Fury in a hurryPosted Jul27, 2007 at 12:37 PMUPDATE, 2 PM: A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for all of Southwest Virginia through 8 p.m. Click here for the watch area and statement from the Storm Prediction Center. Beech Mountain in Watauga County, N.C., had 1-inch hail at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, according to a law enforecement report turned into the National Weather Service in Blacksburg. Just 15 minutes later, the storm report went even more beserk. "15 gravel roads watched out. Main highway to the mountain closed by debris. 2 to 3 inches of rain fell betwee 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. ..." Just shows that while most folks will only hear a rumble of thunder and maybe get a little rain in the pop-up storm regime typical in the mid-summer heat and humidity that has re-established itself, a few people will get a tempest. The Storm Prediction Center has put our region under a slight risk of severe weather this afternoon. While things are hot and humid at the surface, it's still unusually cold higher in the atmosphere, and that could trigger some potent storms as the afternoon heating builds. More organized storms developed in the Ohio Valley on Thursday and moved into West Virginia. A 76-mph wind gust was recorded at Charleston, W.Va., overnight and numerous reports of wind damage were received across West Virginia. The storm cluster died before it could reach us. We'll again be in the pop-up storms today and Saturday while also watching to the west to see if any of the organized storm clusters can make it far enough east to affect us. Current National Weather Service-Blacksburg radar
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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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