Isolated strong to severe storms developed over the eastern piedmont counties along a lee trough.
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Isolated strong to severe storms developed over the eastern piedmont counties along a lee trough.
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 15, 12:38 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 138 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG COLD FRONT FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE EAST TODAY AND TONIGHT AND WILL REACH THE EAST COAST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR WILL COVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION RETURNS TO THE AREA...AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID ATLANTIC REGION. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 130 PM EDT TUESDAY... THE COLD FRONT IS CROSSING OVER THE SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE A LEE TROUGH RESIDES OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA PIEDMONT. WITH WINDS ACROSS THE WEST BECOMING WESTERLY LATE THIS MORNING...THE FRONT IS EXPECT TO JUMP AND JOIN THE LEE TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE JUMP WILL BEGIN AS A SHORT WAVE ROUNDING THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. A LINE OF CONVECTION IS LOOKING TO GET STARTED FROM BUCKINGHAM COUNTY VA TO STOKES COUNTY NC. THIS LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AND FOOTHILL COUNTIES OVER THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON. SINCE THE GREATEST INSTABILITIES ARE EAST AND CLOUD COVER KEEPING DIURNAL HEATING MINIMAL...ONLY A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND POSSIBLY A FEW SEVERE TOWARDS THE PIEDMONT. SPC HAS RNK PIEDMONT COUNTIES IN A SLIGHT RISK AND A SEE TEXT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AND INTO THE FOOTHILLS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. AS OF 400 AM EDT TUESDAY... CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER WISCONSIN TRACKS THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SHORT WAVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS MOVES THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROF AND INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY THE END OF THE DAY. MODELS HAVE COME INTO DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE SURFACE PATTERN...BRINGING THE COLD FRONT INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY 00Z TONIGHT. MAIN AXIS OF DEEPER MOISTURE WILL START ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING THEN MOVE EAST INTO THE PIEDMONT BY THIS EVENING. DEEPER MOISTURE WILL BE BE EXITING THE FAR EASTERN COUNTY WARNING AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...MODELS SHOWED A WAVE ALONG THE FRONT THAT MAY SLOW DOWN WESTERN EDGE OF MOISTURE BELOW 700 MB IN THE EAST LATE TONIGHT. 500 MB TEMPERATURES DROP TODAY...ENOUGH TO RESULT IN LARGER MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES THIS AFTERNOON. REGION ALSO IN AN AREAS OF ENHANCED LIFT...IN THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF A 100 KT UPPER LEVEL JET. LOW LEVEL WINDS ALSO BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL WILL INCREASE THE CONVERGENCE. NO NEED TO LOWER PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE STARTING OUT IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S THIS MORNING. EVEN WITH THE CLOUD COVER WILL HAVE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WARMER THAN GUIDANCE. NOTICABLY COOLER AND LESS HUMID ADVECTS IN BEHIND THE FRONT. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...850 MB TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE +8 TO +14 RANGE. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH IN THE MOUNTAINS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 330 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE WELL ADVERTISED MID/UPPER TROUGH WILL DELIVER MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR FOR OUR REGION FOR MID-JULY. THE ACTUAL SURFACE COLD FRONT WITH A SLOWER MOVEMENT WEDNESDAY WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE COASTAL PLAIN BY 12Z-15Z/WEDNESDAY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD PUSH INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN THURSDAY. ANY LINGERING SHOWERS SHOULD EXIT THE PIEDMONT BY MID MORNING WEDNESDAY WITH SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. THE AIRMASS CHANGE COMMENCES AS DEWPOINTS FALL INTO THE 50S. THERE WILL BE SOME GRADIENT AND MIXING WEDNESDAY EXPECTING WIND SPEEDS AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. HIGH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE LOWER 80S IN THE PIEDMONT. UNDER CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO READINGS FROM THE MID 40S OVER THE VALLEYS IN THE WEST TO THE UPPER 50S IN THE SOUTHEAST. 5H TROUGH STARTS TO LIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO THURSDAY...THOUGH SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED TO OUR NORTHWEST AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE REFRESHING. UNDER PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THURSDAY HIGHS WILL BE EDGING UP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S IN THE WEST TO MID 80S IN THE SOUTHEAST. THE NEXT STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED MOISTURE IN THE FORM OF CLOUDS...BUT NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN UNTIL FRIDAY. THE TIMING OF THE RETURN OF MOISTURE IS FASTER ON THE GFS COMPARED TO ECMWF. PLAYED LOW TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT CLOSE TO HPCGUIDE WITH READINGS FROM LOWER 50S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE LOWER 60S IN THE PIEDMONT. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 1230 PM EDT MONDAY... THE PERIOD BEGINS WITH A SURFACE HIGH OVER NY AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NC/SC COAST. THIS WILL CREATE A WEDGE SCENARIO WITH MOIST EASTERLY FLOW INTO THE WEEKEND. MEANWHILE A 5H TROF SLOWLY DRIFTS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE SE STATES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL KEEP THE REGION UNSETTLED THROUGH THE PERIOD. WITH THE EASTERLY FLOW...EXPECT SOME OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT OF PRECIPITATION ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. LITTLE TO NO THUNDER IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW WEAK INSTABILITY UNTIL SUNDAY WHEN CAPES EVENTUALLY INCREASE TO AROUND 500 J/KG. WHILE 850MB TEMPS WILL BE INCREASING TO AROUND +15C BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND...THE RAIN AND CLOUD COVER SHOULD CONTINUE TO HOLD SURFACE TEMPS SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE REBOUNDING TO NEAR NORMAL ON MONDAY AS THE WEDGE BREAKS DOWN AND WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS. && .AVIATION /17Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 130 PM EDT TUESDAY... THE COLD FRONT RESIDES JUST WEST OF BLUEFIELD AND BECKLEY WV AT 130 PM. A GOOD AREAL COVERAGE OF RAIN AND LOW CLOUDS ARE AHEAD OF THE FRONT TO THE BLUE RIDGE. AREAS OVER THIS RAIN SHIELD HAVE A VERY LOW CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...HAVE REMOVED TSRA FROM BLF/LWB/BCB/ROA. A LINE OF CONVECTION BEGINNING TO DEVELOP EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE FROM BUCKINGHAM COUNTY VA TO STOKES COUNTY NC. THIS LINE IS MOVING INTO AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS. THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS COMING CLOSE TO KLYH IS GOOD BUT BETTER FOR KDAN THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT AS A COOLER AIR MASS WITH MUCH LOWER DEW POINTS MOVES INTO THE AREA. AS THE DRIER AIR ENCOMPASSES THE AREA...SATURATED GROUND AND COOLER AIR JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE COULD LEAD TO A FEW HOURS OF DENSE FOG ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEYS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.HAVE ADDED LIFR FOG TO KLWB AFTER MIDNIGHT. OTRW EXPECTING VFR FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH. DEEPER MOISTURE WILL MAKE A RETURN NORTH BY THE END OF THE WEEK WITH MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLY DEVELOPING BY FRIDAY WITH MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS...AND POOR FLYING CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY AS A LOW MOVES INTO THE AREA OVER A LOW LEVEL WEDGE. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...AMS NEAR TERM...AMS/RCS SHORT TERM...KK LONG TERM...CF AVIATION...RCS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 148 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-161800- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 148 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>034-161800- SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- 148 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A VERY LOW THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE WINDS AND SMALL HAIL FROM STRONG STORMS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ005-006-VAZ035-043>047-058-059-161800- ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX- BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 148 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 423 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RCS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
933 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014
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0653 PM TSTM WND DMG N IVANHOE 36.83N 80.95W
07/14/2014 WYTHE VA PUBLIC
TREES DOWN NEAR THE NEW RIVER.
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WHPThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:50 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down two trees on Chandler Mill Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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