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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 3, 2002Montgomery County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2002, 5:07 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Virginia. It was in force for 38 min. 4 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
Jul 3, 2002, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2002, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, VA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 5:10 PM EDTHail 0.75Blacksburg, VA
Jul 3, 5:30 PM EDTHail 1Blacksburg, VA
Jul 3, 5:30 PM EDTHail 1Blacksburg, VA
Jul 3, 5:55 PM EDTHail 0.75Blacksburg, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2002-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1126 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 2002-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
1126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KRNK 032107
SVRRNK
VAC121-032145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
506 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.

* AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SHAWSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10      
  MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 545 PM EDT INCLUDE   
  CHRISTIANSBURG...
  BLACKSBURG...

RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

$$

10

LAT...LON 3707 8033 3717 8019 3726 8048 3705 8054

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPittsylvania26 min
Jul 3, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll27 min
Jul 3, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll28 min
Jul 3, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAppomattox, Campbell37 min
Jul 3, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst28 min
Jul 3, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, City of Galax50 min
Jul 3, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford31 min
Jul 3, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPittsylvania34 min
Jul 3, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAppomattox30 min
Jul 3, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin43 min
Jul 3, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin42 min
Jul 3, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, City of Covington26 min
Jul 3, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHenry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville52 min
Jul 3, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll31 min
Jul 3, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHenry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville45 min
Jul 3, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBotetourt52 min
Jul 3, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWythe29 min
Jul 3, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFloyd34 min
Jul 3, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCraig30 min
Jul 3, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRoanoke, Wythe, City of Roanoke, City of Salem33 min
Jul 3, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPatrick26 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCraig29 min
Jul 3, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPulaski, City of Radford23 min
Jul 3, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRoanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem34 min
Jul 3, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKTazewell25 min
Jul 3, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGiles, Pulaski22 min
Jul 3, 5:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKMontgomery2 hr
Jul 3, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKMontgomery48 min
Jul 3, 5:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKTazewell115 min
Jul 3, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPulaski, Tazewell29 min
Jul 3, 6:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKGiles2 hr

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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.