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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 22, 2001Franklin County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2001, 5:08 PM EDT for Franklin County, Virginia. It was in force for 52 min. 3 reports 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: Jun 22, 2001, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Franklin County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 22, 5:15 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Endicott, VA
Jun 22, 5:18 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Ferrum, VA
Jun 22, 5:40 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Snow Creek, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 41 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KRNK 222108
SVRRNK
VAC067-222200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
508 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.

* AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF FERRUM...MOVING NORTH AT 10
  MPH.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 600 PM EDT INCLUDE
  SYDNORSVILLE...
  FERRUM...
  ROCKY MOUNT...

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

.END
$$

05

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 22, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 465 AND 466 IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 EDT.
COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVG EAST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
DEVELOPING IN THE UNSTABLE AIR. KFCX 88D LOOP INDICATED THAT AXIS OF
PCP ATTM MAINLY WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. AREA OF SFC
MOISTURE CONVG PIVOTING NORTH INTO CWA. WATER VAPOR/IR SHOWING WELL
DEFINE COMMA VORT LIFTING NWD ACROSS E TN/SW NC. DECIDED TO POST A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR NW NC UP THRU FOOTHILL
GROUPING.(SEE FFA). AVN SOLUTION SUPPORT A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN
LIFTING NORTH ACROSS RGN OVERNIGHT. TODAY'S MODELS CONTINUE TO CUT
OFF THE UPPER SYSTEM BY SUN. THIS SUPPORTS SLOWING FNT E PUSH AND
EVENTUALLY STALLING IT ALONG THE CST. SEVERAL WAVES WILL DEVELOP AND
ROLL UP THE FRONT. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...I HAVE ELECTED TO ADD
CHC OF PCPN TO WED UNDER COLD POOL. A FEW OTHER CHANGES REFER TO
ZONES FOR DETAILS. NEXT SET OF ZONES WILL BE OUT AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE...ARD 400 PM.

FCSTID = 07
PRELIM NUMBERS
ROA   65  80  59  80 /  80  50  20  40
LYH   65  79  59  82 /  60  50  20  40
DAN   67  81  63  82 /  60  50  20  40
BLF   60  73  53  75 /  90  40  20  40
LWB   57  72  52  74 /  90  40  20  40
BCB   60  75  55  76 /  90  40  20  40
TNB   59  73  56  75 /  90  40  20  40

.RNK...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT UNTIL 800 AM EDT SATURTDAY MORNING.. FOR
NCZ001-002-018-VAZ016-017-022>024-032>035.
.WV...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-221815-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1125 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON IN SOUTHEAST WEST
VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE
STORMS WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONTS
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS AND HAIL IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA W,EATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE FORECAST
UPDATES...AND FOR ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED LATER
TODAY.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

RMG

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-221830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
105 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. AT 1 PM...THE STORMS WITH THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL WATAUGA COUNTY NEAR
BOONE...CENTRAL ASHE COUNTY JUST NORTH OF JEFFERSON...AND IN
ALLEGHANY COUNTY NEAR SPARTA. SINCE RAIN IS FALLING OVEPR
PREVIOUSLY SATURATED GROUND...PONDING WATER IS LIKELY OVER POORLY
DRAINED AREAS. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.

JW

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>019-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>045-222100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
314 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. RAINFALL RATES
OF TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.
THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A SLOW
MOVING COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION
OVERNIGHT...WITH THE STORMS GRADUALLY MOVING INTO THE PIEDMONTS OF
VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA
AND VIRGINIA UNTIL 7:00 PM THIS EVENING.

RMG

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:55 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
455 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0407 PM    MOUNT AIRY                NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   SURRY                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWNREPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

JJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	44 min
Jun 21, 9:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	27 min
Jun 22, 1:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt	41 min
Jun 22, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford	42 min
Jun 22, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	45 min
Jun 22, 5:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Franklin	3 hr
Jun 22, 5:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Bedford	3 hr
Jun 22, 6:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Campbell, City of Lynchburg	2 hr
Jun 22, 7:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Amherst	119 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.