A line of thunderstorms developed across parts of Halifax and Charlotte counties during the very early morning hours of June 6th within an area of higher residual instability and deeper moisture. 5 inches fell over several hours in a narrow swath across southeast Halifax into far southern Charlotte County.
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A line of thunderstorms developed across parts of Halifax and Charlotte counties during the very early morning hours of June 6th within an area of higher residual instability and deeper moisture. Radar estimates showed 1 to 3.5 inches fell over several hours in a narrow swath across southeast Halifax into far southern Charlotte County. The highest rain gage report from the area (valid 12z, Jun 6) was at South Boston COOP (SOBV2) with 1.78 .
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 6, 12:18 AM EST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 118 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2016 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front along the western slopes of the Appalachians will move east across the region this morning and off the coast by this afternoon. A second cold front with an associated stronger push of drier and cooler air arrives Tuesday into Tuesday night. High pressure and drier weather will cover the region for Thursday and Friday. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... As of 614 PM EDT Sunday... Broken line of storms continues to move eastward and is now mainly confined to Southside VA and north-central NC...and should be east of our area between 7 and 8 PM. Very limited instability remains behind this line but did not want to completely rule out isolated thunder chances...so left that in but lowered the PoPs considerably. Severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect for Piedmont counties but will likely be dropped for our area by 8pm at the latest. Damaging winds is the primary threat at this time for this area...and this is really narrowing down to Caswell Co NC and Halifax Co VA. Previous discussion as of 425 PM EDT Sunday... First piece of developing eastern long wave upper trof tracks through the Ohio Valley and base of the trof tonight. Have maintained likely to categorical probability of precipitation. Models showers a majority of the pre-frontal precipitation evolving into lines and linear segments with a majority of the more intense showers and thunderstorms exiting the far western county warning area by 03Z/11PM. Storm motion today is generally 240/30 knots. 12Z and forecast soundings are unidirectional. Isolated supercells are possible ahead of the lines of storms but if low level winds back more to the south or southeast...low level helicity may increase enough to support some better organized storm rotation. Not a good push of drier or cooler air east of the Blue Ridge tonight and Monday. Expect cold front to extend from southeast Virginia to northern Georgia. With deeper moisture still on the southern edge of the county warning area...the probability of precipitation will remain in the southern forecast area Monday. There will be little to no drop in 850 MB temperatures. Even with the cloud cover maximum temperatures will still climb into the 80s. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... As of 425 PM EDT SUNDAY... Bigger 500 mb heights falls arrive in the region on Tuesday and Tuesday night. Some colder air aloft some in Tuesday afternoon. More significant push of cooler air comes into the forecast area on Tuesday night with 850 MB temperatures lowering into the +6 to +10 range by 12Z/8AM Wednesday. Northern edge of deep moisture does not get pushed out of the extreme southeast part of the forecast area until Tuesday morning. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... As of 400 PM EDT Sunday... Upper pattern becomes more amplified with a large ridge over the central United States and the long wave trof moving slowly off the East Coast. Forecast area stays in deep northwest flow with rising 500 mb heights. Maximum temperatures on Thursday will be 5 to 10 degrees below normal but will be warming through the period, and by Sunday will be 5 to 10 degrees above normal. At the surface the region will be under high pressure Thursday and Friday. A cold front approaches from the north of Saturday but stalls before reaching the area. && .AVIATION /05Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... As of 110 AM EDT Monday... Cold front just west of the area should push east to the Blue Ridge overnight and to the east Monday morning. Bands of deeper convection continue to affect the KDAN vicinity and will likely linger for another hour or so before moving east. This will bring MVFR to IFR conditions in both lower cigs and vsbys at KDAN until the rainfall moves east. Otherwise, VFR conditions are expected across much of the region overnight excluding patchy fog and stratus in spots. In addition, lingering low level moisture and upslope conditions will help produce periods of mainly MVFR ceilings. Conditions will improve to VFR at all locations by 14Z/10AM Monday with mainly scattered to broken high clouds over scattered cumulus fields this afternoon. West winds will gradually back to southwest in most locations by the afternoon. Extended discussion... As of 140 PM EDT Sunday... The front is expected to stall along the southeast Atlantic coast Monday and will become the focus for unsettled weather across the deep south as a developing tropical depression moves northeast out of the Gulf of Mexico and across northern Florida into Tuesday. This will result in persistent cloudiness from the Carolinas southward. Aside for the system moving across the southeast states early in the week, there could be a periods of upslope clouds and showers across the mountains of WV through Monday night and again Tuesday night into Wednesday morning impacting KLWB and KBLF the most with showers and potential MVFR ceilings. Otherwise...conditions appear to be largely VFR through Friday. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...None. NC...None. WV...None. && SYNOPSIS...AMS/JH NEAR TERM...AMS/SK SHORT TERM...AMS LONG TERM...AMS AVIATION...AMS/DS/JH/PM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 724 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-045>047-WVZ042>044- 507-508-061100- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES- WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA- BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER- 724 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043-044-058-059-061100- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- 724 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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
1258 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
VAZ058-059-060600-
CHARLOTTE-HALIFAX-
1258 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE
AND SOUTHERN HALIFAX COUNTIES...
AT 1256 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM
ELMO TO SOUTH BOSTON TO DRYBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH BOSTON...
HALIFAX...
REDOAK...
TURBEVILLE...
AND SCOTTSBURG.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3670 7865 3668 7863 3664 7856 3663 7855
3665 7860 3669 7865 3669 7868 3668 7870
3658 7872 3655 7914 3670 7917 3685 7853
TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 262DEG 33KT 3671 7872
JHThe Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:17 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding was reported along portions of Route 58 west of South Boston including up to two feet of water covering the intersection of Sandy Beach (Route 703) and Philpott Road (Route 58).
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