Hail — Radford (c), Virginia

2011-04-08 · near Radford, Radford (c), Virginia

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 300160. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.