A hot and humid air mass combined with a lee trough helped to spark scattered showers and thunderstorms across Stokes and Surry counties. Thunderstorm winds caused considerable wind damage with several trees and power lines blown down, and the winds also destroyed two barns in Stokes County.
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A hot and humid air mass combined with a lee trough helped to spark scattered showers and thunderstorms across Stokes and Surry counties. Thunderstorm winds caused considerable wind damage with several trees and power lines blown down, and the winds also destroyed two barns in Stokes County.
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NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 12:45 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 1213 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 NCZ003>006-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-061615- Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Yadkin-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge- Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell- Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte- 1213 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest 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. Heat Advisory. In addition, a few thunderstorms this afternoon and evening could be strong to severe, with damaging winds and excessive rainfall the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Saturday. A few may produce heavy downpours, with localized flooding possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ001-002-018-019-VAZ010>020-WVZ044-061615- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Wilkes-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski- Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Monroe- 1213 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina, southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Thunderstorms this afternoon and evening could be strong to severe. Damaging winds are the main threat. Localized flooding from heavy downpours will also be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. VAZ007-009-WVZ042-043-507-508-061615- Tazewell-Smyth-Mercer-Summers-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier- 1213 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2024 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 506 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia and southeast West 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. Thunderstorms this afternoon and evening could be strong to severe. Damaging winds are the main threat. Localized flooding from heavy downpours will also be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
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</html>The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:26 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down multiple tree limbs that were ten inches in diameter along Cook School Road.
Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees near the intersection of Cook Road and Dan Bryant Road.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed two barns and blew down several trees near the intersection of Brown Mountain Road and King Road.
Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree near the intersection of Old Quarry Road and Muddy Flats Road and one tree that fell on to a power line along Fax Welborn Road.
Thunderstorm winds blew down one tree near the intersection of Red Hill Creek Road and Haystack Road.
Thunderstorm winds blew down twelve trees in a swath starting from about two miles southeast of Pine Ridge to about two miles southeast of Woodville.
Thunderstorm winds blew down and snapped up to twenty trees and also threw a 10 foot by 12 foot playhouse off the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2024
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1180709, 1180676, 1180682, 1180699, 1180701, 1180713, 1180704.