The list of heat records continues to growPosted Jun07, 2008 at 05:47 PMThis early June heat wave is living up to its pre-event billing as a record-breaker. Roanoke's high of 96 today broke the previous June 7 record of 95 set in 1925. The period of record for Roanoke goes back to 1912. Roanoke tied a record on Friday, also with a high of 96. Blacksburg's high of 90 broke the previous June 7 record of 89 set in 1984. Blacksburg's period of record goes back to 1953. Blacksburg has tied or broken record highs for four consecutive days. Several locations in central and eastern Virginia have reached or exceeded the 100-degree mark, including Richmond and Norfolk. There was also a little bit of severe thunderstorm activity today south of us where the Blue Ridge aided a few updrafts in pumping up some small but potent thunderstorms. Hail up to 3/4 inch in diameter occurred near Fancy Gap in Carroll County. Anytime there is heat like this and even modest humidity, the fuel is present for big thunderstorms, it's just a matter of whether other factors will allow those updrafts to rise sufficiently to create storms. |
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Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States." .....Advertisement.....
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