Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2007, 2:09 PM EDT for Appomattox County, Buckingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 70 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
- Aug 26, 2007, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2007, 3:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 70 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Appomattox County, VA, Buckingham County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ssw Hixburg, VA | TREE DOWNED ON CAR AT EXXON STATION ON ROUTE 460. |
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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 652 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KRNK 261809
SVRRNK
VAC011-029-261945-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0310.070826T1809Z-070826T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
209 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
* AT 203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HIXBURG...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF APPOMATTOX...AND MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
APPOMATTOX NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK...
HIXBURG...
ANDERSONVILLE...
SHEPPARDS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3769 7825 3749 7837 3736 7848 3737 7858
3722 7874 3722 7886 3744 7883 3774 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 268DEG 11KT 3735 7869
$$
113 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KRNK 261832
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
231 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007
VAC011-029-261945-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-070826T1945Z/
APPOMATTOX VA-BUCKINGHAM VA-
231 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR BUCKINGHAM AND EASTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTIES...
AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HIXBURG...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF APPOMATTOX...MOVING
EAST AT 5 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOGA...
ANDERSONVILLE...BUCKINGHAM...SHEPPARDS...NEW CANTON...GOLD HILL AND
DILLWYN.
LAT...LON 3769 7825 3749 7837 3736 7848 3737 7858
3722 7874 3722 7886 3744 7883 3774 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 265DEG 7KT 3733 7866
$$000
WWUS51 KRNK 261852
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
250 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007
VAC011-261900-
/O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-070826T1945Z/
APPOMATTOX VA-
250 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3769 7825 3749 7837 3736 7848 3737 7858
3739 7860 3739 7864 3741 7865 3749 7875
3774 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 260DEG 12KT 3735 7852
$$
VAC029-261945-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-070826T1945Z/
BUCKINGHAM VA-
250 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...
AT 246 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARMVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BUCKINGHAM...DILLWYN...GOLD HILL AND NEW CANTON.
LAT...LON 3769 7825 3749 7837 3736 7848 3737 7858
3739 7860 3739 7864 3741 7865 3749 7875
3774 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 260DEG 12KT 3735 7852
$$000
WWUS51 KRNK 261919
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
319 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007
VAC029-261929-
/O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-070826T1945Z/
BUCKINGHAM VA-
319 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3769 7825 3749 7837 3736 7848 3737 7858
3739 7860 3739 7864 3741 7865 3749 7875
3774 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 260DEG 12KT 3737 7840
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 8:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 50 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.