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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 11:57 PM EST for Franklin County, Virginia; Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 175 days. 1 report 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, 11:57 PM EST (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2005, 3:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 175 days
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Yadkin County, NC, Franklin County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 8 E Rocky Mount, VA |
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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KRNK 140458 TORRNK VAC067-140530- /X.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0003.050114T0457Z-050114T0530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1157 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA * UNTIL 1230 AM EST * AT 1150 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH OF SYDNORSVILLE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARTINSVILLE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SNOW CREEK... SONTAG... PENHOOK... 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 3682 7991 3679 7975 3697 7961 3713 7968 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WFUS51 KRNK 071858 TORRNK NCC197-071930- /O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0003.050707T1856Z-050707T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 256 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN YADKIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAST BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST YADKIN COUNTY AND IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AS IT MOVES THROUGH RURAL EASTERN YADKIN COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHACKTOWN... EAST BEND... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PLEASE RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 3605 8072 3605 8052 3623 8046 3625 8059 $$
000 WWUS51 KRNK 071933 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 334 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCC197-071944- /O.EXP.KRNK.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050707T1930Z/ YADKIN NC- 334 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR YADKIN COUNTY EXPIRED AT 330 PM EDT... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEW SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 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 IN BLACKSBURG. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 3605 8072 3605 8052 3623 8046 3625 8059 $$ PEM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 11:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 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
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2005Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005
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.