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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Blacksburg, VA

November 9, 2000Bedford County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2000, 10:53 PM EST for Bedford County, Virginia. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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: Nov 9, 2000, 10:53 PM EST (03:53 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2000, 11:45 PM EST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Bedford County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:56 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Nov 9, 11:00 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Moneta, VA
Nov 9, 11:14 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Moneta, VA
Nov 9, 11:22 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Moneta, 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 13 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: 56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 448 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 627 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.

605 
WUUS51 KRNK 100353
SVRRNK
VAC019-515-100445-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1053 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  BEDFORD CITY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EST.

* AT 1053 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF MONETA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
  MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 1145 PM EST INCLUDE
  MONETA...
  HUDDLESTON...
  BEDFORD CITY...

<<CALL TO ACTION>>HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

.END
09

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 Nov 9, 9:25 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 9:25 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
925 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000

SHORT AFD THIS EVENING...JUST COORD WITH SPC. CURRENT THINKING IS
THAT THE LINE OF SHRA WILL PRODUCE AROUND 40 MPH WIND GUSTS. A FEW
CELLS MAY BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT OUT AHEAD OF
THE LINE...BUT NOT MUCH DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED. WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR CLOSELY ON 88D AND MAY NEED A FEW SHORT TERM WARNINGS FOR
SMALL CELLS.

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

JJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 9, 8:35 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
935 PM EDT THU NOV 09 2000

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

0935 PM    RADFORD                   VA   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   MONTGOMERY                     LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          REPORTED 10 TREES
                                          DOWN BLOCKING LOVELY
                                          MOUNTAIN ROAD.
JW

Local storm report, Nov 9, 9:03 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
855 PM EDT THU NOV 09 2000

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

0845 PM    BOOMER                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   WILKES                         LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          REPORTED TREES
                                          DOWN ON HIGHWAYS
TW
F

Local storm report, Nov 9, 9:40 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
1040 PM EDT THU NOV 09 2000

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

1015 PM    ARARAT                     VA   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   PATRICK                         SPOTTER REPORTED
                                           LG TREES DOWN ON
                                           POWER LINES.
                                           ESTIMATED WINDS
                                           50 MPH

TW

Local storm report, Nov 9, 10:19 PM EST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
935 PM EDT THU NOV 09 2000

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

0935 PM    RADFORD                   VA   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   MONTGOMERY                     LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          REPORTED 10" TREES
                                          DOWN BLOCKING LOVELY7
                                          MOUNTAIN ROAD.
JW

Local storm report, Nov 9, 10:30 PM EST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
1130 PM EDT THU NOV 09 2000

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

1100 PM    MONETA                     VA   WIND DAMAGE 11/09/00
BEDFORD                         SPOTTER
REPORTED                                            TREES DOWN
ON                                            POWER
LINES.                                            ESTIMATED
WINDS                                            50 MPH

TW

Local storm report, Nov 9, 10:45 PM EST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
1040 PM EDT THU NOV 09 2000

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

1015 PM    ARARAT                     VA   WIND DAMAGE
11/09/00   PATRICK                         SPOTTER REPORTED
                                           LG TREES DOWN ON
                                           POWER LINES.
                                           ESTIMATED WINDS
                                           50 MPH

TW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 9, 9:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Montgomery	30 min
Nov 9, 9:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	37 min
Nov 9, 10:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	28 min
Nov 9, 11:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista	25 min
Nov 9, 11:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	City of Lexington	25 min
Nov 9, 11:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, City of Lynchburg	42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.