Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 8, 1996Giles County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1996, 9:38 PM EDT for Giles County, Virginia. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1996, 9:38 PM EDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1996, 10:35 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Giles County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 8, 10:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindBane, VA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 9:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKTazewell3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.