A thunderstorms produced a lightning that struck a gas station along I-81.
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A thunderstorms produced a lightning that struck a gas station along I-81.
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 17, 7:31 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 831 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE JUST WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT WEST AND WEAKEN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL ROTATE SOUTH INTO THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY RESULTING IN WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS AT TIMES. A COLD FRONT WILL SINK INTO THE OHIO VALLEY NEAR THE END OF THE WEEK BEFORE SLIDING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... UPDATING POPS BASED ON 800 PM RADAR IMAGE. STILL A FEW STRONG STORMS TO DEAL WITH THIS EVENING ACROSS NW NC HIGH COUNTY AND SE WV...GREENBRIER TO SUMMERS. LIGHTNING ACTIVITY DROPPING OFF QUICKLY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER...STILL SOME STRONG CAPE IN AREAS THAT DID NOT SEE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...PARTICULAR THE PIEDMONT. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS DROPPED SOME HAIL...BUT IT HAS BEEN MOSTLY HEAVY RAINERS. RADAR ESTIMATING 4 INCH RAINFALL RATES IN MOST OF THE STRONGER STORMS. MOUNT AIRY HAD 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 90 MINUTES. ACTIVITY SHOULD WEAKEN THROUGH THE EVENING THEN FOG WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AS OF 240 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON WHERE HIGHER INSTABILITY RESIDES WITH MORE MULTICELL CLUSTERS ALONG THE SRN BLUE RIDGE PER LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW INTO AN AXIS OF VERY HIGH SURFACE THETA-E. HOWEVER FORCING ALOFT REMAINS RATHER WEAK WITH PULSE NATURE DEEPER STORMS DRIVEN BY STEEP LAPSES AND AIDED BY OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER SHRA TO THE NORTH. LATEST NAM SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE ONGOING SCENARIO ATTM WITH MORE CONVECTION EARLY ON BEFORE ACTUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING AS THE CORE OF THE UPPER VORT SHIFTS OFF TO THE SW. THUS RUNNING WITH THE HIGHER SCATTERED POPS OVER THE WEST/SW INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN QUICKLY CUTTING BY MIDNIGHT AS ACTION SHOULD BE ISOLATED BY THEN IF NOT SOONER. OTRW EXPECTING MORE CLEARING AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH FOG FILLING IN ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND WHERE HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY. LOWS AGAIN ON THE WARM/MUGGY SIDE BUT MAINLY 65-70 WEST AND LOW 70S EAST. UPPER SUPPORT EVEN MORE LACKING ON THU WITH PART OF THE 5H RIDGE OVERHEAD AND THE RESIDUAL TROF AXIS FARTHER TO THE SW. FLOW AT ALL LEVELS VERY WEAK WHILE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION LOOKS TIED TO OLD OUTFLOW AND PERHAPS OROGRAPHIC DIFF HEATING. HOWEVER THE LOW LEVEL FLOW STARTS TO TURN A LITTLE MORE SE ACROSS THE FAR WEST LATER IN THE AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD ACT TO INCREASE COVERAGE THERE A BIT MORE. IN ADDITION...ANY SUBTLE FEATURE THAT MODELS FAIL TO PICK UP COULD BE ENOUGH TO SPARK ISOLATED COVERAGE SO BASICALLY RUNNING WITH A SHOTGUN TYPE PATTERN FOR SCTD POPS THU WITH HIGHER CHANCES WESTERN THIRD AND LEAST EAST WHERE A LITTLE DRIER ALOFT. HIGH TEMPS SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO WED GIVEN ONLY A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THICKNESS SO LOW/MID 90S LIKELY AGAIN EAST WITH 80S WEST. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 300 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... 500 MB HEIGHTS FALL SLIGHTLY AS UPPER TROF BECOMES ESTABLISHED OVER THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES. WILL HAVE ANY ONGOING STORMS FROM THURSDAY CONTINUE WELL INTO THURSDAY EVENING. NO ORGANIZED TRIGGERS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY. WILL HAVE CHANCE PROBABILITIES IN AFTER NOON. BY SATURDAY...FORECAST AREA GETS INTO RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF UPPER JET AND THIS LIFT WILL HELP BROADEN THE AREAL COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION SATURDAY. FORECAST AREA IS STILL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THROUGH SATURDAY. LITTLE CHANGE IN AIR MASS. GUIDANCE LOOKED REASONABLE FOR HIGHS AND LOWS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 1140 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... BY THIS TIME UPPER RIDGE IS GONE AND TROFFING HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES. LONG WAVE TROF REMAINS OVER THE EAST THROUGH TUESDAY. GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW A MORE AMPLIFIED UPPER RIDGE IN THE WEST AND MOVES THE SURFACE FRONT FURTHER SOUTH IN THE EAST...WHILE THE ECMWF IS LESS AMPLIFIED WITH THE UPPER PATTERN AND NOT AS FAR SOUTH WITH THE SURFACE FRONT. TAKING A BLEND OF THESE TWO SOLUTIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY WPC...THE SURFACE FRONT STALLS ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND TENNESSEE VALLEY SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. DUE TO THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEING IN THE FORECAST FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS...WILL HIGHLIGHT THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. WHILE 850 MB TEMPERATURES DO NOT CHANGE MUCH...THE CLOUDS AND CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL LEAD TO NEAR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY BELOW TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION /01Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 830 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... CONVECTION WILL DISRUPT AIR TRAVEL TO LWB/BLF THIS EVENING. A LINE OF CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRPORTS THROUGH 1000 PM. THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST NC HIGHLAND THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE TRACKING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SHOULD DISSIPATE THROUGH THE EVENING. STILL SOME INSTABILITY TOWARDS DANVILLE. CAN NOT RULE OUT AN OVER NIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHSIDE. CYCLE OF FOG FORMATION CONTINUES OVERNIGHT INTO THU MORNING AT THE USUAL LOCATIONS AND IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. SUPPORT A BIT LESS FOR TSRA ON THURSDAY ALTHOUGH COULD SEE AN ISOLATED STORM POP UP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ABOUT ANYWHERE DURING THE AFTERNOON. APPEARS BEST LOCATIONS TO SEE CONVECTION WILL BE MAINLY KBLF/KLWB BUT BEYOND THE END OF THE VALID TAF PERIOD LATER THU SO LEAVING OUT MENTION FOR NOW. FOR FRIDAY AND BEYOND...PROGRESSIVELY MORE COVERAGE OF STORMS BY THE WEEKEND AS THE UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS AND A TROUGH STARTS TO BUILD SOUTH INTO THE GREAT LAKES. A BOUNDARY WILL BE SINKING SOUTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS WEEKEND. SOME MVFR/IFR VSBYS/CIGS CAN BE EXPECTED IN SHRA/TSRA ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY...AND AT TIMES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION SUNDAY. FRONT SHOULD STALL OUT NEAR THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH A CONTINUED SCATTERING OF MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHRA/TSRA INTO AT LEAST MONDAY. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JH/WP NEAR TERM...JH/RCS SHORT TERM...AMS LONG TERM...AMS AVIATION...JH/KK/RCS/WP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 850 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 NCZ001>005-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043-WVZ042>045- 190100- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-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-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 850 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 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...TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER AT THIS TIME. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE CONTINUED THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ALONG WITH FLOODING FROM VERY HEAVY RAINFALL INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ006-VAZ044>047-058-059-190100- CASWELL-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- 850 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL AGAIN RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF AROUND 100 DEGREES THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RCS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
915 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0817 PM TSTM WND DMG BOONE 36.21N 81.67W
07/17/2013 WATAUGA NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ON WHITE LAUREL ROAD AND ELK CREEK ROAD
&&
MSPORERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
918 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
VAZ011-WVZ042-044-180145-
GILES VA-MONROE WV-MERCER WV-
918 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
NORTHERN GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
EASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PETERSTOWN...MOVING TO THE WEST AT 20
MPH.
* PEA SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS
FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADWAYS AND QUICKLY FILL
ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NARROWS...
PETERSTOWN...
ATHENS...
RICH CREEK...
AND WILLOWTON.
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.
DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3746 8091 3743 8086 3747 8083 3748 8076
3737 8070 3726 8100 3727 8101 3730 8098
3729 8106 3744 8111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 78DEG 18KT 3740 8081
MBSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
928 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
NCZ002-003-019-180215-
ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY NC-WILKES NC-
928 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
CENTRAL ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 923 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOTTOM...MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH.
* VERY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON
ROADWAYS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNTAIN PARK...
SPARTA...
TRAPHILL...
BOTTOM...
AND BARRETT.
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.
DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3648 8124 3656 8083 3656 8078 3640 8071
3622 8112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 69DEG 12KT 3646 8084
MBSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 931 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 VAZ009-012-180200- SMYTH VA-WYTHE VA- 931 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR... EASTERN SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... WESTERN WYTHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 928 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RURAL RETREAT...MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH. * VERY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADWAYS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RETREAT... SUGAR GROVE... CROCKETT... NEBO... AND MARION WYTHEVILLE. 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. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3699 8124 3688 8117 3673 8144 3692 8153 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 69DEG 12KT 3691 8128 MBS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
954 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
VAZ007-010-011-WVZ042-180230-
GILES VA-BLAND VA-TAZEWELL VA-MERCER WV-
954 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 949 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COALDALE TO
CHAPEL...MOVING TO THE WEST AT 20 MPH.
* VERY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON
ROADWAYS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKY GAP...
BLUEFIELD...
CLEAR FORK...
MERCER COUNTY AIRPORT...
AND CERES.
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.
DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3727 8144 3727 8142 3731 8140 3732 8137
3738 8134 3738 8133 3727 8079 3719 8111
3726 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 79DEG 15KT 3736 8132 3728 8095
MBSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
955 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
VAZ007-180230-
TAZEWELL VA-
955 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 953 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR AMONATE...MOVING TO THE WEST AT 5 MPH.
* VERY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON
ROADWAYS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CEDAR BLUFF...
BANDY...
AND AMONATE.
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.
DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3720 8178 3720 8176 3724 8174 3724 8172
3720 8168 3721 8155 3722 8154 3722 8153
3716 8151 3707 8176 3719 8179
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 81DEG 6KT 3719 8162
MBSThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a gas station on Interstate 81 at exit 60. Circuit boards on several gas pumps were damaged and had to be replaced.
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