Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Jul 6, 2003, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)

Expired

Jul 6, 2003, 2:15 PM EDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Patrick County, VA

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS51 KRNK 061745
SVRRNK
VAC141-061815-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
143 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT.

* AT 143 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF PENNS STORE...MOVING EAST AT
  15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 215 PM EDT INCLUDE
  PENNS STORE...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MILES
AN HOUR.

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.

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 3660 8024 3671 8018 3678 8016 3673 8008
          3663 8004 3654 8004 3654 8013

$$

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NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 6, 10:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
1010 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

MORNING RAOBS AND UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWING MOISTURE CONTG TO DEEPEN
FROM SW-NE ACROSS THE REGION AROUND HIGH PRES OFFSHORE. MODIFIED/FCST
SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR BETTER/QUICKER TSRA COVERAGE
TODAY WITH LACK OF CAP ALOFT...SOUPY BLYR AND LOWER CONVECTIVE TEMPS.
WITH WEAK RIPPLES MOVING UP FROM THE SW AND SOME 5H DIFFLUENCE SEEN TO
THE W...THINK MORE WDSPRD COVERAGE AGAIN OVER THE WRN HALF. THUS PLAN
TO UP POPS TO LOW LIKELYS ACROSS THE SW...THEN STAGGER TO HIGH CHC NRV
AND LOW CHC OUT E AS ACTIVITY TRAVERSES TO WEAK LEE TROF THIS AFTN PER
MESO-ETA. SINCE NOT AS MUCH DRY AIR ALOFT OVER RATHER WEAK
STEERING...APPEARS HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING THREAT LIKELY HIGHER PER
TRAINING THAN SVR ALTHO WET MICROBURSTS STILL A THREAT WITH ISOLD
CELLS. THUS MAY MENTION HEAVY RAIN IN ZFP OTRW OTHER THAN UPPING POPS
JUST SOME CLEANUP OF THE EARLIER PACKAGE. THICKNESS A BIT LOWER THAN
THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND GIVEN MORE CLOUDS/SHRA APPEARS TEMPS OK
THUS ONLY MINOR TWEAKS THERE.

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

JH

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-070000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
630 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 FROM DANVILLE AND POINTS
EAST.   SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS MAY
BRIEFLY PULSE TO SEVERE LEVELS...BUT ANY DAMAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE
ISOLATED AND IN THE FORM OF WIND DAMAGE.  ISOLATED RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1
TO 2 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...THE RESULT WILL BE PONDING OF WATER
IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

VERY WARM AND HUMID WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
HEAT INDICES MAY APPROACH 100 DEGREES IN AND AROUND THE LARGER URBAN
AREAS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.  AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY MAY
PRODUCE ISOLATED BURSTS OF STRONG WIND AND RAIN...RESULTING IN WIND
DAMAGE OR SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.