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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 17, 2000Charlotte County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2000, 4:10 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
Apr 17, 2000, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2000, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Charlotte County, VA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 17, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2000-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2000-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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.

411 
WFUS51 KRNK 172010
TORRNK
VAC037-172045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
410 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER ASPEN...OR ABOUT 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LYNCHBURG
  CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 445 PM EDT INCLUDE

  WREN...
  PHENIX...
  CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.

NNNN

MTE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 1:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPatrick39 min
Apr 17, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin49 min
Apr 17, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKMontgomery42 min
Apr 17, 1:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKPatrick6 hr
Apr 17, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin, Patrick40 min
Apr 17, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKMontgomery30 min
Apr 17, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCharlotte40 min
Apr 17, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin46 min
Apr 17, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPittsylvania38 min
Apr 17, 2:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKFranklin6 hr
Apr 17, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCharlotte48 min
Apr 17, 2:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKMontgomery6 hr
Apr 17, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford, Campbell43 min
Apr 17, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPittsylvania47 min
Apr 17, 3:23 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCampbell37 min
Apr 17, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCampbell, Pittsylvania45 min
Apr 17, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford39 min
Apr 17, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWythe42 min
Apr 17, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, Patrick42 min
Apr 17, 5:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKRoanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem92 min
Apr 17, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, Floyd24 min
Apr 17, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin, Patrick46 min
Apr 17, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPatrick36 min
Apr 17, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.