Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Aug 4, 2003, 10:05 PM EDT (02:05 UTC)

Expired

Aug 4, 2003, 10:30 PM EDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, VA

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 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.

849 
WUUS51 KRNK 050205
SVRRNK
VAC067-050230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1004 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.

* AT 1004 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF SYDNORSVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 1030 PM EDT INCLUDE
  SYDNORSVILLE...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO PENNY 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.

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 3684 7996 3681 7975 3695 7964 3703 7983

$$

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NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 4, 7:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
722 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003

QUICK UPDATE ALREADY OUT TO INCLUDE SVR WATCH 838 FOR PARTS OF SE
WVA...EXTREME SW VA AND A COUPLE OF CTYS IN NW NC UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
OTRW REMAINDER UNCHANGED.

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

JH

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-051000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
648 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.
IN ADDITION...ISOLATED AREAS MAY SEE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3
INCHES FROM CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST SEVERE
WEATHER OUTLOOK...SPSRNK...FOR DETAILS.

THIS PRODUCT CAN BE VIEWED ON THE BLACKSBURG OFFICE INTERNET PAGE AT
WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/RNK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY...MAINLY
LATE IN THE DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.

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In the hours before

VAZ007-WVZ042>045-050230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
835 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003

...BROKEN LINE OF STORMS APPROACHING SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST INTO
PARTS OF THE GREENBRIER VALLEY BETWEEN 8:45 PM AND 10:00 PM. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE WINDS TO 60 MPH
ALONG WITH SOME HAIL. OTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...FORMING AHEAD
OF THE LINE...COULD ALSO BECOME STRONG...TO SEVERE QUITE QUICKLY AS
THEY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO TAZEWELL AND MERCER COUNTIES. IN
ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY ANY OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR MAY
ALSO PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JH

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.