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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 7, 2006Greenbrier County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2006, 6:27 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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: Apr 7, 2006, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2006, 7:11 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greenbrier County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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
Apr 7, 6:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Rainelle, WV
Apr 7, 6:38 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 Nw Lewisburg, WV

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
Apr 7, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 340 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KRNK 072227
SVRRNK
WVC025-089-072330-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0021.060407T2227Z-060407T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
627 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA  
  NORTHERN SUMMERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAINELLE TO 10 MILES WEST OF
  SANDSTONE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  RUPERT TO 6 MILES EAST OF BECKLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  RAINELLE...
  ANJEAN...
  SANDSTONE...
  TROUT...
  WILLIAMSBURG...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS
WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

LAT...LON 3807 8073 3771 8121 3773 8069 3778 8035
      3799 8007

$$

JH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 072245 RRA
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
644 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

WVC025-089-072330-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060407T2330Z/
GREENBRIER WV-SUMMERS WV-
644 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT 
FOR NORTHERN SUMMERS AND GREENBRIER COUNTIES...

AT 642 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS 
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TROUT TO SANDSTONE...OR 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF RENICK TO 
SANDSTONE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT 
LEWISBURG AND ALDERSON IN THE NEXT 15 TO 30 MINUTES.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAWN...
WILLIAMSBURG...ASBURY...FAIRLEA...FALLING SPRING...RENICK...
LEWISBURG...MAXWELTON...LEWISBURG AIRPORT...FRANKFORD...ALVON AND
NEOLA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST
VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3807 8073 3771 8121 3773 8069 3778 8035
      3799 8007

$$

JH

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 072311
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
709 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

WVC025-089-072319-
/O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060407T2330Z/
GREENBRIER WV-SUMMERS WV-
709 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SUMMERS AND ALL OF 
GREENBRIER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED EAST 
AND OUT OF THE AREA AND THEREFORE NO LONGER POSED A SEVERE WEATHER 
THREAT. 

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST
VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3807 8073 3771 8121 3773 8069 3778 8035
      3799 8007

$$

WERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	44 min
Apr 7, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Summers	24 min
Apr 7, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	29 min
Apr 7, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Monroe	28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.