Scattered severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening as a strong upper level disturbance passed across the central Appalachians. Thunderstorm activity was especially enhanced due to strong surface convergence east of the Blue Ridge Mountains as high pressure in the low levels wedged southward from New England, providing easterly wind flow across the Piedmont, with…
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Scattered severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening as a strong upper level disturbance passed across the central Appalachians. Thunderstorm activity was especially enhanced due to strong surface convergence east of the Blue Ridge Mountains as high pressure in the low levels wedged southward from New England, providing easterly wind flow across the Piedmont, with southwesterly winds observed around 3000 feet above the surface. Upper level ridging across the southeast and mid-Atlantic states supported strong surface heating, which allowed CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy) values to exceed 2000J/Kg across much of the region. Mid-level winds across the northern half of the forecast area increased to around 40 knots during the afternoon, aiding in storm organization, while deep tropical moisture across the region pooling ahead of the front aided in producing strong wind gusts due to increased precipitation loading in the downdrafts.
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 Jun 17, 2:25 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 325 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK. A WEAK FRONT OVER THE AREA WILL OSCILLATE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND AND BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY INTERACT WITH MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL TO BRING MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS INTO THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 200 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES WITH CONVECTIVE COVERAGE INTO THIS EVENING AS INITIAL OUTFLOW UNDER A PASSING WAVE TO THE NORTH SLIDES EAST CROSSING THE BLUE RIDGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE PIEDMONT BY EARLY EVENING. THIS ALONG THE RESIDUAL WEAK FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL CWA THAT WILL SLOWLY LIFT BACK NE AS A WARM FRONT AS THE WAVE PASSES OVERNIGHT. INSTABILITY NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY REMAINS QUITE WEAK WITH BEST FOCUS ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE FRONT WHERE SEEING SOMEWHAT HIGHER CAPES POOL NORTHWARD. SOME OF THE LATEST SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS ORGANIZE THINGS A BIT MORE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE FLOW ALOFT BACKS A BIT SO KEEPING HIGH CHANCE/LOW LIKELYS WEST EARLY ON WITH CHANCES ELSEWHERE FOR MORE ISOLATED POP UP STORMS BUT QUITE IFFY. OTHER QUESTION WITH POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER UPSTREAM CONVECTIVE CLUSTER TO SLIDE SE LATER THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT LIFTS FARTHER NORTH AND CONVERGENCE INCREASES OVER THE NE SECTIONS. LATEST GUIDANCE STILL ATTEMPTS TO FOLD THIS FEATURE DOWN EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE BUT AGAIN POSSIBLY OVERDONE. THUS KEEPING IN HIGHER POPS NE FOR NOW GIVEN UNCERTAINTY WHILE DECREASING FROM SW TO NE BY MIDNIGHT...REACHING ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES AT BEST ACROSS MOST SECTIONS LATE. SOME PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE WHERE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS DO OCCUR...OTRW ANOTHER WARM/MUGGY NIGHT WITH LOWS MOSTLY 65-72. WAVE EXITS BY EARLY THURSDAY WITH THE WARM FRONT SHIFTING TO THE NORTH ALLOWING MUCH OF THE REGION TO SLIP INTO AN AREA OF WEAK SINKING MOTION AIDED BY DEEP WESTERLY FLOW AND GOOD MIXING UNDER WEAK CAPPING ALOFT. THIS SHOULD ACT TO SUPPRESS MOST CONVECTION WITH BEST CHANCES PERHAPS OVER THE FAR NORTH WITH A FAINT WAVE PASSING...AND ALONG THE NW SLOPES PER LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. NAM REMAINS THE WETTEST IN HAVING MORE CONVECTION OVER THE FAR WEST WHILE MOST OTHER SOLUTIONS LACKING MUCH MORE THAN ISOLATED MOUNTAIN COVERAGE. THUS WILL ONLY INCLUDE A SLIGHT MENTION EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE THURSDAY WITH CHANCE COVERAGE DEVELOPING LATE IN THE DAY WEST WHICH MAY STILL BE OVERDONE. OTRW THE MAIN ASPECT WILL AGAIN BE WITH THE HEAT AS 85H TEMPS RETURN TO AROUND +22-23C WHILE DECENT DOWNSLOPING KICKS IN UNDER MAINLY SUNNY SKIES EAST. THIS COULD PUSH HIGHS INTO THE MID/UPPER 90S SE AND CLOSE TO 90 WEST PENDING DEGREE OF EARLY CLOUDS AND LATER ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA. THIS SHOULD ALSO BUMP HEAT INDICES BACK CLOSE TO 100 IN THE PIEDMONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 330 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... UPPER PATTERN WILL FEATURE LOW AMPLITUDE QUASI ZONAL FLOW KEEPING THE JET STREAM TO OUR NORTH. THIS WILL KEEP AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAVERING THROUGH THE REGION. WITH THE BOUNDARY IN THE AREA COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE DIURNALLY BIASED CONVECTION WITH HEAVY RAIN BECOMING AN INCREASING THREAT AS TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF TS BILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. DYNAMIC ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TS REMNANTS SLIDE BY TO OUR NORTH SATURDAY NIGHT WHICH LOOKS TO KEEP THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION JUST OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA. HOWEVER...ENHANCING LOW LEVEL WINDS MAY ALLOW SOME CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS TO BECOME MORE ORGANIZED AND POSE A MARGINAL SEVERE THREAT. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE IN AIRMASS BUT TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER DUE TO INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 330 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... ON MONDAY THE TS REMNANTS WILL BE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST AND GETTING ABSORBED BY ANOTHER LOW/FRONTAL SYSTEM SWEEPING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST. THERE IS NOTHING TO PUSH THIS FRONT THROUGH OUR REGION SO IT WILL SIMPLY PIVOT/MEANDER ACROSS THE AREA AS THE UPPER PATTERN STARTS TO AMPLIFY AGAIN WITH A RIDGE BECOMING REESTABLISHED OVER THE EASTERN US. THIS WILL KEEP US LOCKED INTO THE HEAT WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST THIS MAY BE ENOUGH TO GRADUALLY NUDGE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE NORTHEAST. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT THE BOUNDARY WILL LINGER OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AND LEAVE US VULNERABLE TO UPSTREAM MCS DEVELOPMENT SLIDING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. WITHOUT ANYTHING DEFINITIVE TO LATCH ON TO WILL KEEP POPS LOW AND WAIT FOR THE SITUATION TO DEFINE ITSELF OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. && .AVIATION /19Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 1235 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... EARLY MID DECK CONTINUING TO FADE TO MORE OF A SCATTERED TO BROKEN CU FIELD ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN OLD UPSTREAM OUTFLOW BAND APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. INCREASING INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE SHOULD LEAD TO MORE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MID/LATE AFTERNOON WITH ORGANIZED CLUSTERS OF STRONGER STORMS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE FOR PERIODS OF MVFR TO IFR ESPCLY ACROSS THE VA/WEST VA LOCATIONS WHERE WILL CARRY EITHER A PREVAILING SHRA OR TEMPO GROUP FOR SHOWERS AND STRONGER STORMS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. STORMS MAY TEND TO ORGANIZE AND SPILL EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH MUCH OF THIS AFFECTING THE KBCB-KROA-KLYH CORRIDOR. SINCE ALREADY RUNNING WITH PREVAILING MVFR IN TSRA WILL KEEP MENTION ESPCLY SINCE CHANCES OF SEEING A BAND OR CLUSTER OF STORMS IMPACT THESE SITES APPEARS HIGHER. EXPECT LESS OF A CHANCE AT KDAN BUT STILL ENOUGH TO INCLUDE A VCTS GIVEN LIKELY SE TRAJECTORY OF TSRA LATER ON. OTRW WILL KEEP VFR TO INIT MOST SPOTS BEFORE TRENDING DOWN FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WOULD BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS BUT ALSO IFR VSBYS IN THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. COMPLEX OF STORMS MAY LINGER WITH ANOTHER POSSIBLY ARRIVING ACROSS THE NORTH THIS EVENING...MAINLY AFFECTING KROA/KLYH PER LATEST MODELS. OTHERWISE THINKING WILL SEE CONVECTION FADE WITH LOSS OF HEATING WITH SOME PATCHY FOG AROUND AND PERHAPS A PERIOD OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WHERE HEAVIER EARLIER RAINFALL OCCURRED. WAVE PASSES ON THURSDAY WITH MUCH OF THE REGION IN BETWEEN LIFT SOURCES AND UNDER A DECENT WESTERLY FLOW THAT SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTION TO THE MAINLY THE FAR WEST AND PERHAPS BLUE RIDGE LATE. THUS RUNNING WITH OVERALL VFR IN SCATTERED TO BROKEN CU FIELDS AFTER ANY EARLY FOG/STRATUS FADES WITH WEST WINDS AT 10-20 KTS. NEXT IMPULSE ARRIVES FROM THE WEST FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE BILL REMNANTS WITH PERHAPS ANOTHER ROUND OF MVFR IN AT LEAST WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING STORMS. EXTENDED AVIATION DISCUSSION... FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATION WITH THE RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS OF WEATHER THRU THE WEEKEND ALONG WITH REMNANTS OF BILL THAT SHOULD GET CAUGHT INTO THE UPPER FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS COULD RESULT IN MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND MORE WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS. WEAK TROUGH CROSSES THE AREA SUNDAY WITH CONVECTION BECOMING MORE ISOLATED DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. OTRW OVERALL VFR INTO MONDAY WITH ADDED ISOLATED CONVECTION POSSIBLE WITH YET ANOTHER WEAK FRONT LINGERING OVER THE REGION. OTHERWISE...EXPECT VFR EXCEPT THE TYPICAL FOG FORMATION AT LWB/BCB AND AT TIMES LYH THROUGH THE WEEK EARLY MORNING TIME FRAME. && .CLIMATE... AS OF 320 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... RECORD HIGHS FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 17TH... STATION RECORD HIGHS/YEAR ROANOKE 96/1944 LYNCHBURG 96/1944 DANVILLE 99/1981 BLACKSBURG 88/1994 BLUEFIELD 86/2007 LEWISBURG 88/2014 RECORD HIGHS FOR THURSDAY JUNE 18TH... STATION RECORD HIGHS/YEAR ROANOKE 97/1925 LYNCHBURG 96/1944 DANVILLE 96/2007 BLACKSBURG 88/2014 BLUEFIELD 90/2007 LEWISBURG 89/2014 && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JH/PM NEAR TERM...JH SHORT TERM...MBS LONG TERM...MBS AVIATION...JH/PM CLIMATE...JH/PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 308 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>044-507-508- 181915- TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL- FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX- BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER- 308 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED CLUSTERS OR BANDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES TO THE NORTH. THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY LATER SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF BILL PASS TO THE NORTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001>006-018>020-181915- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN- 308 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES TO THE NORTH. THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR LATER SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF BILL PASS TO THE NORTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
344 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
VAZ034-172030-
BEDFORD-
344 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT
WEST CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY...
AT 344 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BLUE RIDGE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEDFORD...
MONTVALE...
AND THAXTON.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3734 7945 3732 7983 3735 7979 3737 7978
3738 7977 3738 7979 3742 7975
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 303DEG 13KT 3735 7978
RSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
355 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
VAZ018-022-172100-
CRAIG-ROANOKE-
355 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT
SOUTHEASTERN CRAIG...ROANOKE...CITY OF SALEM AND CITY OF ROANOKE
COUNTIES...
AT 355 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SINKING CREEK...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROANOKE...
SALEM...
VINTON...
SALEM CITY...
AND CATAWBA.
THIS INCLUDES THE SALEM FAIRGROUNDS AND ROANOKE REGIONAL AIRPORT.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3742 8007 3741 8006 3733 7987 3731 7985
3716 7995 3732 8026 3734 8027 3737 8033
3736 8034 3745 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 280DEG 21KT 3736 8026
RSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
414 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
VAZ014-172115-
MONTGOMERY-
414 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT
EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
AT 414 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER MERRIMAC...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLACKSBURG...
CHRISTIANSBURG...
SHAWSVILLE...
CROCKETT SPRINGS...
AND MERRIMAC.
THIS INCLUDES VIRGINIA TECH.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3719 8018 3712 8018 3709 8023 3708 8028
3707 8029 3718 8050 3724 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 284DEG 15KT 3719 8045
RSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
418 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
VAZ034-172100-
BEDFORD-
418 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY...
AT 417 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CHAMBLISSBURG...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEDFORD...
HUDDLESTON...
MONETA...
D-DAY MEMORIAL...
AND CHAMBLISSBURG.
THIS INCLUDES THE NATIONAL D DAY MEMORIAL.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3710 7942 3708 7943 3724 7974 3733 7970
3734 7935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 281DEG 9KT 3726 7966
RABSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
445 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
VAZ024-035-172130-
ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST-
445 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN AMHERST AND EAST
CENTRAL ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES...
AT 444 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CORNWALL...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMHERST...
CLIFFORD...
NEW GLASGOW...
ALTO...
AND FAIRFIELD.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3787 7915 3781 7917 3781 7914 3778 7911
3778 7908 3772 7907 3770 7903 3770 7899
3768 7898 3768 7897 3755 7890 3750 7893
3782 7937 3791 7930
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 297DEG 17KT 3782 7927
RABSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
450 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
NCZ003-172145-
SURRY-
450 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT
CENTRAL SURRY COUNTY...
AT 450 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER MOUNTAIN PARK...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT AIRY...
ELKIN...
FAIRVIEW...
FLAT ROCK...
AND DOBSON.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3633 8087 3634 8090 3635 8090 3636 8091
3637 8093 3639 8095 3641 8096 3656 8056
3655 8055 3636 8046 3627 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 248DEG 24KT 3637 8083
RABThe Roanoke radar (KFCX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:54 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down along Bert Cockerman Road. In addition, a power line was blown down along Twin Oaks Road near Zephyr Road.
A tree was blown down onto a power line on Twin Oaks Road near Snowhill Church Road.
Hail size ranged from 1 inch to 1.75 inches as the thunderstorm passed across the community of Milton, NC.
Several trees were blown down across the community of Milton.
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