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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 3, 2000Surry County, Yadkin County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2000, 2:57 PM EDT for Surry County, Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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 3, 2000, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2000, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Surry County, NC, Yadkin County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 3:05 PM EDTHail 0.75East Bend, NC

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2000-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 342 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2000-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 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.

154 
WUUS51 KRNK 031858
SVRRNK
NCC171-197-031930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
257 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN YADKIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.

* AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAST BEND...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO AN INCH AND ONE HALF IN DIAMETER CAN BE EXPECTED WITH 
THIS STORM.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 330 PM EDT INCLUDE
  EAST BEND...

<<CALL TO ACTION>>IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE
WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

$$
LAT...LON 3638 8059 3622 8070 3609 8047 3626 8038

MG

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockingham30 min
Jun 2, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCaswell40 min
Jun 3, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWilkes59 min
Jun 3, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockingham49 min
Jun 3, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKSurry40 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.