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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 17, 2000Pittsylvania County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2000, 3:13 PM EDT for Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was in force for 47 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: Apr 17, 2000, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2000, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Pittsylvania County, VA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 17, 3:55 PM EDT	Hail 1	Hurt, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 17, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 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.

698 
WUUS51 KRNK 171914
SVRRNK
VAC143-172000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
313 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 313 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PITTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF   
BEDFORD...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 400 PM EDT INCLUDE
  AJAX...
  GRETNA...
  HURT...
  STRAIGHTSTONE...

<<CALL TO ACTION>>THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH
YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.

NNNN

MTE

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 Apr 17, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
135 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

WILL UPDATE ZONES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
TWO THIRDS OF CWA UNTIL 8PM AND ALSO FOYR FLASH FLOOD WATCH WE JUST
ISSUED FOR ENTIRE CWA THRU 10 PM.

.RNK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-W
VZ 042>045-180200-

KEIGHTON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 10:42 AM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1042 AM EDT MON APR 17 2000

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

1000 PM    CITY OF BEDFORD           VA   FLOODING
04/16/00   BEDFORD                        STREET AND CREEK FLOODING

TW

N

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 12:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-181200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1200 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND
NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA...
...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE IN ALL AREAS...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING IN NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA.
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY AND
SOUTH OF A ROANOKE TO BUCKINGHAM LINE.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE IN THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA...WITH LARGE HAIL THE GREATEST THREAT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY AND
NORTH OF A ROANOKE TO BUCKINGHAM LINE.

IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SHOWERS AND
STORMS...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS
MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY
NIGHT.

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS... AND
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

MTE

Local storm report, Apr 17, 12:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1247 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

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

1227 PM    3 MI SOUTH OF WYTHEVILLE  VA   1 INCH HAIL
04/17/00   WYTHE                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

TW

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 1:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	39 min
Apr 17, 1:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	49 min
Apr 17, 1:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Montgomery	42 min
Apr 17, 1:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Patrick	6 hr
Apr 17, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Patrick	40 min
Apr 17, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Montgomery	30 min
Apr 17, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte	40 min
Apr 17, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	46 min
Apr 17, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	38 min
Apr 17, 2:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Franklin	6 hr
Apr 17, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte	48 min
Apr 17, 2:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Montgomery	6 hr
Apr 17, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell	43 min
Apr 17, 3:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Campbell	37 min
Apr 17, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Pittsylvania	45 min
Apr 17, 4:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Charlotte	35 min
Apr 17, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford	39 min
Apr 17, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wythe	42 min
Apr 17, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Patrick	42 min
Apr 17, 5:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	92 min
Apr 17, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd	24 min
Apr 17, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Patrick	46 min
Apr 17, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	36 min
Apr 17, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	23 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.