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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 25, 2007Bedford County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2007, 10:19 PM EDT for Bedford County, Virginia. It was in force for 71 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 25, 2007, 10:19 PM EDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2007, 11:30 PM EDT
In force: 71 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bedford County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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 25, 11:06 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Goode, VA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 13 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: 310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KRNK 260218
SVRRNK
VAC019-515-260330-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0162.070626T0219Z-070626T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1019 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CITY OF BEDFORD IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1017 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  THAXTON...OR ABOUT NEAR MONTVALE...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHAMBLISSBURG...
  THAXTON...
  BEDFORD CITY...
  GOODE...

PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS
WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

LAT...LON 3731 7983 3715 7967 3704 7950 3742 7923
      3758 7941

$$

JDS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 260245
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1044 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

VAC019-515-260330-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-070626T0330Z/
CITY OF BEDFORD VA-BEDFORD VA-
1044 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT 
FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD... AND BEDFORD COUNTY...

AT 1042 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR D-DAY MEMORIAL...OR ABOUT NEAR BEDFORD CITY...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HUDDLESTON...SEDALIA...GOODE...FOREST...COLEMAN FALLS...BOONSBORO AND
BIG ISLAND. ADDITIONAL STORMS SOUTH OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD...AND 
MOVING EAST...ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS 
AND LARGE HAIL.

LAT...LON 3738 7965 3718 7970 3704 7950 3742 7923
      3758 7941

$$

JDS

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 260329
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1126 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

VAC019-515-260336-
/O.EXP.KRNK.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-070626T0330Z/
CITY OF BEDFORD VA-BEDFORD VA-
1126 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD...AND 
BEDFORD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1130 PM EDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED...HOWEVER A LARGE AREA OF 
HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS PERSISTING OVER THE 
NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. SOME MINOR FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY ON 
ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. TRAVELERS SHOULD DRIVE 
CAUTIOUSLY AND EXPECT SOME HYDROPLANING.

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 3738 7965 3718 7970 3704 7950 3742 7923
      3758 7941

$$

JDS

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 Jun 25, 9:32 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 9:32 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
932 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST
THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK. AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
STORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS...WILL BE COMMON FOR OUR
AREA DURING THIS TIME. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTH THROUGH THE
AREA FRIDAY HELPING TO BRING BETTER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
CONVECTION SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE LATE THIS
EVENING BUT OVERALL STORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING SINCE ABOUT 8PM.
WILL CONTINUE TO SEE OVERALL COVERAGE DIMINISH...HOWEVER WITH
SHORT WAVE IN THE REGION WILL KEEP MENTION OF SLIGHT CHANCE
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

LIGHT SOUTHERLY BREEZY WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP HUMID AIR INTO THE
REGION TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL INTO THE 60S OVERNIGHT.
UNFORTUNATELY...THE DEW POINTS WILL ALSO BE IN THE 60S MAKING FOR A
VERY MUGGY NIGHT. FOG ALSO POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS ESPECIALLY IF
THEY RECEIVE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WE SEE LITTLE CHANCE THROUGH TOMORROW SO EXPECT A REPEAT
PERFORMANCE WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WILL BE SEVERE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE REGION TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. THE INFLUENCE OF THIS RIDGE WILL KEEP CONVECTION ACTIVITY
WIDELY SCATTERED AND MAINLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. CORFIDI VECTORS
ARE WEAK AND WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE...ANCHORED PULSE STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE. LOSE OF HEATING SHOULD ALMOST KILL OVERNIGHT CONVECTION.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY WARM THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH MID TO UPPER
80S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND LOWER 90S IN THE EAST. SOME WARMER
TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE IF NOT HIT BY A PASSING SHOWERS. HAZY
CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY AND PATCHY FOG AT NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
THURSDAY MAY BE ANOTHER REPEAT OF TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL
DEPEND ON A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. MORE THAN
LIKELY...WAVES ALONG THE FRONT WILL FOCUS ENERGY AND ORGANIZE
CONVECTION IN THE OHIO VALLEY. HOWEVER...LEE TROUGH WILL STILL BRING
SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER THE AREA AND MAINLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.
ON FRIDAY...WAVES TRACKING WEST TO EAST ALONG THE FRONT WILL HELP
PUSH THE FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. THIS FRONT MAY STALL ACROSS NC
SATURDAY KEEPING A LOW THREAT OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE NC-VA BORDER.
NORTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING COOLER DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /02Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
MVFR FOG EXPECTED AGAIN OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY IFR/LIFR AT
LOCATIONS THAT GOT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
COMBINATION OF ANY RAIN...HIGH SURFACE DEW POINTS AND LIGHT WINDS
WILL LEAD TO MVFR FOG DEVELOPING IN THE 06-10Z TIME FRAME. THE FOG
WILL DISSIPATE FROM 12-14Z AND THE DAYTIME THUNDERSTORM/OVERNIGHT
FOG CYCLE WILL START ALL OVER AGAIN.

LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SOUTHERLY FLOW
AROUND A SURFACE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOISTURE INTO THE
AREA AND RESULT IN SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
EACH DAY. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO CROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...WITH DRIER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT FOR
SUNDAY AND INTO THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

&&

.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
WV...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...RCS
NEAR TERM...JS/RCS
SHORT TERM...RCS
LONG TERM...RCS
AVIATION...AMS/JS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 5:30 AM EDT, 16 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
530 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-260930-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-
CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
530 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. PENNY SIZE HAIL...BURSTS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS FROM 2:00 PM THROUGH 10:00 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

DAILY THREAT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IS ANTICIPATED FOR
TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER MAY OCCUR
DURING THE PEAK HEATING PART OF THE DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DUE TO THE SPARSE COVERAGE OF THE ANTICIPATED SEVERE ACTIVITY...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

11

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
739 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE TRAPHILL          36.31N 81.01W
06/25/2007                   WILKES             NC   PUBLIC

            4 INCH LIMBS DOWN

&&

BS

Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
749 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S TRAPHILL            36.31N 81.03W
06/25/2007                   WILKES             NC   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL 4 TO 5 INCH LIMBS DOWN

&&

BS

Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
801 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0735 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S PEARISBURG          37.30N 80.73W
06/25/2007                   GILES              VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 100.

&&

JSTEWART

Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
827 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0659 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE DOBSON             36.37N 80.70W
06/25/2007                   SURRY              NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0654 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STATE RD                36.32N 80.87W
06/25/2007                   SURRY              NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN AT ROUTE 21 AND MOUNTAIN PARK ROAD

&&

RG

Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
845 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0835 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HILLSVILLE              36.77N 80.73W
06/25/2007                   CARROLL            VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON GARDNERS MILL ROAD.

&&

JSTEWART

Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
849 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0840 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W NEW CASTLE          37.50N 80.13W
06/25/2007                   CRAIG              VA   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE DOWN.

&&

JSTEWART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig	59 min
Jun 25, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll	56 min
Jun 25, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	56 min
Jun 25, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	84 min
Jun 25, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	75 min
Jun 25, 10:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	82 min
Jun 25, 10:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell	72 min
Jun 26, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt	64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2007 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.