Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 565
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 10, 2000, 2:45 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2000, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties
Martin County, KY, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Albemarle County, VA, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Craig County, VA, Highland County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Clay County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Roane County, WV, Summers County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Putnam | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Putnam | 15 min |
| Jul 10, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson | 22 min |
| Jul 10, 4:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Jackson | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 5:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Vinton | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Boone | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Raleigh | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Kanawha, Roane | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Mingo | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 6:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Mingo | 26 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
081 WWUS9 KMKC 101835 SEL5 SEL5 MKC WW 101828 OHZ000-VAZ000-WVZ000-110000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 565 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 228 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL 800 PM EDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 45 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA TO 35 MILES SOUTH OF CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 564... DISCUSSION...STORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ALONG OH RIVER AND OVER PARTS OF WRN WV. ACTIVITY COULD BECOME SEVERE AHEAD OF MVC OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ENHANCING CONVERGENCE ALONG WEAK BOUNDARY. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28035. ...MCCARTHY 390,0823 381,0782 365,0782 374,0823
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 5 more | 6 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.