07/19/2025
Today there is a 60% chance of a severe watch being issued for the area outlined in blue. Main concerns would be strong winds and severe hail. Make sure you have multiple ways to receive severe weather alerts.
Areas affected...Virginia and northern North Carolina
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible
Valid 191708Z - 191915Z
Probability of Watch Issuance...60 percent
SUMMARY...Thunderstorms developing off the southern Appalachians
will gradually intensify as they spread east through late afternoon.
The potential for damaging winds will increase in tandem with
thunderstorm intensity and coverage. Watch issuance is possible this
afternoon to address this concern.
DISCUSSION...The early stages of thunderstorm development is
underway per recent GOES IR imagery and lightning trends within the
southern Appalachians/Blue Ridge Mountains and in proximity to a
diffuse thermal low across central/northern NC. Thunderstorm
coverage should increase through mid-afternoon as daytime heating
continues to erode lingering MLCIN and near-surface parcels begin to
reach their convective temperatures. Regional 12z soundings sampled
slightly weaker mid-level flow compared to yesterday (15-25 knots),
so slower eastward propagation is anticipated. However, this will
allow downstream temperatures to warm well into the 90s with MLCAPE
increasing to 2000-3000 J/kg.
Convection should undergo steady intensification as a mix of
discrete cells and clusters migrate into, or develop within, the
CAPE reservoir across northern NC and much of VA. 7 to 8 C/km lapse
rates within the 0-2 km layer, coupled with theta-e deficits on the
order of 25 K and PWAT values near 2 inches, will promote strong to
severe downburst winds associated with deeper convective cores.
Sporadic damaging/severe wind gusts are anticipated, and a few more
focused swaths of damaging winds are possible if/when
loosely-organized, cold pool-driven clusters emerge. Recent high-res
guidance suggests this appears most probable across central to
eastern VA later this afternoon around peak heating. Convective
trends will continue to be monitored, and watch issuance is possible
as the severe threat becomes more widespread.
.Moore/Smith.. 07/19/2025
..Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...
ATTN...WFO...AKQ...MHX...LWX...RAH...RNK...GSP...
LAT...LON 37377619 37027616 36787625 36497650 36207684 35967729
35707783 35567825 35507902 35527968 35558009 35698040
35938074 36138089 36388095 36598089 38767844 38877797
38897739 38737703 38447663 37917634 37377619
MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...UP TO 1.25 IN
