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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 27, 1994Alexander County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 2:50 PM EDT for Alexander County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 1994, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 1994, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Alexander County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGSO 271854 COR
SVRGSO
NCC003-271915-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
250 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY

   IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
      ALEXANDER

AT 250 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO ALEXANDER
COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

 IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
 IMMEDIATELY.  WHEN IT IS SAFE..ASK YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCY TO RELAYL YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL
 WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

 GTR

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 43 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 1 hour 20 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, 1 hour 11 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, 56 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

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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

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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.