Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1987, 7:15 PM EDT for Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1987, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1987, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pittsylvania County, VA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 94 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 999 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
^WBCSPSROA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
345 PM EDT MON JUN 01 1987
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
THAT INCLUDES MUCH OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT.
IN THE ROANOKE GENERAL AREA THE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BLAND..GILES..
CRAIG..WYTHE..PULASKI..MONTGOMERY..ROANOKE..BOTETOURT..GRAYSON..
CARROLL..FLOYD..FRANKLIN..PATRICK..AND HENRY PLUS THE INDEPENDENT
CITIES ADJACENT TO THESE COUNTIES. LYNCHBURG AND THE SURROUNDING
COUNTIES ARE ALSO INCLUDED.
AT 340PM A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF
WEST VIRGINIA INTO CRAIG COUNTY. ANOTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS
DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF ROANOKE COUNTY MOVING TOWARD
BEDFORD COUNTY. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER IN CONNECTION WITH THESE STORMS.$$HMSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 5:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
^WBCSPSROA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
500 PM EDT MON JUN 01 1987
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF VIRGINIA AND
WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT.
IN THE ROANOKE GENERAL AREA THE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BLAND..GILES..
CRAIG..WYTHE..PULASKI..MONTGOMERY..ROANOKE..BOTETOURT..GRAYSON..
CARROLL..FLOYD..FRANKLIN..PATRICK..AND HENRY PLUS THE INDEPENDENT
CITIES ADJACENT TO THESE COUNTIES. LYNCHBURG AND THE SURROUNDING
COUNTIES ARE ALSO INCLUDED.
AT 500PM THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS JUST TO THE NORTH OF
THE HOT SPRINGS AREA..WHILE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO CLUSTERED
OVER CRAIG BEDFORD AND BOTETOURT COUNTIES. ANOTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORM
HAD JUST ENTERED ROANOKE COUNTY JUST TO THE WEST OF THE CITY OF ROANOKE.
SO FAR NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER
THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR STRONG WINDS AND HAILD.
PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER.
JJSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 5:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 500 PM EDT MON JUN 01 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT. IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF VIRGINIA THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF AMHERST..APPOMATTOX..BEDFORD..CAMPBELL..CHARLOTTE.. HALIFAX..PITTSYLVANIA..AND THE INDEPENDENT CITIES OF LYNCHBURG.. BEDFORD..DANVILLE..AND SOUTH BOSTON. AT 500 PM THE HEAPVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN BATH AND BOTETOURT COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS IMMINENT IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA..THE POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS AND PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. HUDGINS
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:21 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
^WBCSPSROA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
615 PM EDT MON JUN 01 1987
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF VIRGINIA AND
WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT.
IN THE ROANOKE GENERAL AREA THE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BLAND..GILES..
CRAIG..WYTHE..PULASKI..MONTGOMERY..ROANOKE..BOTETOURT..GRAYSON..
CARROLL..FLOYD..FRANKLIN..PATRICK..AND HENRY PLUS THE INDEPENDENT
CITIES ADJACENT TO THESE COUNTIES. LYNCHBURG AND THE SURROUNDING
COUNTIES ARE ALSO INCLUDED.
AT 610PM VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER FRANKLIN AND
BEDFORD COUNTIES..WITH THE HEAVIEST LOCATED NEAR ROCKY MOUNT. A FEW
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PATRICK AND SOUTHERN BOTETOURT COUNTIES..
WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MOST OF SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA. POSSIBLE HAIL WAS INDICATED IN THE STORMS OVER FRANKLIN AND
BEDFORD COUNTIES THAT STRETCHED FROM ROCKY MOUNT TO NEAR MONETA.
OTHER THAN THE ACTIVITY IN BEDFORD AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES THE VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOSTLY WELL TO THE EAST OF THE ROANOKE AREA NOW AND
CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
HOWEVER BRISTOL RADAR IS STILL PICKING UP SOME VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
SO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER ISNT OVER. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE
URGED TO STAY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER.
JJSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 6:31 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 630 PM EDT MON JUN 01 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT. IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF VIRGINIA THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF AMHERST..APPOMATTOX..BEDFORD..CAMPBELL..CHARLOTTE.. HALIFAX..PITTSYLVANIA..AND THE INDEPENDENT CITIES OF LYNCHBURG.. BEDFORD..DANVILLE..AND SOUTH BOSTON. AT 630 PM THE MAIN BODY OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL VIRGINIA. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS BEING REPORTED AT THIS TIME.. RADAR INDICATES STORMS NEAR LYNCHBURG ARE VERY HEAVY. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN A LERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. H'UDGINS
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
^WBCSPSROA SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 715 PM EDT MON JUN 01 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELED FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR MUCH OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA IS CANCELED FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA. IN THE ROANOKE GENERAL AREA THE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE COUNTIES OF PATRICK..FRANKLIN..HENRY..BEDFORD AND BOTETOURT. LYNCHBURG AND ITS SURROUNDING COUNTIES ALSO REMAINS IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 710PM VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN..HENRY AND PITTSYLVANIA COUNTIES AND OTHER COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA TO THE EAST. MOVEMENT CONTINUES TO BE TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS REMAINED OVER THE REST OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. BEDFORD COUNTIES THAT STRETCHED FROM ROCKY MOUNT TO NEAR MONETA. OTHER THAN THE ACTIVITY IN BEDFORD AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES THE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOSTLY WELL TO THE EAST OF THE ROANOKE AREA NOW AND CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. HOWEVER BRISTOL RADAR IS STILL PICKING UP SOME VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA EAST TENNESSErE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER ISNT OVER. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO STAY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. JJ
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.