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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 15, 1998Franklin County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 5:45 PM EDT for Franklin County, Virginia. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 1998, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 1998, 6:35 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Franklin County, VA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 15, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 41 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: 972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 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.

402 
WUUS01 KRNK 152147 RRA
SVRRNK
VAC067-152235-

BULLETIN--IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
545 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 635 PM EDT.

* AT 545 PM EDT... BLACKSBURG DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTH OF MARTINSVILLE OR 4 MILES SOUTH
  SOUTHWEST OF ROCKY MOUNT MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO REACH...
  ROCKY MOUNT                     AROUND 550 PM EDT..
  SONTAG                          AROUND 555 PM EDT..
  PENHOOK                         AROUND 615 PM EDT..

<< CALL TO ACTION >> SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IMMEDIATELY.

.END/MG

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 15, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
236 PM EDT MON JUNE 15 1998

DISC...
KFCX RADAR BACK UP ... TS FIRING ALNG BLU RDG AND OVR PIEDMONT.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE ETA ...
LOOKS LIKE 1ST H5 S/W MOVING THRU WITH MORE SIG CENTRL US SW
REACHING US TUE. LOOKS LIKE THE 2ND ONE WILL DRIVE FNTL SYS THRU.

ROA 66/86/62/85 4242
LYH 64/86/62/85 4342
DAN 65/88/64/88 4342
BLF 60/77/62/79 3214
RNK 62/79/63/80 3324

MG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
410 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

355 PM     BETHEL                    NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   CASWELL                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY FORMER
                                          COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER.

355 PM     BETHEL                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   CASWELL                        LARGE TREES DOWN AND
                                          TOPS OF TREES TORN OFF
                                          REPORTED BY FORMER
                                          COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER.

BRENNAN/CAMPBELL

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
435 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

415 PM     2 S CENTENARY             VA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   BUCKINGHAM                     QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

BRENNAN/CAMPBELL

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
435 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

415 PM     2 S CENTENARY             VA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/15/98   BUCKINGHAM                     QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

BRENNAN/CAMPBELL

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:46 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
446 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

350 PM     8 NW YANCEYVILLE          NC   POSSIBLE TORNADO
06/15/98   CASWELL                        SKYWARN SPOTTERS CAR WAS
                                          PICKED UP...TURNED AROUND
                                          180 DEGREES...AND CARRIED 10
                                          FEET IN THE AIR ON U.S. 29.

MTE/MJB/PMC

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:46 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
446 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

350 PM     8 NW YANCEYVILLE          NC   POSSIBLE TORNADO
06/15/98   CASWELL                        SKYWARN SPOTTERS CAR WAS
                                          PICKED UP...TURNED AROUND
                                          180 DEGREES...AND CARRIED 10
                                          FEET IN THE AIR ON U.S. 29.

MTE/MJB/PMC

Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:33 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
533 PM EDT MON JUN 15 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

440 PM     CHARLOTTE COURTHOUSE      VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98   CHARLOTTE                      SEVERAL TREES AND LIMBS DOWN
                                          DUE TO STRONG WINDS. REPORTED
                                          BY PUBLIC AND RELAYED THROUGH
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

BRENNAN/CAMPBELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 4:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt	32 min
Jun 15, 4:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	32 min
Jun 15, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	34 min
Jun 15, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, City of Lynchburg	36 min
Jun 15, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	52 min
Jun 15, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Tazewell	48 min
Jun 15, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte	37 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.