Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 2002, 3:54 AM EST for Bedford County, Virginia. It was in force for 21 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
- Nov 11, 2002, 3:54 AM EST (08:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2002, 4:15 AM EST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bedford County, VA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 4:10 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 EG | Stewartsville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 1:10 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 13 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
193 WUUS51 KRNK 110854 SVRRNK VAC019-515-110915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 352 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA BEDFORD CITY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA * UNTIL 415 AM EST. * AT 350 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEWARTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. WINDS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 415 AM EST INCLUDE STEWARTSVILLE... BEDFORD CITY... <<CALL TO ACTION>>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. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER THAT TORNADOES CAN OCCUR WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ LAT...LON 3732 7983 3723 7983 3731 7948 3743 7956 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 12:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 29 min |
| Nov 11, 12:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 1:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 23 min |
| Nov 11, 1:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 37 min |
| Nov 11, 2:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth | 37 min |
| Nov 11, 2:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 51 min |
| Nov 11, 2:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 23 min |
| Nov 11, 3:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 29 min |
| Nov 11, 3:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 23 min |
| Nov 11, 4:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 31 min |
| Nov 11, 6:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 37 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.