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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 11, 2006Stokes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2006, 5:05 PM EDT for Stokes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. 4 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: Jun 11, 2006, 5:05 PM EDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2006, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stokes County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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
Jun 11, 5:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1	3 W Danbury, NC	HAIL ESTIMATED TO BE AS LARGE AS A QUARTER FELL IN HANGING ROCK STATE PARK.
Jun 11, 5:25 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Danbury, NC	HAIL SEVERAL INCHES DEEP, POWER OUTAGES,TREE LIMB DAMAGE
Jun 11, 5:30 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	2 W Walnut Cove, NC
Jun 11, 5:54 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Germanton, NC

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
Jun 11, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 39 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: 138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -231 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KRNK 112105
TORRNK
NCC169-112145-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0002.060611T2105Z-060611T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
505 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CAPELLA...
  OR ABOUT NEAR DANBURY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAPELLA...
  MEADOWS...
  WALNUT COVE...
  PINE HALL...
  BELEWS CREEK...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

PLEASE RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

LAT...LON 3637 8003 3625 8003 3625 8022 3626 8023
      3626 8026 3635 8039 3635 8041 3649 8028

$$

LAWRENCE

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 112121
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
521 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

NCC169-112145-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060611T2145Z/
STOKES NC-
521 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR STOKES
COUNTY...

AT 516 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR MEADOWS...OR ABOUT NEAR DANBURY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DILLARD...WALNUT COVE AND PINE HALL

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...PRIMARILY 
OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF STOKES COUNTY.

PLEASE RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

LAT...LON 3637 8003 3625 8003 3625 8022 3626 8023
      3626 8026 3635 8039 3635 8041 3649 8028

$$

LAWRENCE

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 112135
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
535 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

NCC169-112145-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060611T2145Z/
STOKES NC-
535 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR STOKES
COUNTY...

AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WALNUT COVE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE 
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

LAT...LON 3637 8003 3625 8003 3626 8023 3626 8026
      3635 8039 3635 8041 3649 8028

$$

LAWRENCE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 2:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry	49 min
Jun 11, 2:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany	40 min
Jun 11, 3:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry	62 min
Jun 11, 3:59 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Surry, Yadkin	31 min
Jun 11, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe	31 min
Jun 11, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Yadkin	61 min
Jun 11, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes	55 min
Jun 11, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry	47 min
Jun 11, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes	44 min
Jun 11, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	32 min
Jun 11, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	51 min
Jun 11, 6:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Rockingham	32 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.