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Hail in Radford (c) County, Virginia
Hail April 8, 2011 · Radford (c) County, Virginia
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
The wider storm
A high pressure centered over New England helped push a back door cold front to the vicinity of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Warm and unstable air in advance of this front, combined with an upper level low pressure system, resulted in the development of severe thunderstorms along the front. The strongest storms occurred right along the boundary, where two tornadoes hit Pulaski County. These two tornadoes were the first documented in Pulaski County since records began in 1950.
Began near Radford (37.1300, -80.5700).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 300160. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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