A cold front approached southeast West Virginia during the early morning hours of March 31. An isolated thunderstorm became severe across Summers County and produced winds that blew down four trees at a camp.
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A cold front approached southeast West Virginia during the early morning hours of March 31. An isolated thunderstorm became severe across Summers County and produced winds that blew down four trees at a camp.
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 Mar 31, 2:09 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 309 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025 .SYNOPSIS... Moisture will be on the increase today as a cold front sweeps across the forecast area from the west. This front will also increase the chance for a few thunderstorms, some of which may become severe. High pressure builds in from the Great Lakes Tuesday with cooler air providing a brief cool down before warm air returns later in the week. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... As of 230 AM EDT Monday... Key Messages: 1) Showers and thunderstorms today. Storms may be severe. 2) Clearing and turning cooler tonight. Early this morning (2AM-5AM)...Watching the approach of a line of deep convection extending from southwest WV into eastern KY. Parts of this line, especially the southern extent over eastern KY into far western VA, continues to be well organized amid strong deep-layer southwesterly flow. CAPE is trending lower per late night stability, so expect this line to weaken with time as it approaches our CWA. Still think respectable outflow wind 30-50 mph will extend as far east as WV/VA border prior to daybreak, but overall expecting storm intensity to wane. For today, remnant prefrontal outflow to enter CWA, fading as it approaches the Blue Ridge. This boundary is well ahead of the actual surface front, so will have to monitor both the surface front (which is still crossing the Oh Valley) and the outflow boundary (which will be somewhere mid-CWA) for renewed storm activity for the afternoon. Concern will be for development of strong to severe thunderstorms for the afternoon. There is a slight risk (level 2 out of 5) for severe storms today, favoring areas along and east of the I-81 corridor for this afternoon and evening, with an enhanced risk (level 3 out of 5) south and east of Danville. Expectation is for increasing CAPE this afternoon as strong warm air advection and daytime heading promotes temperatures well into the 70s, possibly 80 degrees for the piedmont, combined with dewpoints in the 50s/60s yielding MUCAPES 1000-1500 j/kg. This moderate buoyancy will set stage for thunderstorm development along existing frontal/outflow boundaries, combining with available shear to promote organized thunderstorm cells and potential for supercells. 0-3KM helicity is forecast between 150-200 m2/s2 which will support modest tornadic/hail threat. Storm activity is expected to exit the forecast area after sunset with cold front passage to bring a wind shift and cooler temperatures for the overnight. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... As of 240 PM EDT Sunday... Key Messages: 1) Lingering clouds and a few showers for the mountains early Tuesday. 2) Mostly quiet weather is expected during the period. 3) Temperatures remain right around normal through midweek. Lingering upslope flow and upper level energy will keep low clouds and showers over the mountains overnight Monday through early Tuesday morning. Gusty northwesterly winds will have cleared out clouds east of the Blue Ridge by then. High pressure building in from the north and cold air advection will help temperatures tumble into the 30s and low 40s for the mountains, and the low to upper 40s for the piedmont by daybreak. A high pressure system centered north of the Great Lakes Region in Canada will ridge down into the Mid-Atlantic, keeping dry and quiet weather in place for Tuesday. The high begins to shift east Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, allowing for a southeasterly flow across the area. Winds will be gusty, up to 25 mph west of the Blue Ridge, and up to 35 mph in Western Greenbrier County due to the higher elevation. The flow off of the Atlantic will upslope moisture along the eastern faces of the Blue Ridge, causing rain showers and cloudy conditions that linger through Wednesday, particularly south of US Hwy 460. Rainfall amounts will be light, as the GFS and ECMWF ensembles show around 0.10" along the Blue Ridge, though the NC mountains could see isolated spots near 0.20". By Wednesday night, the flow turns more southerly, with rain becoming more widely scattered and eventually tapering off by the end of the period. High temperatures will remain near normal for this time of year, in the 60s, while low temperatures remain above normal, in the 40s for Wednesday morning, and in the upper 50s Thursday morning due to the warm southerly flow. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 215 PM EDT Sunday... Key Messages: 1) A stalled front will remain just north of the area, keeping scattered showers around Friday and through the weekend. 2) Well-above average temperatures are expected through the period. Thursday will see quiet weather across the RNK CWA, as high pressure in the Western Atlantic will continue to ridge over the area ahead of the next frontal system. Winds remain elevated but not particularly strong, though a few gusts of 20-30 mph are possible area-wide as a pressure gradient will be over our area. By Thursday night into Friday, a cold front approaches from the Ohio Valley, but ends up stalling off to the Northwest of our area. The front will slowly sag southward late Friday, with scattered showers and even a few thunderstorms possible, mainly north of the VA/NC state line. Similar conditions are expected for Saturday, though rain coverage will be sporadic due to the stalled frontal boundary. The main cold front finally moves into the area on Sunday, bringing a wetting rainfall to the entire region as it moves through by Monday morning. Thursday and Friday will see very warm temperatures, with highs 15-20 degrees above average, in the upper 70s/80s. The eastern piedmont could even make a run at 90 degrees for the first time this year if temperatures continue to trend upwards. Saturday will see highs in the 70s, with 60s/70s for Sunday. Lows are expected to also be well above average, in the 60s Friday morning and remaining in the 50s through the weekend. && .AVIATION /06Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... As of 230 AM EDT Monday... MVFR cigs expected early this morning with lcl ifr/lifr along the Blue Ridge where SSE upslope wind flow is promoting layer of stratus along the Blue Ridge Parkway, ridges obscured. A line of weakening thunderstorms was approaching the VA/WV border with potential to impact BLF-LWB prior to daybreak. Watch for 25 to 40 mph outflow wind associated with this line of weakening thunderstorm activity. In general expecting an unsettled day. The morning outflow boundary will continue to weaken as it approaches the I-81 corridor between 09z/4am-13Z/9am this morning, but will likely become the focus for renewed thunderstorm activity as daytime instability drives thunderstorm development this afternoon. Storms which form along this boundary are expected to move into the piedmont of VA/NC for the afternoon. Additional shower and storm activity, may get organized along a cold front which will trail this leading prefrontal thunderstorm outflow...resulting in numerous to widespread showers even across the mountains fro the afternoon and evening. The cold front is expected to move east of the area by 10PM with all terminals experiencing a wind shift to the northwest after sunset, followed by cooling temperatures and partial clearing. Sub-vfr clouds are expected to linger across the mountains through early Tuesday morning with clearing east of the Blue Ridge. .EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK... Expect some lingering upslope showers and sub VFR ceilings near BLF/LWB late Monday/early Tuesday morning before they die off with a return to VFR by midday Tuesday. East of the Blue Ridge should become SKC by Tuesday morning in gusty NW winds to 20-25 kts. VFR conditions continue Tuesday and for most of the area Wednesday, although gusty easterly flow will create stratus/showers along the southern Blue Ridge Wednesday as high pressure strengthens to our north. Additional showers and periodic MVFR conditions are possible Thursday through Friday as a cold front sags closer from the north. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...None. NC...None. WV...None. && SYNOPSIS...PM NEAR TERM...PM SHORT TERM...JCB/SH LONG TERM...JCB AVIATION...PM
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 404 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025 NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>044-507-508-010815- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-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- 404 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025 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...Today and tonight. There is a slight risk for severe storms, level 2 on a scale from 1 to 5. The main concern will be damaging winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. NCZ004>006-010815- Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell- 404 AM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a slight risk for severe storms, level 3 on a scale from 1 to 5. The main concern will be damaging winds, although there is a chance for isolated tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed.
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down four trees at Camp Summers on 4-H Camp Road.
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