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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 2, 2000Charlotte County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2000, 9:40 PM EDT for Charlotte County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2000, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2000, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Charlotte County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 871 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 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.

385 
WUUS51 KRNK 030141
SVRRNK
VAC037-030215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
940 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.

* AT 940 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDOAK...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 1015 PM EDT INCLUDE
  REDOAK...
  KEYSVILLE...

<<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.

$$

KK

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, 9:15 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 9:15 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
915 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

LINE OF TSRA DEVELOPED IN THE LEE TROF THIS EVE...AND QUICKLY
REACHED SVR LEVELS. HAVE HAD A FEW REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...A LSR
WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. WITH THE EVENING UPDATE...WILL UP POPS IN
THE NW THRU SE...AS THE ADVANCING Q-LINE IS HOLDING TOGETHER
FAIRLY WELL. MAY BE ABLE TO DROP MENTION OF EVE TSRA IN THE SE BY
1000 PM.

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

JJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 9:13 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
913 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

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

0750 PM    LAWSONVILLE               NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/2/00   STOKES

0810 PM    BROOKNEAL                 VA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/2/00   CAMPBELL

0845 PM    RIDGEWAY                  VA   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/2/00   HENRY

0916 PM    DANVILLE                  VA   .88 INCH HAIL
06/2/00   PITTSYLVANIA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry	45 min
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 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.