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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 11, 2006Rockingham County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2006, 6:33 PM EDT for Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2006, 7:05 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rockingham County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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, 6:41 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	8 E Eden, NC	DOWNBURST PRECEEDED BY BRIEF PERIOD OF NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WHICH BROKE HOME OWNERS FLAG POLE AND DOWNED NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS.

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 112233
TORRNK
NCC157-112315-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0003.060611T2233Z-060611T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DRAPER...OR
  ABOUT NEAR EDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DRAPER...
  OREGON HILL...
  RUFFIN...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. 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.


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 3654 7970 3654 7976 3647 7983 3632 7953
      3650 7952

$$

WP

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 112243
SVSRNK

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

NCC157-112315-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060611T2315Z/
ROCKINGHAM NC-
643 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY...

AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUFFIN...OR ABOUT
NEAR MAYFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
LAWSONVILLE.

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.

LAT...LON 3654 7965 3652 7970 3644 7969 3636 7953
      3650 7952

$$

LAWRENCE

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 112305
SVSRNK

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

NCC157-112315-
/O.CAN.KRNK.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060611T2315Z/
ROCKINGHAM NC-
705 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY AND 
NO LONGER POSES A THREAT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

LAT...LON 3654 7965 3652 7970 3644 7969 3636 7953
      3650 7952

$$

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, 5:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Stokes	40 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

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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.