A few thunderstorms became severe with wind damage during the afternoon ahead of cold front as steep lapse rates, high instability and fairly strong winds aloft contributed to organizing the storms.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
A few thunderstorms became severe with wind damage during the afternoon ahead of cold front as steep lapse rates, high instability and fairly strong winds aloft contributed to organizing the storms.
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 2, 6:57 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 757 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL CROSS THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY INTERACTING WITH MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE HURRICANE ARTHUR OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. DRIER AND COOLER HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 340 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... SEVERE THREAT WINDING DOWN BUT A FEW ROGUE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG THIS EVENING EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. THROUGH COORDINATION WITH SPC...WILL ALLOW WATCH 385 TO EXPIRE AT 800 PM. AS OF 340 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. AMPLIFIED LONGWAVE TROF FOR JULY IS TRAVELING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON EXTENDED FROM THE GREAT LAKES SOUTHWEST INTO TENNESSEE VALLEY. THIS FRONT WILL CROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH SLOWLY MOVES EAST. SHAPED TONIGHT POPS TOWARDS A BLEND OF THE HIRESW-ARW...RNK WRF ARW AND NAM. ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTS BOTH DISCRETE AND MULTICELL DEVELOPMENT...WITH BETTER ORGANIZATION THE FARTHER NORTH YOU GO INTO VA/MD/DE/PA/NJ WHERE THE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF THE UPPER JET AND STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS WILL EXIST. FORECAST MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES OF 6.5 DEG C AND CAPES OVER 3000+ WILL SUPPORT STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BECOMING THE MAIN THREAT. MPD 172 AND DAY1 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HIGHLIGHT THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. WITH RELATIVELY HIGH FFG...CELL MERGERS AND TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL RATE WILL BE NEED FOR FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. A MUGGY NIGHT WITH THE FRONT STILL WEST OF THE AREA TONIGHT...LOW TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL REMAIN WARM WITH READINGS FROM THE LOWER 60S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE LOWER 70S IN THE PIEDMONT. THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS THURSDAY...INTERACTING WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE WHICH WILL ADVECT INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH AHEAD OF ARTHUR...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE STRENGTHENING INTO A HURRICANE OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST....BEFORE IT THEN MOVES NORTHEAST UP THE CAROLINA COAST. PWATS INCREASE FROM AROUND ONE INCH THIS MORNING TO JUST UNDER TWO INCHES IN THE PIEDMONT THURSDAY...WHICH IS WELL ABOVE NORMAL BUT CERTAINLY NOT EXTREME. WITH THIS INCREASING TROPICAL MOISTURE...EVEN THOUGH ARTHUR NOT TRACKING VERY NEAR THE BLACKSBURG FORECAST AREA...THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. THE FRONTAL FORCING IS VERY WEAK OVER OUR AREA COMPARED TO CLASSIC CASES OF PREFRONTAL HEAVY RAIN EVENTS STUDIED...AND OVERALL THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PRE...SO AT THIS POINT NO EXTREME RAINFALL IS FORECAST FOR OUR AREA. MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR ANY ENHANCED RAINFALL WOULD BE ALONG AND EAST OF BLUE RIDGE. INCREASED QPF AND PLAYED IT CLOSER TO HPCQPF AND AFTER DISCUSSION WITH AKQ DECIDED TO HOLD OFF ON ANY FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THURSDAY. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND MONITOR FOR TRAINING OF ECHOES WITH HEAVY RAINFALL RATES FOR ANY PLACEMENT OF FLOOD WATCH. UNLESS THE FRONT REALLY SLOWS DOWN...FAR SW VA...NW NC...AND SE WV MAY ONLY SEE SOME SCATTERED SHWRS AND ISOLD THUNDER THROUGH MIDDAY BEFORE MAIN THREAT FOR RAIN HEADS EAST IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PLAYED IT COOLER FOR THURSDAY COMPARED THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE FRONT PASSING THROUGH AND INCREASE IN DEEPER MOISTURE AND CLOUD COVER. LEANED HIGH THURSDAY TOWARDS THE ADJMETBC WITH READINGS THE MID 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE UPPER 80S IN THE PIEDMONT. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 245 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AS A COLD FRONT EXITS THE REGION TO THE EAST. SOME LINGERING MOISTURE OVER SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA MAY BE LIFTED UPSLOPE ALONG A 20 TO 25 KT NORTHWEST 850 MB WIND AND YIELD SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. OTHERWISE...ONCE PRECIPITATION STOPS IN A GIVEN AREA...IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO RETURN. DRIER HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUES OVER THE REGION THROUGH INDEPENDENCE DAY AND NIGHT. EXPECT NO PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES TRENDING COOLER THAN NORMAL WITH LIMITED CLOUD COVER. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 1230 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL START TO SHIFT EAST ON SUNDAY IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE UPPER PLAINS STATES. NO PRECIPITATION IS STILL EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT HUMIDITY WILL START TO INCREASE AGAIN AS WINDS BECOME SOUTHWEST AND START TO ADVECT HIGHER DEW POINTS BACK INTO THE REGION. MONDAY...TUESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA AS THE UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACH THE AREA. ANTICIPATE INCREASED UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS AND ASSOCIATED INCREASED SURFACE INSTABILITY THANKS TO INCREASED TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE LEVELS. THE FRONT MAY STALL OVER OR JUST NORTH OF THE AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS COULD ALLOW FOR AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL START AROUND NORMAL ON SUNDAY...BUT TREND A LITTLE WARMER THAN NORMAL MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 130 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO-TENN VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. WITH A SOUTHERLY WIND...HEAT...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITIES...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP VCNTY OF THE BLUE RIDGE ASSOCIATED WITH WIND CONVERGENCE THERE. LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOWED ISOLATED CONVECTION FORMING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AT 17Z. WIND IS THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SCT TO BKN MVFR CLOUDS WITH ISOLATED IFR WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON TIMING...THEREFORE ONLY HAVE VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS AT ALL TAF SITES ATTM...AND MAINLY CONFINED TO LATE IN THE DAY. APPEARS THAT THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE NORTH BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. MEAN WIND THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT IS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST...SO STORMS WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST...FROM 240 DEGREES AT BETWEEN 15-20 MPH. THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...THE POTENTIAL INTERACTION BETWEEN THE ADVANCING FRONT AND TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION ACROSS OUR REGION. CONFIDENCE IN THE SPECIFIC LOCATION AND AMOUNTS ARE LOW GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES IN THE TRACK OF ARTHUR. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES DURING THE PERIOD. HIGH TO MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON WINDS EXTENDED AVIATION... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS DRIER HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ITS WAY INTO THE AREA. THERE MAY BE SOME RIVER VALLEY FOG SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KK/PM NEAR TERM...KK/RCS SHORT TERM...DS LONG TERM...DS AVIATION...KK/PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1254 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014 VAZ010>014-016>020-022>024-031700- BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- 1254 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 385 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WHILE THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME WOULD BE MIDDAY...THESE COULD LINGER LATER INTO THE AFTERNOON DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF A FRONTAL PASSAGE. AFTER THURSDAY...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042>045-031700- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS- MONROE-GREENBRIER- 1254 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT AND THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT A FEW OF THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT ANY STORMS THAT REACH SEVERE THRESHOLDS WILL BE ISOLATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WHILE THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME WOULD BE MIDDAY...THESE COULD LINGER LATER INTO THE AFTERNOON DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF A FRONTAL PASSAGE. AFTER THURSDAY...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ003>006-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-031700- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 1254 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 385 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION INTERACTS WITH MOISTURE WELL NORTH OF TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE ESPECIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE MOST LIKELY TIMING FOR THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL BE AFTERNOON INTO THE LATE EVENING. CONFIDENCE IS LOW REGARDING HOW WIDESPREAD THIS HEAVY RAIN THREAT MAY BE. AFTER THURSDAY...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ019-020-031700- WILKES-YADKIN- 1254 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT AND THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT A FEW OF THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT EITHER. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION INTERACTS WITH MOISTURE WELL NORTH OF TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE ESPECIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE MOST LIKELY TIMING FOR THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL BE AFTERNOON INTO THE LATE EVENING. CONFIDENCE IS LOW REGARDING HOW WIDESPREAD THIS HEAVY RAIN THREAT MAY BE. AFTER THURSDAY NIGHT...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
654 PM EDT WED JUL 02 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM TSTM WND DMG COVINGTON CITY 37.78N 79.98W
07/02/2014 CITY OF COVINGTON VA 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN AT MILE MARKER 19 ON INTERSTATE 64.
0555 PM TSTM WND DMG LONGDALE FURNACE 37.83N 79.72W
07/02/2014 ALLEGHANY VA 911 CALL CENTER
CABLE LINE DOWN ALONG INTERSTATE 64 AT MILE MARKER 35.
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG CLIFTON FORGE CITY 37.82N 79.83W
07/02/2014 ALLEGHANY VA 911 CALL CENTER
THREE TREES DOWN WITHIN THE CITY...INCLUDING ONE ON A
VEHICLE.
&&
RABPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
712 PM EDT WED JUL 02 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG ROCKBRIDGE BATHS 37.90N 79.42W
07/02/2014 ROCKBRIDGE VA 911 CALL CENTER
SEVERAL TREES...AT LEAST FIVE...DOWN IN THE ROCKBRIDGE
BATHS AREA.
0647 PM TSTM WND DMG LEXINGTON CITY 37.78N 79.45W
07/02/2014 CITY OF LEXINGTON VA 911 CALL CENTER
AT LEAST ONE TREE AND A POWER LINE DOWN IN THE CITY OF
LEXINGTON.
&&
RABPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
722 PM EDT WED JUL 02 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0718 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N NATURAL BRIDGE 37.64N 79.54W
07/02/2014 ROCKBRIDGE VA TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE DOWN AT PRIVATE RESIDENCE ALONG LEE HIGHWAY...US
ROUTE 11.
&&
RABSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
726 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014
VAZ032-030015-
PATRICK VA-
726 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
CENTRAL PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLLINSTOWN...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
* PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE
EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STUART...
WOOLWINE...
BUFFALO RIDGE...
AND CHARITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3657 8046 3683 8034 3687 8025 3685 8007
3682 8007 3679 8004 3679 8007 3678 8010
3675 8009 3654 8032 3655 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 212DEG 15KT 3660 8038
RABSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
730 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014
VAZ032-030015-
PATRICK VA-
730 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
CENTRAL PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STUART...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
* PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STUART...
WOOLWINE...
BUFFALO RIDGE...
AND CHARITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3657 8046 3683 8034 3687 8025 3685 8007
3682 8007 3679 8004 3679 8007 3678 8010
3675 8009 3654 8032 3655 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 212DEG 15KT 3662 8037
RABSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
736 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014
NCZ001-030015-
ASHE NC-
736 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
CENTRAL ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OTHELLO...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
* PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAUREL SPRINGS...
GLENDALE SPRINGS...
JEFFERSON...
LANSING...
AND OTHELLO.
LAT...LON 3658 8148 3658 8136 3648 8132 3646 8128
3642 8126 3637 8131 3637 8133 3636 8136
3632 8136 3629 8139 3629 8142 3627 8143
3636 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 212DEG 14KT 3637 8147
RABThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:07 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was down on a power line near intersection of Woodville Road and Westfield Road and a tree fell onto a power line along Toms Creek Church Road.
Two trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds in the Piney Creek area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2014
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