While Virginia Beach suffered a destructive twister and eastern West Virginia saw May-defying snowfall, an “omega block” brought cool dampness to Southwest and Southside Virginia.
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Get the latest weather news, storm alerts, forecasts, and climate updates across Southwest and Southside Virginia from Cardinal News. Our local weather coverage tracks severe storms, flooding, snow, drought, and changing conditions impacting communities including the New River Valley, Roanoke Valley, Lynchburg, Danville, Martinsville, Bristol, Abingdon, Wytheville, and surrounding Appalachian and Blue Ridge regions.
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Long list of April tornado anniversaries gets no new additions
Washington County has twice suffered killer tornadoes during “Super Outbreaks.” Other notable April tornadoes have hit Roanoke, Bedford, Pulaski, Lynchburg and Danville.
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2023 off to blazing warm start, but April about to take a chilly turn
Thursday and Friday will feel summerlike, but there could be snow showers in the mountains on Sunday morning and widespread frost early next week.
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Tales of a splitting supercell and a snowless snowfall contest
Yes, someone did win the contest. Turning to spring, last week brought rotating thunderstorms to southern Virginia.
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Roanoke Valley native Mike Brennan named director of National Hurricane Center
The 1995 graduate of Cave Spring High School in Roanoke County takes over one of the most visible positions in weather, leading the federal agency that forecasts hurricanes throughout the Atlantic basin.
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A ‘marginal’ or ‘slight’ risk of severe thunderstorms isn’t always someone else’s problem
Breaking down what different risk categories mean as there is some chance of severe thunderstorms in Virginia on Thursday.
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Updated: Gusty winds continue into early Sunday, knocking out power for thousands
A vigorous storm system responsible for deadly tornadoes in states to the west is breaking trees and snapping power lines with gusts over 50 mph in Southwest and Southside Virginia.
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Winter eased California’s drought; how is Virginia doing? Also, Northern Lights this far south?
The Old Dominion has fared much better with precipitation than the last time there were three La Niña winters in a row.
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9 degrees to 80s in three days – real spring starts springing in Virginia
March cold snap ends with three hard-freeze mornings in Southwest and Southside Virginia. Spring is upon us, but that may still be a roller coaster.
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Coldest mornings of this March ahead, but no winter storm expected next week
Shifts in upper-air flow likely won’t allow coastal storm to form, and cold March atmospheric pattern begins to break down late next week.
