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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 14, 1995Buckingham County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1995, 5:32 PM EDT for Buckingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 1995, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Buckingham County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRNK 142133 RRA
SVRRNK
VAC029-142215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
532 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
 
   ...BUCKINGHAM COUNTY
 
AT 532 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF
CENTENARY TRACKING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK 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.
 
SPN/JDS

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.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 14, 2:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
205 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1995

RECOMMENDATIONS...

ALL...CLR/BECOMING CLR TONIGHT.  MINS NEAR MOS FOR CITY LOCATIONS...
BUT LOWER FOR OUTLYING AREAS.  THU...SUNNY.  MAX NEAR MOS.

DISCUSSION...
STRONG...BUT DRY CONVECTION MIXED DOWN SOME GUSTY WINDS FROM H8 AND
ABOVE FOR THE AFTERNOON.  AS OF 17Z VIS SAT PIX ALSO SHOING SOME CU
BEGINING TO FORM ACROSS ALLEGHANY HILANDS ON NWD.  ONCE SUNSETS BOTH
WINDS AND CU SHUD DISAPR OVR CWA.  AIR RATHER DRY AND WITH LIGHT
WINDS WUD EXPCT TO SEE SOME CHILLY TEMPS TONITE IN VLYS...ESPCLY W
OF BLUE RIDGE.  MOS MINS TONIGHT LUK GUD FOR CITY/TOWN LOCATIONS BUT
RANGE OPENED DOWN A CATEG FOR "COUNTRY" LOCATIONS.

THU TO BE A MORE TRANQUIL DAY WINDWISE ACRS REGION.  STILL NEAR TROF
TRYING TO EXIT OFF THE COAST...WITH VORT TAILS SWINGING THRU AREA
FROM THE NORTH AND WEAK SHRWV PASSING TO SOUTH.  WITH LIMITED RH THO
AND SINKING AT 36 HRS ON I300 WE SHUD SEE PLNTY OF SUN.  MAX/S TO BE
TDY MAX + ABOUT 1-3 DEGREES...ESPECIALLY ON WEST SIDE OF BLUE
RIDGE.

FRI SIMILAR TO THU...NOT SURE ABT RAISING MAX'S AS MUCH AS MOS BASED
ON 48-60 H8 TEMPS BEING SAME AS 12-36 HRS.

SPN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

WVZ042>045-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-NCZ001>006-
018>020-151200-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1155 AM EDT WED JUN 14 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...

A COLD FRONT APPROACHING VIRGINIA FROM THE NORTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON
MAY TRIGGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS.  IF
ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...THEY SHOULD NOT BE SEVERE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.

NOGUEIRA

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:57 AM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

WVZ042>045-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-NCZ001>006-
018>020-151200-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1155 AM EDT WED JUN 14 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...

A COLD FRONT APPROACHING VIRGINIA FROM THE NORTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON
MAY TRIGGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS.  IF
ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...THEY SHOULD NOT BE SEVERE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATIO*N SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.

NOGUEIRA

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
440 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 1995

DATE/TIME        COUNTY/CITY           EVENT

14/327 PM        LYNCHBURG             NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                       BY SPOTTER AT CAMPBELL STREET.

NOGUEIRA
11/755 PM        ROANOKE COUNTY        58 MPH WINDS IN CAVE SPRINGS.

11/830  PM-      PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY   SEVERAL CREEKS SEVERAL FEET
11/1030 PM                             OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

MTE

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:10 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
510 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1995

DATE/TIME        COUNTY/CITY           EVENT

14/340 PM        CAMPBELL COUNTY       DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES WEST
                                       OF RUSTBURG.

14/410 PM        LYNCHBURG CITY        DIME SIZE HAIL IN LYNCHBURG.
                                       (FROM THE COLLEGE HILL
                                       FILTRATION PLANT)

14/430 PM        CAMPBELL COUNTY       DIME SIZE HAIL 3 MILES EAST
                                       OF ALTAVISTA.

14/450 PM        HALIFAX COUNTY        DIME SIZE HAIL COVERED THE
                                       GROUND IN CODY.

MTE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell	29 min
Jun 14, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox	39 min
Jun 14, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Campbell	54 min
Jun 14, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell	33 min
Jun 14, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	46 min
Jun 14, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell	28 min
Jun 14, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	40 min
Jun 14, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	30 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.