Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 2:18 PM EDT for Franklin County, Virginia. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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, Apr 27, 11:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
VAZ010-012-015-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA 1100 AM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TO 4 PM TODAY FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COUNTIES OF BLAND..GRAYSON..WYTHE AND ALL COUNTIES TO THE WEST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CG
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 12:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
VAZ010-011-012-015-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA 1245 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THS SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA.. AT 1230 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTIES OF GILES WYTHE GRAYSON AND BLAND IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COUNTIES OF PULASKI MONTGOMERY CRAIG AND CARROLL WITHIN THE HOUR. PEOPLE IN 0THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR LATEST STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CG
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 1:30 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
VAZ022>024-032-033-043-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA 1305 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT TO 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF PATRICK..FRANKLIN..ROANOKE.. BOTETOURT AND ROCKBRIDGE IN THE ROANOKE WEATHER OFFICE OF RESPONSIBILITY. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR LATEST STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CG
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 1:39 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
VAZ016>017-014-022>024-032-033-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA 1355 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE ROANOKE VALLEY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... AT 130 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTIES OF ROCKRIDGE BOTETOURT ROANOKE FLOYD AND CARROLL IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. POEPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. CG
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 1:54 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
VAZ035-059-046-058-034-044-045-271900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 154 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 8 PM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM AUGUSTA TO PATRICK COUNTIES IN WESTERNING VIRGINIA IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING WESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COUNTIES OF AMHERST...CAMPBELL... PITTSYLVANIA...HALIFAX...CHARLOTTE AND APPOMATTOX WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING AS THEY PAS:S THROUGH OUR AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATEST STATEMENT OR POSSIBLE WARNING. MONROE &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alexander | 25 min |
Nearby
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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.