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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 14, 2000Smyth County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2000, 10:33 PM EDT for Smyth County, Virginia. It was in force for 27 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 14, 2000, 10:33 PM EDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2000, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Smyth County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 518 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

850 
WUUS51 KRNK 150233
SVRRNK
VAC173-150300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1033 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

* AT 1027 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 1100 PM EDT INCLUDE
  MARION...

<<CALL TO ACTION>>IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

$$
LAT...LON 3692 8168 3674 8155 3688 8131 3704 8148

AMS

NNNN

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, 9:50 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 9:50 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
950 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

BUSY KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE RADAR. UPDATE WILL BE OUT IN A FEW
MINTUES WITH ONLY MINOR CHANGES IN THE FIRST PERIOD.

.RNK...
.VA...NONE.
.WV...NONE.
.NC...NONE.

AMS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:01 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
501 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

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

0440 PM    WENTWORTH                 NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/00   ROCKINGHAM

0440 PM    EDEN                      NC   FLOOD
06/14/00   ROCKINGHAM                     TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          MINOR STREET FLOODING ON
                                          THE FOLLOWING STREETS:
                                          HAMILTON, HARRIS,
                                          WASHINGTON, PATRICIA.

PMC

Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
515 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

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

0430 PM    TIMBERLAKE                VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   CAMPBELL                       TREES DOWN

Local storm report, Jun 14, 6:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
603 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

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

0500 PM    13 MILES SOUTH 13 MILES SOUTH OF BUCKINGHAMVA   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   BUCKINGHAM                     TREES DOWN ON RT 15 NEAR
                                          BOARDER OF PRINCE EDWARD
                                          COUNTY

0515 PM    BENT CREEK                VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   APPOMATTOX                     TREES DOWN OVER HWY 60

0530 PM    EASTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTY VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   APPOMATTOX                     TREES DOWN OVER HWY 601

PMC

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 9:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

NCZ003-VAZ012>017-032-150230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
911 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA WILL CONTINUE TRACKING TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE LATTER
PART OF THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING
WINDS...BLOWING DOWN TREES ACROSS PARTS OF WYTHE AND PULASKI
COUNTIES BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM.

ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING UP THROUGH SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH
CAROLINA. STRONG STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT PARTS OF CARROLL...
PATRICK... FLOYD... MONTGOMERY... AND GRAYSON COUNTIES BETWEEN 9 AND
11 PM.

VERY HEAVY AND PERSISTENT DOWNPOURS COULD BEGIN TO PRESENT A
LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEM AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. RADAR WAS
ESTIMATING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. BE ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF
A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR COUNTY.

JDS

Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:56 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
956 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

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

0850 PM    HIWASSEE                  VA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/00   PULASKI

0840 PM    RURAL RETREAT             VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   WYTHE                          TREES DOWN

0930 PM    SNOWVILLE                 VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   PULASKI                        TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0800 PM    PULASKI                   VA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/00   PULASKI

0800 PM    PULASKI                   VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   PULASKI                        TREE DOWN ON PEPPERS FERRY
                                          ROAD

PMC

Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:07 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
1007 PM EDT WED JUN 14 2000

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

0950 PM    5 W HILLSVILLE            VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/00   CARROLL                        TREE DOWN NEAR I77

PMC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pulaski, City of Radford	32 min
Jun 14, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wythe	26 min
Jun 14, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pulaski, Wythe	36 min
Jun 14, 9:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll	42 min
Jun 14, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	46 min
Jun 15, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll	36 min
Jun 15, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll	52 min
Jun 15, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt, Rockbridge	40 min
Jun 15, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	City of Lexington	40 min
Jun 15, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	City of Buena Vista	40 min
Jun 15, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt	35 min
Jun 15, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	39 min
Jun 15, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	43 min
Jun 15, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania	39 min
Jun 15, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	41 min
Jun 15, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.