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A look back at a stormy Wednesday

Posted Mar29, 2007 at 10:12 AM

As we get a clammy day to break up the recent unseasonable warmth, let's take a look back at a very stormy Wednesday locally and, moreso, nationally.

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While the Roanoke Valley heard thunder -- with damage from lightning -- and had some locally heavy rain, the New River Valley and points south from there caught the brunt of Wednesday's severe weather locally, with reports of copious hail and some flooding. Read the Roanoke Times article by clicking here.

Click here for a photo of Wednesday's hailstorm in Blacksburg from Jeffrey Shaffer, taken at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center between 3 and 3:30 p.m.

Meanwhile, a deadly outbreak of tornadoes occurred in the western Plains. This map from the Storm Prediction Center depicts severe weather reports on Wednesday ... look particularly at the red dots, signifying tornado reports, lined up from Texas to Nebraska.

Click here for the Associated Press report on Wednesday's tornadoes.

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