Power Outage in Pulaski, VA

Winds gusts downed trees throughout the county. One fallen tree blocked Belspring Road in Fairlawn for a time. Almost 3,000 customers lost power. Damage values are estimated.

Strong winds across the county up to 45 mph downed power lines and left at least 1600 power customers without power. Damage values are estimated.

Thunderstorms winds brought down down trees on Wilderness Road which subsequently downed power lines. Damage values are estimated.

Several trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds. A garage was severely damaged by a falling tree.

Reports from trained spotters, and the public ranged from 2 to 5.8 inches of snow across the county, with highest reports coming from Dublin and Copper Valley. There were isolated power outages throughout the county as well. Key Impacts: Power outages, snow covered roads, traffic delays.

Skywarn-trained weather spotters and members of the general public observed ice accumulations from freezing rain ranging from 0.15 to locally 0.2 inches in thickness across portions of Pulaski County, including around the community of Pulaski. Modest amounts of sleet were also observed. The icing resulted in at least 2,510 known power outages within the county. Key impacts: power outages; hazardous travel conditions; tree damage; schools closed.

Skywarn-trained weather spotters and members of the general public observed ice accumulations ranging from 0.1 to 0.2 inches in thickness across portions of Pulaski County, including around the communities of Pulaksi, Copper Valley and Fairlawn. Modest sleet accumulations of up to 0.2 inches were also observed in spots across the county. The icing resulted in around 1,845 power outages. Numerous trees and tree limbs were also brought down by the weight of the icing. Key impacts: power outages; hazardous travel conditions.

Damaging wind gusts, estimated to be 40 mph to locally 60 mph, blew down at least twenty trees across the county. These strong winds also caused scattered power outages across the county.

Snowfall amounts across the county include 9.3 inches three miles west-northwest of Fairlawn, two miles east-northeast of Pulaski, 11.0 inches one mile south of Radford, 11.8 inches at Graysontown, 12.0 inches at Pulaski and two miles west-northwest of Radford, 12.1 inches one mile east of Draper, 13.0 inches two miles west-northwest of Graysontown and one mile east of Fairlawn, 13.9 inches two miles northwest of Copper Valley and one miles south-southeast of Graysontown, and 14.0 inches two miles south-southeast of Dublin, at Dublin, and at Radford. Approximately 12,000 electric customers lost power.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down by high winds across the county.

Snowfall amounts between 8 to 10 inches were observed across several locations in the county. The highest accumulation was in the Draper area where 10 inches was measured. Strong winds after the storm caused 103 power outages in the county.

A lightning strike at the Peak Creek substation behind the Virginia Eagle Distributing Company occurred at 2:22 p.m., shutting down electricity to about 8,100 Appalachian Power Company customers in the town of Pulaski and Pulaski County. Power was restored around 4 p.m.

A power line was reported down on Hazel Hollow Road.

Thunderstorm winds blew numerous trees and tree limbs down the Fairlawn area. Also, some power lines were brought down by the fallen trees. Dime size hail fell on Grove Avenue. Damage values are estimated.

Thunderstorm winds blew numerous trees and tree limbs down the Fairlawn area. Also, some power lines were brought down by the fallen trees. Dime size hail fell on Grove Avenue. Damage values are estimated.

A few large trees and power lines were downed by high winds in the Draper area. Damage values are estimated.

Thunderstorm winds blew hundreds of trees down across the county. Many power lines came down as a result of the winds or the falling trees. The winds also destroyed two mobile homes in Dublin.

Thunderstorm winds blew hundreds of trees down across the county. Many power lines came down as a result of the winds or the falling trees. The winds also destroyed two mobile homes in Dublin.

A couple of trees and a power line were reported to have been taken down by thunderstorm winds near Cedar Point Lane.

A tree and power line was knocked over by high winds on Robinson Tract Road and a building was damaged on West Main Street. Trees were also brought down in several other locations in the town of Pulaski and near Dublin.

A large tree was blown down onto a power line. Roughly 1000 customers were without power. Damage values are estimated.

A tree was blown on to power lines on Morgan Farm Road.

Trees and large tree limbs were reported down in various locations across the county. Power lines were also damaged in Pulaski.

Trees down across the town of Pulaski. One tree brought down a power line.

High winds blew trees and power lines down between Dublin and Newbern.

Two trees and power lines were blown down along Wilderness Road.

Trees and power lines were blown down across the county.

An upper level storm system and a weak surface boundary interacted with a moist and unstable air mass to generate a few severe thunderstorms across western Virginia.|These storms brought down trees, with a couple falling onto power lines, and produced large hail.

A major storm affected the eastern U.S. during the period from November 30-December 1 as a powerful upper low and surface system moved into the Great Lakes providing an extended period of deep southerly flow across the region. Precipitable water values were extremely high for very early December, running from 1.3 to 1.6 inches or nearly 200 percent of normal. Precipitation developed late on the 29th and produced moderate rains (0.25 to 0.50���) across the western portion of the NWS Blacksburg forecast area|ending at 7 AM on the 30th. Heavier and more widespread precipitation developed on the evening of the 30th into the early morning hours of December 1st.

A rain shower grew in intensity as it progressed northeast across Pulaski County. Winds from the shower caused small branches to come down countywide, but one tree was blown down by the winds. The tree fell onto power lines and resulted in a power outage that affected over 1000 customers.

Freezing rain developed shortly after midnight on the 18th and continued until noontime. Ice accretion on trees, power lines, and bridges was 1/4 of an inch to 3/8ths of an inch. Isolated half inch amounts were reported in Montgomery County.