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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 13, 2005Henry County, City of Martinsville, Virginia; Yadkin County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 11:42 PM EST for Henry County, City of Martinsville, Virginia; Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 175 days. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2005, 11:42 PM EST (04:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2005, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 175 days
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Yadkin County, NC, City of Martinsville, VA, Henry County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 30, 8:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	9 N Turnersburg, NC	TREES DOWN AND 1 LARGE LIMB ON ROADWAY ON WARREN BRIDGE ROAD ALONG THE IREDELL AND WILKES COUNTY LINE.
Jul 2, 4:50 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	Union Grove, NC	ALSO...DEPUTY REPORTED BLINDING RAIN AND WIND STRONG ENOUGH TO ROCK HIS CAR. RECEIVED A RELAYED REPORT FROM NWS RNK OF A 2 FOOT DIAM PECAN TREE BLOWN DOWN SAME GENERAL AREA.
Jul 7, 2:15 PM EDT	TORNADO 1	Lone Hickory, NC	PATH LENGTH 5.1 MILES. PATH WIDTH 0.25 MILE. MOSTLY F0 DAMAGE WITH EMBEDDED F1 DAMAGE. MOST DAMAGE TO TREES...SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFS.
Jul 7, 2:15 PM EDT	TORNADO	Lone Hickory, NC	5 HOMES WITH MODERATE TO MAJOR DAMAGE. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND LOSS OF POWER.
Jul 7, 2:15 PM EDT	TORNADO	Lone Hickory, NC	5 HOMES WITH MODERATE TO MAJOR DAMAGE. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND LOSS OF POWER.
Jul 7, 2:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Yadkinville, NC	TREES DOWN EAST PART OF TOWN
Jul 7, 2:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Harmony, NC	WIND DAMAGE/PSBLE TORNADO WITH TREES DOWN IN THE ROAD ON HWY 21 NORTH OF HARMONY. ALSO TREES DOWN ON HWY 901 NEAR HARMONY.
Jul 7, 2:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Harmony, NC	SPOTTER REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES...INCLUDING SOME LARGE OAK TREES BLOWN DOWN AND SNAPPED OFF IN AREAS AROUND HARMONY...MAINLY IN THE LONG HICKORY RD AND SANDY SPRINGS CHURCH AREA. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Jul 7, 2:41 PM EDT	TORNADO 1	1 Ne Yadkinville, NC	PATH LENGTH 1.4 MILES. PATH WIDTH 200 YARDS. MOSTLY F0 DAMAGE WITH SOME EMBEDDED F1 DAMAGE. MOST OF THE DAMAGE TO TREES WITH SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFS.
Jul 7, 2:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Yadkinville, NC	TREES DOWN IN TOWN. SHED BLOWN OF FOUNDATION.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 13, 11:40 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 495 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KRNK 140442
TORRNK
VAC089-690-140515-
/X.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0002.050114T0442Z-050114T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1142 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 1215 AM EST

* AT 1135 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
  SPENCER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  HORSE PASTURE...
  FIELDALE...
  COLLINSVILLE...
  FIGSBORO...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

PLEASE 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 3666 8002 3655 8004 3655 7992 3678 7975
      3682 7993

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WFUS51 KRNK 071801
TORRNK
NCC197-071900-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0002.050707T1801Z-050707T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
201 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  YADKIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 157 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH
  OF BUCK SHOALS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF STATESVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  BUCK SHOALS...
  LONE HICKORY...
  COURTNEY...
  YADKINVILLE...
  NEBO...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

PLEASE RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3591 8102 3584 8081 3606 8064 3606 8052
      3621 8051 3623 8082

$$

PEM

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 071822
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
218 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

NCC197-071900-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050707T1900Z/
YADKIN NC-
218 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR YADKIN COUNTY...

AT 214 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
NEAR UNION GROVE NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS FUNNEL 
CLOUD IS LOCATED NEAR LONE HICKORY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
YADKINVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.  
THIS ROTATION IS MOVING DIRECTLY TOWARD THE TOWN OF YADKINVILLE.   
THIS STORM HAS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. ACTION 
NEEDS TO BE TAKEN NOW

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BROOKS
CROSSROADS...SHACKTOWN...HUNTSVILLE...NEBO AND EAST BEND.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3604 8088 3602 8071 3606 8064 3606 8052
      3621 8051 3623 8082

$$

PEM

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 071844
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
244 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

NCC193-071851-
/O.EXP.KRNK.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-050707T1845Z/
WILKES NC-
244 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WILKES COUNTY EXPIRES AT 245
PM EDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OFF TO THE NORTH.  
SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR THE TIME BEING.  HOWEVER 
ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOWERS ARE LIKELY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...SOME OF 
WHICH COULD BE HEAVY.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD RESULT IN 
FLOODING. 

CONTINUE TO MONITOR MEDIA OUTLETS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO TAKE 
ACTION IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR STORM RELATED DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BLACKSBURG.

LAT...LON 3634 8122 3621 8107 3632 8089 3642 8111

$$

JDS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 11:57 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Franklin	175 days
Jan 14, 12:58 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Patrick	2 hr
Jan 14, 1:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	69 days
Jan 14, 1:23 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Franklin	3 hr
Jan 13, 7:48 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes	69 days
Jan 13, 10:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Surry, Yadkin	175 days
Jan 13, 10:30 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Watauga	3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.