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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 9, 2007Pittsylvania County, City of Danville, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2007, 7:06 PM EDT for Pittsylvania County, City of Danville, Virginia. It was in force for 54 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
May 9, 2007, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties City of Danville, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 7:13 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Danville City, VAIN THE FOREST HILLS AREA.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 62 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2007-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2007-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KRNK 092306
SVRRNK
VAC143-590-100000-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0021.070509T2306Z-070510T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
706 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CITY OF DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  SOUTHERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 702 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DANVILLE CITY...AND MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DANVILLE CITY...
  WESTOVER HILLS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 3656 7927 3671 7924 3676 7942 3670 7966
      3657 7972

$$

WP
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KRNK 092320
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
719 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2007

VAC143-590-100000-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070510T0000Z/
CITY OF DANVILLE VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-
719 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR THE CITY OF DANVILLE... SOUTHERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY...

AT 718 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL ON THE SOUTH 
SIDE OF THE CITY OF DANVILLE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTOVER 
HILLS...OR ABOUT NEAR DANVILLE CITY...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.

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

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 3656 7927 3671 7924 3676 7942 3670 7966
      3657 7972

$$
000 
WWUS51 KRNK 092355
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
754 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2007

VAC143-590-100004-
/O.EXP.KRNK.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070510T0000Z/
CITY OF DANVILLE VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-
754 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE CITY OF DANVILLE...
SOUTHERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800 PM EDT...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE WEAKENING ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 800 PM.

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 3656 7927 3671 7924 3676 7942 3670 7966
      3657 7972

$$

WP

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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.