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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 9, 2000Rockbridge County, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2000, 10:18 PM EDT for Rockbridge County, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington, Virginia. It was in force for 42 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 9, 2000, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2000, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 10:51 PM EDTHail 1Collierstown, 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 nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 00:00Z on 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2748 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2748 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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.

000 
WUUS51 KRNK 100219
SVRRNK
VAC163-530-678-100300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1018 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

* AT 1018 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLBORO...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 1100 PM EDT INCLUDE   
  ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...
  BUENA VISTA CITY...

<<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.

.END
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, Bath, City of Covington52 min
Aug 9, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBotetourt49 min
Aug 9, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford45 min
Aug 9, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGiles25 min
Aug 9, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRoanoke, City of Salem48 min
Aug 9, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCity of Roanoke48 min
Aug 9, 11:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst41 min
Aug 9, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKMontgomery32 min
Aug 9, 11:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPulaski26 min
Aug 9, 11:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin40 min
Aug 9, 11:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCampbell, City of Lynchburg38 min
Aug 9, 11:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPittsylvania61 min
Aug 9, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford30 min
Aug 9, 11:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBuchanan3 hr
Aug 10, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPittsylvania, City of Danville66 min
Aug 10, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHalifax66 min
Aug 10, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, City of Galax26 min
Aug 10, 12:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHenry, City of Martinsville40 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.