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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 26, 2001Charlotte County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2001, 1:02 AM EDT for Charlotte County, Virginia. It was in force for 43 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
May 26, 2001, 1:02 AM EDT (05:02 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2001, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Charlotte County, VA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 1:10 AM EDTHail 0.88Randolph, VA

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 nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 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 00:00Z on 2001-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 142 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 00:00Z on 2001-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KRNK 260502
SVRRNK
VAC037-260545-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
102 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.

* AT 102 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF REDOAK...MOVING NORTHEAST 
  AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 145 AM EDT INCLUDE
  REDOAK...
  PHENIX...
  CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE...
  KEYSVILLE...

<<CALL TO ACTION>>VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A
GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

.END
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 12:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHalifax61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.