVIER PRECIP INTO THE WRN CWA UNTIL EARLY MORNING. OTHER GUIDANCE...INCL SREF...SUGGESTS VERY HIGH POPS FOR WRN SLOPES BY MIDNIGHT WITH NO CLEAR WAVE ON FRONT...AND EVEN IF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DOES SLOW DOWN A NOTCH...CONVECTION OUT AHEAD OF FRONT LIKELY TO REACH THOSE AREAS DURING THE EVENING. WENT WITH LIKELY POPS IN FAR WEST BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND CATEGORICAL AFTER MIDNIGHT EARLY MONDAY MORNING...BUT ONLY SLIGHT CHC FAR EAST THROUGH 6AM. CONCERN FOR POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN AND TRAINING WITH SLOW MOVING BOUNDARY...BUT MUCH WILL DEPEND ON REGENERATION POTENTIAL OF DEEP CONVECTION FROM UPSTREAM OVER SRN APPALACHIANS. AT THIS POINT WITH VERY STRONG SW 850 JET...THIS POTENTIAL LOOKS GOOD. TOO EARLY FOR FLASH FLOOD WATCH...BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE MONITORED CAREFULLY OVER NEXT 24 HRS. MODERATE RAIN RATES INCLUDED IN GRIDS FOR NOW. ANOTHER CONCERN FOR MONDAY IS VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR. INSTABILITY VERY MARGINAL WITH LACK OF INSOLATION...AND REALLY NO MID LEVEL DRY AIR FOR HIGH WIND THREAT...SO MAY BE A SCENARIO WHERE ANY UPDRAFTS THAT ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP WILL QUICKLY ROTATE. FEELING NOW IS THAT BY MAX HEATING TIME MONDAY THE BOUNDARY MAY BE IN FAR SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CWA AND SOMEWHAT WASHED OUT. BETTER MID LEVEL WINDS ALSO SHIFT QUICKLY TO NORTHEAST BY LATE IN THE DAY SO WILL BE LOSING BEST SHEAR BY AFTERNOON AS WELL...SO TIMING MAY NOT BE IDEAL. STILL...THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG SHEAR AND AT LEAST WEAK INSTABILITY AND FRONTAL FORCING MAY COMBINE AT SOME POINT...BETWEEN OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AND MIDDAY MONDAY...TO WATCH FOR A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES AS WELL AS THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT...MAYBE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS FAR SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. COOLER MINS TUES MORNING AS SIGNIFICANT DRYING BEGINS THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH DEW PTS BACK INTO 40S MOST LOCATIONS. NOT SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER FOR HIGHS TUES COMPARED TO MONDAY SINCE THERE SHOULD BE A GOOD PERIOD OF SUNSHINE UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...EVEN THOUGH 850 TEMPS ARE 3-4 DEG C COOLER. WENT WITH A CONSENSUS OF GUIDANCE ON TEMPS...WHICH IS WITHIN DEG OR TWO OF PREVIOUS FORECAST...SO NO REAL CHANGES THERE. MAYBE BIGGEST CHANGE WAS A LITTLE MILDER FOR MINS MONDAY MORNING. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... SOME DIFFERENCES IN MODELS SOLUTIONS REGARDING WEAKENING ENERGY IN SOUTHERN STREAM LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH WED. 00Z ECMWF SLOWER...STRONGER...AND FURTHER NORTH WITH MOISTURE GIVEN A NOTICEABLE REFLECTION AT 850MB AND EASTERLY FLOW INTO BLUE RIDGE ON WED. 00Z AND 12Z GFS WEAKER...FASTER...AND MOISTURE SUPPRESSED WELL TO THE SOUTH KEEPING A DRY WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. 00Z GFS ENSEMBLES SUGGEST AT LEAST A FEW SOLUTIONS SUPPORT ECMWF IDEA. THEREFORE HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH A SLIGHT CHC POP ACROSS THE SOUTH FOR TUES NIGHT INTO WED...BEFORE GOING COMPLETELY DRY BEHIND THIS WAVE FOR THURS. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT NEXT COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST BY LATE FRIDAY...BUT THERE ARE SOME MINOR TIMING DIFFERENCES...AND GFS IS ESPECIALLY DEEP WITH A NEGATIVE TILT TROF AND WITH A STRONG JET ON SOUTH SIDE OF TROF IS A BIT FASTER WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. HAVE CHC POPS IN WEST FOR FRIDAY AND ENTIRE CWA FRIDAY NIGHT. QSTN IS HOW QUICKLY WILL FRONT PUSH THROUGH BY EARLY SATURDAY FOR ANY LINGERING SHOWERS. FOR NOW...GOING WITH SLIGHT CHC ENTIRE CWA WHICH IS A LITTLE BELOW CLIMATOLOGY...EXPECTING THE FRONT WILL PROBABLY PUSH EAST FASTER. TEMPS GENERALLY REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD...DROPPING BACK DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL BEHIND THE FRONT BY SATURDAY. && .AVIATION /06Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHOWERS MOVG THRU SW VA AND SRN WV AT THIS TIME WILL BRING PERIODS OF MVFR/POSSIBLE IFR TO BLF...LWB AND ROA NEXT FEW HOURS. ISOLATED THUNDER STILL POSSIBLE...BUT LOOKS LIKE VERY LOW CHC FOR THAT AT ANY AIRPORT. STRATUS STREAMING NORTHWARD INTO THE PIEDMONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING MVFR/POSSIBLE IFR CONDITIONS TO ROA...LYH AND DAN BEFORE 12Z. WITH SOME CLEARING AFTER THESE PASSING SHOWERS...BLF AND LWB MAY ALSO DROP BACK DOWN TO MVFR/POSSIBLE IFR BEFORE 12Z...BUT I HAVE ONLY INCLUDED IT IN LWB FOR NOW. CIGS WILL BE LIFTING SUNDAY MORNING AS STRONG SW WINDS MIX TO THE SFC. THE SW WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 KNOTS ALL AIRPORTS...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 KNOTS POSSIBLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE MTNS BY 00Z MONDAY...AND THEN MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD. BEYOND THE 24 HR TAF PERIOD...DETERIORATING FLIGHT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH IFR OR MVFR CONDITIONS LIKELY AT ALL SITES. THERE IS ALSO A GOOD CHC FOR TSTMS AT SOME POINT MONDAY...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA MONDAY....AND CLEAR THE AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT...WITH CLEARING AND A RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .CLIMATE... RECORD HIGHS SATURDAY...MAY 1ST ROANOKE...94 SET IN 1942 LYNCHBURG...94 SET IN 1942 DANVILLE...91 SET IN 1962 BLACKSBURG...86 SET IN 2007 BLUEFIELD...86 SET IN 2007 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR SATURDAY... ROANOKE...62 SET IN 1951 LYNCHBURG...63 SET IN 1911 DANVILLE...65 SET IN 1989 BLACKSBURG...58 SET IN 2009 BLUEFIELD...61 SET IN 1962 && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KK/PM NEAR TERM...KK/PM SHORT TERM...SK LONG TERM...SK AVIATION...JJ/KK CLIMATE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 414 PM EDT SAT MAY 1 2010 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>045-022015- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 414 PM EDT SAT MAY 1 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MAY MOVE INTO THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG...POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...HOWEVER ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT EITHER. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MAY LINE UP OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR A NUMBER OF HOURS...RESULTING IN A THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-022015- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 414 PM EDT SAT MAY 1 2010 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...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON MONDAY COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE AT TIMES...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. HOWEVER ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT EITHER. SOME STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
941 PM EDT SAT MAY 1 2010
WVZ045-020230-
GREENBRIER WV-
941 PM EDT SAT MAY 1 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GREENBRIER COUNTY...
AT 936 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BABCOCK STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR RAINELLE AROUND 945 PM...RUPERT AROUND 955
PM...ANJEAN AROUND 1000 PM...DUO AROUND 1005 PM...WILLIAMSBURG AROUND
1010 PM AND TROUT AROUND 1015 PM.
LAT...LON 3793 8035 3783 8074 3786 8079 3788 8077
3794 8081 3796 8081 3798 8078 3802 8079
3814 8045
EXPERIMENTAL
MCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
955 PM EDT SAT MAY 1 2010
WVZ042>044-020245-
MERCER WV-MONROE WV-SUMMERS WV-
955 PM EDT SAT MAY 1 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MERCER...MONROE AND SUMMERS
COUNTIES...
AT 953 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MATOAKA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MONTCALM AROUND 1000 PM...MATOAKA...
WENONAH...AND SANDLICK AROUND 1005 PM...KEGLEY...AND PRINCETON AROUND
1015 PM...SPANISHBURG...CAMP CREEK...AND CAMP CREEK STATE PARK AROUND
1020 PM AND ATHENS AROUND 1025 PM.
LAT...LON 3741 8132 3742 8129 3745 8130 3751 8125
3762 8083 3738 8075 3739 8080 3742 8080
3743 8084 3739 8088 3737 8087 3731 8133
3734 8136
EXPERIMENTAL
MCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1043 PM EDT SAT MAY 1 2010
VAZ007-010-WVZ042-020345-
BLAND VA-MERCER WV-TAZEWELL VA-
1043 PM EDT SAT MAY 1 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BLAND...MERCER AND TAZEWELL
COUNTIES...
AT 1039 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 8 MILES
SOUTH OF WELCH TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHLANDS...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL 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.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR COALDALE AROUND 1100 PM...PINNACLE ROCK
STATE PARK AROUND 1115 PM AND PRINCETON AROUND 1130 PM.
LAT...LON 3724 8171 3721 8167 3721 8154 3726 8149
3729 8140 3740 8132 3744 8095 3729 8099
3728 8100 3726 8099 3714 8102 3714 8173
EXPERIMENTAL
DSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
129 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2010
VAZ011>014-018-WVZ044-020600-
CRAIG VA-GILES VA-MONROE WV-MONTGOMERY VA-PULASKI VA-WYTHE VA-
129 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2010
...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT CRAIG...GILES...MONROE...
MONTGOMERY...PULASKI AND WYTHE COUNTIES...
AT 125 AM EDT...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 8
MILES NORTH OF PETERSTOWN TO PEARISBURG TO MAX MEADOWS...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS
AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
THESE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR MC COY AROUND 130 AM...GAP MILLS AROUND
145 AM AND CHRISTIANSBURG AROUND 200 AM.
LAT...LON 3763 8035 3737 8027 3702 8043 3702 8045
3698 8049 3701 8052 3697 8054 3689 8098
3729 8079 3748 8083 3755 8078
EXPERIMENTAL
DSThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown down onto a power line. Roughly 1000 customers were without power. Damage values are estimated.
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