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Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
A strong, negatively tilted upper low pressure area was moving from the central U.S. toward the northeast U.S. An associated strong cold front extended down the spine of the Appalachians early in the morning. An unseasonably warm air mass resided across the region in advance of this weather system, responsible for some of the warmest temperatures since the previous early fall across the area. Afternoon temperatures Thursday afternoon soared to 90 in the Roanoke area. The very warm temperatures in advance of the strong upper dynamics supported the development of an intense line of thunderstorms or quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) which marched through southern Virginia and northern North Carolina during the early morning hours. Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down a number of trees through the counties bordering North Carolina from Carroll county on the west to Pittsylvania county on the east. There was also one lightning strike causing considerable damage to a home in Botetourt county, just northeast of Roanoke.
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 Apr 12, 1:06 AM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 206 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION FRIDAY. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST FRIDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A COOLER AIR MASS FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... AS OF 115 AM EDT FRIDAY... SLOWED DOWN THE TIMING OF THE FRONT/PRECIP AS THE MAIN SLUG REMAINS OVER THE WRN CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. HAVE NOT HAD ANY SVR REPORTS BUT ONE GUST TO 56 MPH AT RICHLANDS. WILL HAVE TO WATCH EMBEDDED CELLS AHEAD OF THE LINE IN THE FOOTHILLS/PIEDMONT AS MESOANALYSIS SUGGEST A GOOD HIGH SHEAR/LOW CAPE ENVIRONMENT WITH EFFECTIVE HELICITIES OVER 200 M2/S2. SVR POTENTIAL IS MARGINAL BUT A GUST OR TWO OVER 55 MPH IS POSSIBLE. AT THE SAME TIME HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING BUT THE MAIN LINE IS STEADILY DRIFTING EAST. FOLLOWING THE SLOWER NAM/ECMWF HAS THE MAIN FRONT ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AROUND 18Z TODAY WITH DRYING TAKING PLACE FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE 12Z-18Z TIME FRAME. PREVIOUS VALID DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST OF OUR AREA DURING EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT CLEARS THE AREA...AND EXPECT TO SEE RAPID CLEARING ACROSS THE AREA AS WINDS SHIFT...BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY AND DOWNSLOPE. DESPITE THE COOLER AIRMASS BUILDING IN...WILL STILL SEE WARM TEMPERATURES FOR FRIDAY...WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID 60S WEST TO THE UPPER 70S ACROSS THE PIEDMONTS. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 400 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE WEEKEND LOOKS DRY. SURFACE FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE UPPER TROUGH MOVING FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO NEW ENGLAND. CYCLONIC FLOW AROUND THE UPPER TROUGH AND PRESSURE RISES BEHIND THE DEPARTING FRONT WILL RESULT IN BREEZY CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...THEN DIMINISHING WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE PASSES OVHD. COOLEST OF THE AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH WILL PASS OVHD SATURDAY. 85H TEMPS NEAR ZERO DEG C SUGGEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S...AND LOWS IN THE 30S TO LOWER 40S. COOLEST MORNING APPEARS THAT IT WILL BE SUNDAY MORNING WITH FROST POSSIBLE...ESP IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 745 PM EDT THURSDAY... SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR REPEAT WARMTH AS 85H TEMPS CLIMB BACK ABOVE 10 DEG C...ALTHOUGH SUBTLE DIFFERENCES IN THE PATTERN MAY PRODUCE MORE CLOUD COVER AND TEMPER THE OVERALL TEMPERATURE MAGNITUDE. FOR MONDAY THERE IS A SOUTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE THAT IS PROGGED TO MOVED EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES. THIS FEATURE MAY CAST SOME CLOUD COVER OUT WAY DURING THE DAY MONDAY ASSOCIATED WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. THE REST OF THE WEEK WE WILL BE SITUATED JUST SOUTH OF A EAST-WEST NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES MONDAY...SETTLING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC TUESDAY. PROXIMITY OF THIS FRONT WILL BE KEY IN HOW MUCH CLOUD COVER WE EXPERIENCE MID WEEK...THE GFS BRINGING THIS FEATURE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO I-64...AND THE ECMWF HANGING IT UP NORTH OF THE MASON-DIXON. ATTM WILL SKEW FORECAST TEMPERATURES TO THE WARMER SIDE OF NORMAL BY AT LEAST 15 DEGREES...WHICH FAVORS MORE OF A GFS SOLUTION. IF THE ECMWF TURNS OUT TO BE CORRECT THEN WE WILL NEED TO ADJUST THE NUMBERS UPWARD CLOSER TO WHAT JUST TOOK PLACE THIS PAST WEEK. CAN'T RULE OUT SOME WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS DURING THE WEEK PER INCREASING INSTABILITY RESULTING FROM THE WARMER TEMPS AND HIGHER DEWPOINTS...BUT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD WETTING SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL THE END OF NEXT WEEK WHEN ANOTHER LONG WAVE TROF AND ASSOCIATED STRONG SFC FRONT WORKS ITS WAY ACROSS THE CONUS REACHING OUR FCST AREA IN THE THURSDAY/FRIDAY TIME FRAME. && .AVIATION /06Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 135 AM EDT FRIDAY... CONTINUE TO SEE MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE BLUE RIDGE WEST THIS MORNING. THE TERMINALS WILL BE STAYING SUB VFR MOST OF THE TIME WITH LOCAL IFR OR WORSE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AM GOING TO KEEP CONDITIONS IN THE SUB VFR RANGE AND TAKING IT DOWN TO SUB VFR AT LYH/DAN BETWEEN 08-09Z..AS THE LINE OF SHOWERS SHOULD BE THERE BY THEN. OVERALL THE TIMING IS A LITTLE SLOWER WITH THE FRONT SO WINDS STAY SOUTHERLY AND GUSTY EVEN OUTSIDE THE HEAVIER RAINS THROUGH THE MORNING. WILL SEE WINDS FINALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AT BLF/LWB IN THE 10-12Z TIME FRAME...THEN WEST AFTER 15Z. DURING THIS TIME THINGS DRY OUT AND CIGS RISE AND EVENTUALLY SCATTER OUT. BCB/ROA WILL SEE WINDS SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST 12-14Z THEN WEST 15-18Z...GOING TO VFR DURING THIS TIME. THE FRONT WILL BE IN THE LYH/DAN AREA TIL 18Z SO WILL SEE THEM FINALLY DRY OUT AROUND MIDDAY AS MOST OF THE DEEPER MOISTURE SHIFTS TO THE COAST. WINDS SHIFT TO THE SW TO WEST THERE FROM 16-19Z. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ON SLOWER TIMING OF THE FRONT...WITH MODERATE CONFIDENCE ON CIGS/VSBYS. AGAIN TIME WINDOWS FOR IFR OR WORSE WILL BE SMALL...LESS THAN 1 HOUR IN HEAVIER RAIN SO WILL HAVE TO PUT IN TEMPO GROUPS AS NEEDED OR AMEND. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH CONFIDENCE OF VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL TAF LOCATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY. THE NEXT DISTURBANCE MOVES IN MONDAY AND TUESDAY BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION AND BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NF/WP NEAR TERM...AMS/NF/WP SHORT TERM...PM LONG TERM...PM AVIATION...AMS/NF/WP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 345 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ015>017-032>035-043>047-058-059-121945- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 345 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ONE OR TWO OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT IN THE FORM OF GUSTY WINDS. EVEN WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF LIGHTNING/THUNDER...SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PULLING THE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE.POSSIBLY RESULTING IN BOWING SEGMENTS. IN ADDITION TO WINDS...OTHER THREATS INCLUDE AN ISOLATED POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...AND PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. THE TIME FRAME FOR THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT IN THE WEST...INTO LATE FRIDAY MORNING FURTHER EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A DANVILLE TO LYNCHBURG LINE LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...JUST AS THE COLD FRONT IS EXITING THE AREA TO THE EAST. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...IN ADDITION TO STRONGER WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ007-009>014-018>020-022>024-WVZ042>045-121945- TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- 345 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A STRONG FRONT ENTERS THE AREA TONIGHT. AHEAD OF IT A LINE OF SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD BRING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE TIME FRAME FOR THIS WILL BE MAINLY DURING THE EVENING INTO EARLY OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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
1118 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
VAZ016-017-032-120400-
PATRICK VA-CARROLL VA-FLOYD VA-
1118 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
WESTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1200 AM EDT
* AT 1115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ARARAT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
* DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARARAT... CANA...
COPPER HILL... FLOYD...
WILLIS... WOOLWINE...
LAUREL FORK... CHECK...
TERRYS FORK... BUFFALO RIDGE...
MEADOWS OF DAN... ALUM RIDGE...
LAT...LON 3657 8072 3701 8045 3700 8041 3702 8041
3702 8041 3702 8036 3705 8031 3709 8011
3703 8011 3695 8015 3695 8018 3690 8020
3687 8023 3687 8020 3656 8035
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 212DEG 39KT 3665 8053
ASSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1220 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013
WVZ042>045-120515-
MERCER WV-SUMMERS WV-GREENBRIER WV-MONROE WV-
1220 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
EASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 115 AM EDT
* AT 1217 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ELLISON TO PRINCETON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
PIPESTEM TO ROCKY GAP...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY
RAIN IS FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADWAYS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRINCETON... LEWISBURG...
HINTON... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...
RONCEVERTE... PIPESTEM...
ALDERSON... RUPERT...
UNION... SANDSTONE...
NEOLA... RENICK...
MAXWELTON... LEWISBURG AIRPORT...
LAT...LON 3823 8036 3811 8036 3805 8027 3806 7996
3742 8072 3740 8080 3743 8086 3737 8087
3728 8112 3729 8112 3764 8106 3771 8097
3768 8088 3782 8094 3787 8075 3806 8083
3806 8085 3809 8083 3808 8071 3827 8044
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 205DEG 40KT 3760 8100 3731 8108
ASSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1256 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013
VAZ007-009-010-012-WVZ042-120545-
SMYTH VA-TAZEWELL VA-BLAND VA-WYTHE VA-MERCER WV-
1256 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
WYTHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
* AT 1252 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRUNDY TO CHILHOWIE...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAVENPORT TO 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SALTVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY
RAIN IS FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADWAYS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKY GAP... WYTHEVILLE...
BLAND... MARION...
PRINCETON... BURKES GARDEN...
BLUEFIELD... TAZEWELL...
RICHLANDS... SALTVILLE...
LAT...LON 3720 8176 3724 8174 3720 8168 3721 8155
3726 8150 3727 8142 3742 8131 3742 8128
3746 8131 3753 8121 3710 8092 3703 8090
3687 8077 3670 8165 3680 8170 3693 8183
3696 8178 3715 8190
TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 251DEG 54KT 3720 8200 3678 8169
ASSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
112 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013
WVZ045-120545-
GREENBRIER WV-
112 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
* AT 109 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MEADOW BLUFF...OR 4 MILES
SOUTH OF RUPERT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUPERT... RENICK...
RAINELLE... ANJEAN...
MEADOW BLUFF... DUO...
QUINWOOD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE WATER TO FLOW OVER THE ROADWAY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE THE ROAD HAS BECOME FLOODED.
&&
LAT...LON 3816 8036 3811 8036 3803 8025 3778 8069
3786 8078 3788 8075 3794 8080 3807 8074
3809 8069 3826 8044
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 219DEG 34KT 3788 8069
ASPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
121 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0101 AM TSTM WND GST 1 SSE RICHLANDS 37.09N 81.80W
04/12/2013 M56 MPH TAZEWELL VA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
RSTONEFISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
148 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013
NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ010>013-015-016-120645-
SURRY NC-WATAUGA NC-WILKES NC-ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE NC-GILES VA-BLAND VA-
CARROLL VA-GRAYSON VA-WYTHE VA-PULASKI VA-
148 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
EASTERN BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
WYTHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 245 AM EDT
* AT 143 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM BLAND TO AHO...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH
OF WYTHEVILLE TO BLOWING ROCK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEEP GAP... ALLISONIA...
PULASKI... WYTHEVILLE...
BLAND... GALAX CITY...
POPLAR HILL... PEARISBURG...
HILLSVILLE... DUBLIN...
MC GRADY... NARROWS...
WILBAR... SPARTA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE WATER TO FLOW OVER THE ROADWAY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE THE ROAD HAS BECOME FLOODED.
&&
LAT...LON 3612 8163 3675 8132 3677 8126 3681 8128
3727 8105 3729 8096 3746 8057 3725 8057
3723 8061 3718 8058 3695 8058 3693 8064
3686 8058 3666 8059 3660 8063 3655 8060
3611 8154
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 235DEG 24KT 3707 8107 3616 8158
ASThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:13 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The Botetourt View reported that a home in Fincastle sustained significant damage from fire and smoke as a result of a lightning strike. A portion of the attic and roof of the large two-story home on Brugh's Mill Road were badly damaged by fire from the lightning strike.
The Carroll County Emergency Management Director reported that five buildings were damage and several trees sere down approximately three miles northwest of Hillsville. A storage shed was pushed into one of the buildings. An adjacent camper sustained damage from the building debris. The damage was determined to have been caused by a microburst.
The Henry County 911 Center reported that considerable damage to an area approximately six miles west of Bassett in northwestern Henry county. Three homes sustained damage, two vehicles were damaged, and a garage was destroyed. A window was also blown out of a church on Fairystone Park Highway. In addition, several trees and power lines were down along Chestnut Oak Drive. The damage was determined to have been caused by a thunderstorm microburst embedded within a line of severe thunderstorms.
The Pittsylvania County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down along Anderson Mill Road just west of Climax. The Virginia Department of Highways reported that another tree was blown down across Sandy Road about four miles west-northwest of Gretna.
A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 64 mph just north-northeast of Bent Creek on Spears Mountain. No damage was reported from the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, April 2013
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: 447756, 447757, 447841, 447848, 447851.