Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 667
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 9, 2000, 2:00 PM EDT for 20 counties in Virginia; 10 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2000, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2000, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties
Albemarle County, VA, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham 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 Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Craig County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Greene County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Boone County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Greenbrier County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Summers County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
Warnings issued inside it
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pocahontas, Randolph | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Page, Rockingham | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 47 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 80 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Giles | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Wood | 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.