As expected, strong winds and heavy rain were common in thunderstorms that occurred Saturday, though there were a handful of pretty large hail reports, too. Today should see much less shower and thunderstorm activity,as a weak cold front has pushed through, but there could be more again on Monday as a much stronger cold front arrives in the area. That front will be the leading edge of a major pattern change that will bring unseasonably cool weather to the area later this week.
The extended entry below contains severe weather reports in the area from the National Weather Service in Blacksburg.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
804 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0213 PM HAIL 4 NW COVINGTON CITY 37.82N 80.04W
06/14/2008 E0.88 INCH ALLEGHANY VA PUBLIC
WEST MORRIS HILL ROAD
0244 PM TSTM WND DMG SALEM CITY 37.29N 80.06W
06/14/2008 CITY OF SALEM VA PUBLIC
LARGE TREE DOWN IN CITY
0300 PM HAIL RADFORD 37.13N 80.57W
06/14/2008 E0.75 INCH CITY OF RADFORD VA PUBLIC
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG CANA 36.58N 80.67W
06/14/2008 CARROLL VA PUBLIC
TREES DOWN IN TOWN
0312 PM TSTM WND DMG HILLSVILLE 36.77N 80.73W
06/14/2008 CARROLL VA AMATEUR RADIO
TREES DOWN.
0320 PM HAIL WYTHEVILLE 36.95N 81.08W
06/14/2008 E0.75 INCH WYTHE VA PUBLIC
HAIL COVERING GROUND
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE ROCKY MOUNT 37.06N 79.83W
06/14/2008 FRANKLIN VA TRAINED SPOTTER
2 TREES DOWN...6 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
0352 PM TSTM WND DMG BUENA VISTA CITY 37.73N 79.37W
06/14/2008 CITY OF BUENA VIST VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN IN CITY
0357 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NE FERRUM 36.96N 79.97W
06/14/2008 FRANKLIN VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG PINNACLE 36.33N 80.40W
06/14/2008 STOKES NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON VOLUNTEER ROAD
0410 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 NW BUENA VISTA CITY 37.74N 79.38W
06/14/2008 ROCKBRIDGE VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
HWY 60 CLOSED
0427 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N LAWSONVILLE 36.46N 79.57W
06/14/2008 ROCKINGHAM NC PUBLIC
TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 8 AND ROUTE 704.
0448 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NW BUCKINGHAM 37.60N 78.61W
06/14/2008 BUCKINGHAM VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON STATE ROUTE 601.
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N MARTINSVILLE CITY 36.73N 79.87W
06/14/2008 HENRY VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON A POWER LINE ALONG FIGSBORO
ROAD.
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSE DILLWYN 37.47N 78.43W
06/14/2008 BUCKINGHAM VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ALONG STATE ROUTE 600.
0544 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE BLAIRS 36.67N 79.37W
06/14/2008 PITTSYLVANIA VA PUBLIC
TREE DOWN ON LAWLESS CREEK ROAD.
Comments
[June 15, 2008 4:50 PM]
DaveLet's hope Tuesday's rains are more substantial than Saturday's, which just barely knocked the dust down.
This is a great blog; thanks on behalf of all the weather geeks in SWVA!
[June 16, 2008 11:25 AM]
Other JohnWe got a bunch of Rain in the New River area of Pulaski County on Saturday with a couple of strong storms that went through...although thankfully we didn;t get any of the high winds...just a lot of rain...followed by lighter rain showers through the late afternoon and evening. It probably totaled about a half inch or so...maybe a bit more, I need a good rain guage to tell.