Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 2006, 2:59 AM EST for Bedford County, Franklin County, Virginia. It was in force for 31 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
- Nov 16, 2006, 2:59 AM EST (07:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2006, 3:30 AM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bedford County, VA, Franklin County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 496 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 Nov 16, 2:39 AM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 2:39 AM EST, 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 10:11 PM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1011 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ010>017-032-170315- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-PATRICK- 1011 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. SHOWERS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND MAY BRING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR FOR A PERIOD. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1.5 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. IN ADDITION A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WINDS WHICH MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH TONIGHT ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TONIGHT. VAZ007-009-WVZ042-170315- TAZEWELL-SMYTH-MERCER- 1011 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TONIGHT. WVZ043>045-170315- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 1011 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING FOR WIND SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. SHOWERS MAY BECOME HEAVY LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SHOWERS ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MAY CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. NCZ004>006-VAZ018>020-022>024-033>035-043>047-058-059-170315- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 1011 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS MAY BECOME HEAVY LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SHOWERS ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MAY CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 11:59 PM EST, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1159 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 NCZ002-003-019-020-VAZ011-013>017-032-WVZ044-160600- YADKIN NC-WILKES NC-SURRY NC-ALLEGHANY NC-GRAYSON VA-PATRICK VA- FLOYD VA-MONTGOMERY VA-GILES VA-MONROE WV-CARROLL VA-PULASKI VA- 1159 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 AT 1157 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM EASTERN WILKES AND YADKIN COUNTIES...NORTHWARD INTO ALLEGHANY AND SURRY COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...AND NORTHWARD INTO THE VIRGINIA BORDER COUNTIES INCLUDING THE NEW RIVER VALLEY. THIS LINE IS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD...AND PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE AS IT MOVES THROUGH. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT US ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. JJ
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 12:53 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1253 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006 NCZ003>005-020-VAZ011-013-014-016>018-022-032-033-043-WVZ044-160700- YADKIN NC-ROCKINGHAM NC-STOKES NC-SURRY NC-PATRICK VA-FLOYD VA- FRANKLIN VA-MONTGOMERY VA-GILES VA-CRAIG VA-MONROE WV-CARROLL VA- HENRY VA-PULASKI VA-ROANOKE VA- 1253 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GILES COUNTY...SOUTHWARD THROUGH PULASKI...CARROLL...FLOYD AND PATRICK COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND THROUGH STOKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO CRAIG...MONTGOMERY...ROANOKE...FRANKLIN AND HENRY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA BY 200 PM. THESE STORMS WILL BRING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES TO LOCATIONS THEY PASS OVER...AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN THE PIEDMONT AREAS OF HENRY AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES. MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADS. THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS...HAIL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. JJ
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 2:02 AM EST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 202 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006 NCZ005-006-VAZ017-018-022-023-033-034-043-044-160800- ROCKINGHAM NC-CASWELL NC-FLOYD VA-FRANKLIN VA-CRAIG VA-BOTETOURT VA- PITTSYLVANIA VA-HENRY VA-ROANOKE VA-BEDFORD VA- 202 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A NARROW LINE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AT 2 AM...EXTENDING FROM CRAIG COUNTY VIRGINIA BACK THROUGH ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. THIS LINE WAS SLOWLY MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE LINE OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...GLENVAR AND MARTINSVILLE BY 210 AM...POAGES MILL...CAVE SPRING AND REIDSVILLE AROUND 220 AM...SALEM CITY AND HARRISONS CROSSROADS AT 225 AM...AND CATAWBA...ABBOTT... AND ROANOKE BY 235 AM. AS THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL MOVES THROUGH THE REGION...EXPECT BRIEF DOWNPOURS TO PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME...WHICH MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH MAY OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT ACCOMPANY THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN. THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. LAWRENCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 8:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Patrick | 3 hr |
| Nov 16, 9:26 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Nov 16, 10:14 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford | 3 hr |
| Nov 16, 12:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 43 min |
| Nov 16, 12:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 24 min |
| Nov 16, 12:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 26 min |
Nearby
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.