2009.04.29
An unsettled period ahead
The weather has been very settled since last week, with days of warm to hot, dry weather. But the weather will become unsettled over the next several days. A cold front has pushed in from the north today and has become stationary to our south. Some showers have developed, mainly just to our north along the Interstate 64 corridor, but a little afternoon heating (highs in the low to mid 70s, rather than mid to upper 80s) could trigger additional showers and even a few thunderstorms elsewhere across the area today. This front's presence near us, the approach of a new cold front from the west this weekend, and several disturbances moving from southwest to northeast into next week will ensure a period of unsettled weather, with showers and storms developing on many days, but few or no periods of widespread rainfall.
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A couple of severe thunderstorm warnings are out in the southern New River Valley and southward.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rnk/
Comment by Kevin Myatt — April 29, 2009 @ 4:26 pm
We had some heavy hail in the Greasy Creek area of Indian Valley earlier this evening around 6pm. Looked like it was definitely a few inches of hail and perhaps up to six inches piled up in a few places. Was a thunderous, gully washer.
Comment by Indian Valley John — April 29, 2009 @ 8:23 pm
I've seen a couple of similar reports from around the Willis area ... if anybody has any photos of that hail please e-mail to me (kevin.myatt@roanoke.com)
Comment by Kevin Myatt — April 29, 2009 @ 9:52 pm
Kevin, I actually took some pictures of the hail. Will email them to you in the morning as I'm heading off to bed.
Comment by Indian Valley John — April 29, 2009 @ 11:19 pm
Indian Valley John and Kevin and all, I saw that tstorm that doused Willis on the channel 7 weather report at 6 PM. Weather came on about 6:17, and Robin Reed showed the radar map with the western quadrant of Floyd County getting hit hard with an almost purple-colored blob. Kevin can tell us what the purple meant; all I know is that means an extremely intense downpour with some or all the makings of a severe tstorm at least. Pretty rare in these parts. Added note: it fizzled very quickly. By the time it reached eastern Floyd and Western Franklin, all the bright colors were gonzo.
Comment by Doug Griggs — April 29, 2009 @ 11:27 pm
we only got rain, a little over a half inch, nothing of a severe nature. We had a couple flashes of lightning, but that was about it. Looks like the really severe stuff stayed out of our neck of the woods.
Comment by Other John — April 29, 2009 @ 11:56 pm