Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2006, 1:45 PM EDT for Craig County, Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2006, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2006, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Craig County, VA, Monroe County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 13, 1:14 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:14 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 12:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1209 PM EDT THU JUL 13 2006 NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043-044-058-141615- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX- 1209 PM EDT THU JUL 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A WEAK COLD FRONT SAGS TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE RESULTING IN DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS COULD CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY PERSIST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS A WEAK FRONT STALLS OVER THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VAZ007-010-011-013-014-018>020-022>024-034-035-045>047-059-WVZ044- 141615- TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY-BATH- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX- BUCKINGHAM-CHARLOTTE-MONROE- 1209 PM EDT THU JUL 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY WITH THE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE AGAIN COULD CAUSE ISOLATED FLOODING TO OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ009-012-015>017-032-033-141615- ASHE-ALLEGHANY-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-SMYTH-WYTHE-GRAYSON-CARROLL- FLOYD-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- 1209 PM EDT THU JUL 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH BY THIS EVENING RESULTING IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH SOME HAIL. IN ADDITION TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS A WEAK FRONT STALLS OVER THE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY AGAIN CAUSE ISOLATED FLOODING TO OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WVZ042-043-045-141615- MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- 1209 PM EDT THU JUL 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS...LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. ALSO...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH SATURDAY. THESE AGAIN COULD CAUSE ISOLATED FLOODING TO OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:23 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 4:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 4:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 12:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 13 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.