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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2006, 8:25 PM EDT for Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was in force for 41 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 7, 2006, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2006, 9:06 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pittsylvania County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 7, 8:02 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 8:02 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 346 AM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-080800- ASHE-ALLEGHANY-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- 346 AM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ON TUESDAY AND AGAIN BY WEEKS END. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 501 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 NCZ019-072130- WILKES NC- 501 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF BOOMER ALONG ROUTE 18. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING RURAL LOCATIONS ALONG ROUTE 16 THROUGH 530 PM...AND MAY AFFECT THE MORAVIAN FALLS AREA. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN OF AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 544 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 VAZ010>014-016-017-072300- BLAND-CARROLL-FLOYD-GILES-MONTGOMERY-PULASKI-WYTHE- 544 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 ...WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING... WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AREA DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 540 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY THE TOWNS OF KIMBERLING IN BLAND COUNTY...MAX MEADOWS IN WYTHE COUNTY...PULASKI AND ALLISONIA IN PULASKI COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE MECHANICSBURG...GUNTON PARK... PULASKI...ALLISONIA AND CLAYTOR LAKE AREAS THROUGH 600 PM...AND THEN POSSIBLY THE PEARISBURG...BLACKSBURG...CHRISTIANSBURG AND INDIAN VALLEY AREAS BY 630 OR 700 PM. EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES FROM THESE STORMS. IF TRAVELING PREPARE FOR POOR VISIBILITIES AND WATER PONDED ON THE ROADS. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. 06
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 556 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 WVZ042-072300- MERCER WV- 556 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST MERCER COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRINCETON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF OAKVALE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...OAKVALE AT 610 PM EDT...ELGOOD AT 615 PM EDT...WILLOWTON BY 630 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 30MINUTES WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ON THE ROADS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 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 8, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 60 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.