Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2003, 2:11 PM EDT for Bedford County, Virginia. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2003, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2003, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bedford County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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.
Did it verify
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 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
- 1142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KRNK 091811 SVRRNK VAC019-515-091845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 211 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BEDFORD CITY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA EASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA * UNTIL 245 PM EDT. * AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 245 PM EDT INCLUDE BEDFORD CITY... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 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 3740 7951 3719 7959 3711 7944 3747 7926 $$ 10
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 Jul 9, 1:44 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 1:44 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 950 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2003 UPDATED ZONES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INFORMATION. .RNK... NC...NONE. VA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 600 PM EDT VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>045-092200- WV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 600 PM EDT VAZ043>046-092200- MG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 5:25 AM EDT, 8 hours 46 minutes before
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-101100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 525 AM EDT WED JUL 9 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 WEATHER WILL DOMINATE AGAIN ACROSS THE REGION... ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 90S...AND HEAT INDICES AROUND 100. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND AN ISOLATED STORM COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED BURSTS OF STRONG WIND AND RAIN...RESULTING IN WIND DAMAGE OR SMALL STREAM FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... UNLESS THUNDERSTORMS BECOME WIDESPREAD...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 08
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 9, 1:47 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
147 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0135 PM SINKS GROVE WV 80 MPH TSTM GUST
07/09/03 MONROE REPORTED BY SPOTTER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Craig, City of Covington | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 68 min |
| Jul 9, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Covington, City of Lexington | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 17 min |
| Jul 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, City of Lynchburg | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 58 min |
| Jul 9, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 17 min |
| Jul 9, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.