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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
554 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-015-WVZ042-043-045-231000-
ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-
GREENBRIER-
554 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH 
CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE
WEST. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER-
SIZED HAIL...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE-77...FROM EARLY EVENING
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...SOME OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...RESULTING IN
LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING...MAINLY ACROSS
WATAUGA...ASHE...SMYTH...AND TAZEWELL WHERE THE GROUND IS
SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY...SOME COULD BE
STRONG TO SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN EARLY NEXT
WEEK...ESPECIALLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

$$

NCZ002-003-019-020-VAZ011-013-014-016>020-WVZ044-231000-
ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WILKES-YADKIN-GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-
FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MONROE-
554 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH 
CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST 
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM
THE WEST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY...A FEW OF
WHICH COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

$$

NCZ004>006-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-231000-
STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-
FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-
BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
554 AM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH 
CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST 
VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS
WEATHER APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
EVENING. A FEW OF THESE COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME...THE PROBABILITY FOR
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER APPEARS LOW AFTER THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

$$

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