Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Jun 4, 2001, 11:49 PM EDT (03:49 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 2001, 12:45 AM EDT

In force

56 min

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Charlotte County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 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.

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.

000 
WUUS51 KRNK 050350
SVRRNK

VAC037-083-143-050445-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1149 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  NORTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT.

* AT 1148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NATHALIE...MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 1245 AM EDT INCLUDE
  NATHALIE...
  RED HOUSE...
  PHENIX...
  CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE...
  

<<CALL TO ACTION>>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
$$

05

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 8:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
831 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001

WILL SEND UPDATE TO LOWER SVR WATCH ALL AREAS PER COORD WITH SPC.
APCHG BOW ECHO RESPONSIBLE FOR WX WATCH ABOUT GONE AS ORGANIZED TSRA
NOW OVER WRN NC ALONG OLD FRONT AND ACROSS NRN WVA PER S/W. WITH
BEST INSTAB NOW TO OUR SOUTH APRS THIS TREND WILL CONT FOR A WHILE
LONGER BEFORE LOSS OF HEATING CURTAILS CVRG. APRS MAIN CONCERN
OVERNGT WITH PASSAGE OF UPR VORT ACROSS NRN VA ESPCLY GIVEN ENOUGH
INSTAB OFF EVE RAOBS TO PRODUCE ADNTL CVRG SOUTH OF THIS FEATURE.
LATEST RUC SEEMS TO SHOW FOCUS CLIPPING THRU THE NRN CWA AND THUS
PRODUCES SOME UVV OVER THE NORTH INTO EARLY TUE MORN. WITH LACK OF
MUCH FOCUS OTHER THAN LEFTOVER BNDRYS WRN TIER WILL LOWER POPS THERE
A NOTCH BUT BUMP UP TO HIGHER CHC POPS NERN CTYS. OTRW VARYING AMTS
OF CLDNS ARND SO WILL CALL IT VRBLY TO CONSIDERABLY CLDY OVRNGT.
GIVEN MOIST DEWPTS WILL ALSO RAISE LOWS A CAT OR SO ACROSS THE
RIDGES. UPDATE OUT IN A MOMENT.

.RNK...
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

JH

In the hours before

NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ007-009-010-012-013-015>017-032-050100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
834 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED...+

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AS THEY MOVED INTO EXTREME
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.  WITH SUNSET...LITTLE CHANCE REMAINS FOR
REDEVELOPMENT IN THE WATCH AREA.  THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS
ENDED.

MG

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.