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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 8, 2003Rockingham County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2003, 9:11 PM EDT for Rockingham County, North Carolina. 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
Jun 8, 2003, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2003, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rockingham County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 44 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2003-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2171 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2003-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

991 
WFUS51 KRNK 090111
TORRNK
NCC157-090145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
911 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.

* AT 910 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF WENTWORTH...MOVING EAST AT
  15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED THROUGH 945 PM EDT INCLUDE

  HARRISONS CROSS ROADS...
  WENTWORTH...
  MAYFIELD...
  OREGON HILL...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3653 7984 3635 7986 3628 7953 3653 7952

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKRockingham2 hr
Jun 8, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockingham39 min
Jun 8, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCaswell23 min
Jun 8, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCaswell46 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.