Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2006, 4:23 PM EDT for Alleghany County, Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 52 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
- Aug 3, 2006, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2006, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Surry County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1369 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 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 Aug 3, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 527 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 NCZ005-006-VAZ044>047-058-059-040930- ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 527 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. THE HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 108 DEGREES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043-040930- SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- 527 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH AROUND 100 DEGREES...MAINLY IN URBAN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-040930- ASHE-ALLEGHANY-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- 527 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 11:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1141 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ022>024-032-033-032200- SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT 1141 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID DAY... ONE MORE DAY OF HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 70S...THE HEAT INDEX THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL EXCEED 100 DEGREES...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. A FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON FRIDAY...LEADING TO MORE CLOUDS AND A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN...ALONG WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S. HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 DEGREES POSE A THREAT OF HEAT ILLNESSES. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD TODAY...PLAN ACCORDINGLY FOR THE HOT WEATHER. BE SURE TO DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS. JJ
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 144 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 VAZ032-043-031845- PATRICK VA-HENRY VA- 144 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PATRICK AND HENRY COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF HORSE PASTURE...OR ABOUT OVER PENNS STORE. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH...AND WILL AFFECTING EXTREME SOUTHEAST PATRICK COUNTY AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM. EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES AS THIS STORM PASSES. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. JJ
Local storm report, Aug 3, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Patrick | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 25 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 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.