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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 667

August 9, 200020 counties in Virginia; 10 counties in West Virginia

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGreenbrier57 min
Aug 9, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPocahontas, Randolph27 min
Aug 9, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette27 min
Aug 9, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta, City of Staunton44 min
Aug 9, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington37 min
Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville46 min
Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXGreene, Madison, Page, Rockingham46 min
Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro46 min
Aug 9, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst44 min
Aug 9, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQFluvanna, Louisa47 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2000-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 455 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 2000-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
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

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more6 hr
Aug 9, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 80 more5 hr
Aug 9, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGiles6 hr
Aug 9, 10:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCabell, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason and 6 more6 hr
Aug 9, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJackson, Wood6 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.