Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2000, 7:08 PM EDT for Buckingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 67 min. 2 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
- May 13, 2000, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2000, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Buckingham County, VA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:50 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Buckingham, VA | |
| May 13, 8:14 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckingham, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
183 WUUS51 KRNK 132308 SVRRNK VAC009-029-140015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 708 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTHEASTERN AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WINGINA...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF LYNCHBURG CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 815 PM EDT INCLUDE WINGINA... BUCKINGHAM... ANDERSONVILLE... DILLWYN... GOLD HILL... <<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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. NNNN SN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath | 40 min |
| May 13, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 45 min |
| May 13, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 40 min |
| May 13, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 63 min |
| May 13, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 51 min |
| May 13, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 65 min |
| May 13, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 47 min |
| May 13, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 60 min |
| May 13, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 54 min |
| May 13, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 67 min |
| May 13, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 35 min |
| May 13, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox | 56 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.