Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2000, 8:15 PM EDT for Henry County, Virginia. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 2, 2000, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2000, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, VA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:45 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Ridgeway, 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
965 WUUS51 KRNK 030016 SVRRNK VAC089-030100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 815 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 900 PM EDT. * AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF SPENCER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 900 PM EDT INCLUDE SPENCER... RIDGEWAY... BASSETT... AXTON... <<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. $$ NNNN
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 Jun 2, 7:30 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 7:30 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 730 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000 HAVE UPDATED THE PIEDMONT ZONES TO ADD SCT TSRA THIS EVENING WHERE THEY ARE FIRING UP IN THE LEE TROF. .RNK... .VA...NONE. .WV...NONE. .NC...NONE. JJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 40 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.