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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 3, 2000Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2000, 5:13 PM EDT for Halifax County, Virginia. It was in force for 32 min. 4 reports 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
Jun 3, 2000, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2000, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Halifax County, VA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 5:20 PM EDTHail 1Virgilina, VA
Jun 3, 5:30 PM EDTHail 1.75Virginia, VA
Jun 3, 5:40 PM EDTHail 1.75Virgilina, VA
Jun 3, 5:44 PM EDTHail 1.75Virgilina, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2000-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 360 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2000-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
360 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 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.

664 
WUUS51 KRNK 032115
SVRRNK
VAC083-032145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
513 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.

* AT 510 PM EDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
  5 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BOSTON.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO 2.75 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 545 PM EDT INCLUDE   
  VIRGILINA...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

$$
LAT...LON 3677 7883 3666 7901 3634 7877 3648 7852

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHenry45 min
Jun 2, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCharlotte40 min
Jun 2, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPittsylvania34 min
Jun 2, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHalifax50 min
Jun 2, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPittsylvania, City of Danville45 min
Jun 2, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCharlotte35 min
Jun 3, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPatrick40 min
Jun 3, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHalifax60 min
Jun 3, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPittsylvania34 min
Jun 3, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford, Franklin40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.