Mother's Day 2008
Hope all you Mothers out there have a Happy Mother's Day despite the weather. And, do we have some of that! The storm, shown here is visual, radar and infrared satellite images, looks like a hurricane on land.
Visual
Radar
Infrared
The eye (low pressure center) in these images is located over the Indiana-Kentucky border and its track looks as if it might pass just to the north of us. But it have a huge mass of air swirling about it and we are expecting heavy rains and strong winds out of the (usual) northwest later today.
And as I sit here typing, the following pops up from NOAA:
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1246 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
NCC005-009-189-VAC077-173-197-111715-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080511T1715Z/
WATAUGA NC-ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE NC-GRAYSON VA-SMYTH VA-WYTHE VA-
1246 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WYTHE...SOUTHEASTERN SMYTH...WESTERN GRAYSON...ASHE...NORTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY AND NORTHERN WATAUGA COUNTIES...
AT 1243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNT ROGERS SUMMIT TO REESE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF WHITETOP TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MEAT CAMP... FLATWOOD... TODD... TROUT... ASHLAND... NELLA... GRAYSON HIGHLANDS STATE PARK... TROUT DALE... FLEETWOOD... BALDWIN... CLIFTON... WEST JEFFERSON... IDLEWILD... SHATLEY SPRINGS... RUGBY... MOUNT JEFFERSON... OTHELLO... JEFFERSON... LANSING... WAGONER... GLENDALE SPRINGS... FLATRIDGE... VOLNEY... GRASSY CREEK... COMERS ROCK... SCOTTVILLE... PINEY CREEK... SPEEDWELL... MOUTH OF WILSON AND BRIDLE CREEK.
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
Hmmmmm.
Hang on to you hats! It's going to be an "interesting" evening and night.
Visual
Radar
InfraredThe eye (low pressure center) in these images is located over the Indiana-Kentucky border and its track looks as if it might pass just to the north of us. But it have a huge mass of air swirling about it and we are expecting heavy rains and strong winds out of the (usual) northwest later today.
And as I sit here typing, the following pops up from NOAA:
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1246 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
NCC005-009-189-VAC077-173-197-111715-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080511T1715Z/
WATAUGA NC-ALLEGHANY NC-ASHE NC-GRAYSON VA-SMYTH VA-WYTHE VA-
1246 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WYTHE...SOUTHEASTERN SMYTH...WESTERN GRAYSON...ASHE...NORTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY AND NORTHERN WATAUGA COUNTIES...
AT 1243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNT ROGERS SUMMIT TO REESE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF WHITETOP TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MEAT CAMP... FLATWOOD... TODD... TROUT... ASHLAND... NELLA... GRAYSON HIGHLANDS STATE PARK... TROUT DALE... FLEETWOOD... BALDWIN... CLIFTON... WEST JEFFERSON... IDLEWILD... SHATLEY SPRINGS... RUGBY... MOUNT JEFFERSON... OTHELLO... JEFFERSON... LANSING... WAGONER... GLENDALE SPRINGS... FLATRIDGE... VOLNEY... GRASSY CREEK... COMERS ROCK... SCOTTVILLE... PINEY CREEK... SPEEDWELL... MOUTH OF WILSON AND BRIDLE CREEK.
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
Hmmmmm.
Hang on to you hats! It's going to be an "interesting" evening and night.
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