2009.07.25
Squall line makes a run toward Western Virginia
A squall line has formed in West Virginia and is approaching the Virginia state line. We'll see how much juice this line, which has prompted several severe thunderstorm warnings, has to get over the mountains into the Roanoke and New River valleys soon, but at least some places in Western Virginia should see some gusty winds, heavy rain and dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning with this line in the next hour or two. This is the kickoff of several days worth of scattered showers and storms, as frontal systems stall and disturbances move through a more humid air mass. Temperatures will hold near normal in the 80s for highs and 60s for lows this week.
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I was outside working on transplanting several Crape Myrtles the deer chewed to the ground, and as it was getting dark, I noticed some flashes from the north and west. Clouds started streaming in too, and the flashes were pretty frequent. However, the only thunder I've heard has been coming from Motor Mile Speedway, at least so far. I think places in a line north of Roanoke might have some training to deal with, wile down here in the NRV it looks like the initial line and then some showers on the backside. If it holds together coming across the mountains, it ought be a good one. It was awful hot and pretyt humid today, so I suspect plenty of energy is still available.
Comment by Other John — July 25, 2009 @ 9:33 pm
Storms have mostly washed out from Roanoke southward. Heavier stuff to the north.
Comment by Kevin Myatt — July 25, 2009 @ 11:48 pm
We got a pretty solid thump from one storm, but it was very short lived. Rain was extremely heavy for a few minutes, had some pretty gusty winds just before it hit. Lots of lightning, then it fizzled. Barely more than a tenth of an inch of rain at the house. Radar is showing some more storms back into KY working eastward in far SWVA and WV. They look pretty intense right now, though how well they come across the terrain at this time of night remains to be seen. But, they are forming up this late, so the atmosphere seems to be pretty well charged, at least west of here.
Comment by Other John — July 26, 2009 @ 12:20 am
The other storms must have fizzled overnight. I saw some lightning in the distance after 130AM, but don;t remember hearing any thunder or rain at our house. We got a few showers this morning, but only amounted to a few hundreths of an inch of rain. All in all, a pretty low-yield system in this neck of the woods.
Comment by Other John — July 26, 2009 @ 6:11 pm