Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2000, 1:06 PM EDT for Patrick County, Virginia. It was in force for 39 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, 1:06 PM EDT (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2000, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Patrick County, VA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1:19 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Meadows Of Dan, 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
269 WUUS51 KRNK 171708 SVRRNK VAC141-171745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 106 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 145 PM EDT * AT 106 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MEADOWS OF DAN...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT AIRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAILIN EXCESS OF QUARTER SIZE IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 145 PM EDT INCLUDE MEADOWS OF DAN... BUFFALO RIDGE... WOOLWINE... CHARITY... <<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. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 47 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.