Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2007, 8:58 PM EDT for Henry County, City of Martinsville, Virginia. It was in force for 47 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 5, 2007, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2007, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties City of Martinsville, VA, Henry County, VA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 N Martinsville City, VA | HAIL COVERING GROUND |
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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1419 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KRNK 060058
SVRRNK
VAC089-690-060200-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0075.070606T0058Z-070606T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
858 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CITY OF MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PHILPOTT DAM...OR ABOUT NEAR BASSETT...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OAK LEVEL...
COLLINSVILLE...
FIGSBORO...
CHATMOSS...
MOUNTAIN VALLEY...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 3682 7999 3677 8009 3661 7976 3684 7964
3679 7971 3678 7978
$$
WP2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KRNK 060126
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
926 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007
VAC089-690-060200-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-070606T0200Z/
CITY OF MARTINSVILLE VA-HENRY VA-
926 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE... NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY...
AT 924 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MOUNTAIN VALLEY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF AXTON...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3682 7999 3677 8009 3661 7976 3684 7964
3679 7971 3678 7978
$$
WP000
WWUS51 KRNK 060145
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
944 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007
VAC089-690-060154-
/O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-070606T0200Z/
CITY OF MARTINSVILLE VA-HENRY VA-
944 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE...
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 944 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED
EAST OF HENRY COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
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 3682 7999 3677 8009 3661 7976 3684 7964
3679 7971 3678 7978
$$
WPWhat 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 5, 5:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 5:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 518 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PASS OFFSHORE THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES WILL BE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER TROF IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ON THE WATER VAPOR LOOP THERE IS A SHORT WAVE IN MICHIGAN TRAILING BACK INTO CENTRAL OHIO AND A SECOND ONE IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND THE COMBINATION OF THIS ENERGY IS SPARKING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KENTUCKY AT 19Z UTC. THE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN KENTUCKY CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND SHOWERS ARE ALREADY MOVING INTO THE WESTERN COUNTY WARNING AREA. INCREASED POPS EVEN MORE THIS EVENING...AS STRENGTH OF SHORTWAVE SHOULD BALANCE OUT LOSS OF HEATING EARLY TO KEEP ACTIVITY BETTER THAN CHANCE ACROSS THE WESTERN FORECAST AREA. THE BEST UPPER SUPPORT COMES THROUGH FROM 06-12UTC. HAVE ALSO INCREASED MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT CLOSER TO LATEST GUIDANCE...WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE SINCE THERE WILL BE QUITE A BIT OF CLOUD COVER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... EXPECT THE ILLINOIS SHORT WAVE TO CROSS THE FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 06-12Z ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE AXIS OF THE TROF WELL EAST OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA BY 15Z WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PUSH A WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA SO THAT BY 18Z WEDNESDAY...THE 850 TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER...SURFACE AND 850 MB DEW POINTS WILL BE DRIER AND THE LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO THE NORTHWEST. SO WITH LOW LEVEL FLOW NOW OUT OF THE WEST THE BEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE CURRENT STORMS IN KENTUCKY WILL MAINTAIN AND BE APPROACHING THE FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 00-06Z. FORTUNATELY...THE COLD POOL ALOFT COMES ACROSS DURING THE NIGHT SO IT MAY ENHANCE CHANCE FOR THUNDER BUT NOT ADD TO ANY INTENSE STORMS. BIGGEST QUESTION IS HOW FAR EAST PRECIPITATION WILL GET SINCE WINDS ARE OUT OF THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AND DO NOT BACK AHEAD OF THE FRONT. DOWNSLOPING WILL ERODE MUCH OF THE SHOWERS AS THEY REACH THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. ON THURSDAY THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OF THE REGION AND SOUTHWEST SURFACE THROUGH 850MB WINDS ARE DIRECTING AIR RIGHT OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. WILL BE GOING ABOVE WARMEST GUIDANCE FOR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... OVERALL PATTERN IS STILL ZONAL THROUGH THIS PERIOD BUT MODELS ARE NOW TRENDING TOWARD A DEEPER TROF IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES BY SUNDAY. EXPECT A COLD FRONT TO COME THROUGH THE COUNTY WARNING AREA ON FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY MORNING AND PUSH WELL SOUTH THROUGH THE CAROLINAS BY MONDAY. WILL HAVE CHANE OF PRECIPITATION WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE SHIFTING INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT ON SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL. && .AVIATION /21Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROFS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE BLACKSBURG TERMINAL FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. FIRST WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH THE FINAL AND MOST SIGNIFICANT WAVE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. WEAK DYNAMIC FORCING AND COOLING TEMPERATURES ALOFT WITH APPROACH OF WAVES WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA TERMINAL FORECAST SITES WHERE UPSLOPE WINDS WILL ENHANCE UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION FIELDS...WITH ACTIVITY MORE ISOLATED OR WIDELY SCATTERED IN NATURE ACROSS PIEDMONT SITES DUE TO NEGATIVE CONTRIBUTION OF DOWNSLOPING WINDS. WITH THE ABOVE IN MIND...EXPECT GENERAL VFR WEATHER...BUT WITH BRIEF REDUCTIONS BACK DOWN TO MVFR IN CEILING AND/OR VISIBILITY NEAR SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. SOME IFR OR EVEN LIFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG/NEAR THE HIGHER RIDGES. FURTHER EAST AT KROA...KLYH...AND KDAN...SOME PATCHY MVFR LIGHT FOG WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF SUNRISE IS POSSIBLE...BUT DOWNSLOPING SHOULD MINIMIZE THIS OCCURRENCE IN BOTH TIME AND SPACE. PASSAGE OF FINAL SHORT WAVE TROF AND ASSOCIATED COOL FRONT AROUND 12Z WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN RAPID CLEARING OF SKIES ALONG WITH INTRUSION OF DRIER AIR TO RETURN ALL AREAS BACK TO VFR CONDITIONS BY MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS WITH NO RESTRICTIONS TO CEILING OR VISIBILITY SHOULD THEN PREVAIL OVER ALL BLACKSBURG TERMINAL FORECAST POINTS FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER MID ATLANTIC STATES. EXCEPTIONS MAY COME FROM BRIEF OCCURRENCES OF LATE NIGHT-EARLY MORNING IFR FOG IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS (SUCH AS NEAR LEWISBURG) ON THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT AND SUBSIDENCE ON BACKSIDE OF DEPARTING SURFACE HIGH...WITH SOME BRIEF MVFR FOG POSSIBLE ACROSS PIEDMONT SITES. PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK TO PREVENT REDEVELOPMENT OF EARLY MORNING FOG FRIDAY MORNING...ALTHOUGH A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE NEXT COOL FRONT EXPECTED TO ARRIVE FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...AMS NEAR TERM...AMS/WP SHORT TERM...AMS LONG TERM...AMS AVIATION...WERT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:28 AM EDT, 17 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 328 AM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-060730- 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- 328 AM EDT TUE JUN 5 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
752 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG GRATTON 37.13N 81.42W
06/05/2007 TAZEWELL VA PUBLIC
LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
0745 PM HAIL PULASKI 37.05N 80.80W
06/05/2007 E0.88 INCH PULASKI VA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JSTEWARTLocal storm report, Jun 5, 8:01 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
801 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM HAIL AMONATE 37.18N 81.65W
06/05/2007 E1.00 INCH TAZEWELL VA PUBLIC
COVERED THE GROUND
&&
JSTEWARTLocal storm report, Jun 5, 8:18 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
818 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S PULASKI 36.98N 80.80W
06/05/2007 PULASKI VA TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 100.
&&
JSTEWARTLocal storm report, Jun 5, 8:34 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
834 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W BLAND 37.10N 81.13W
06/05/2007 BLAND VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE APPLE TREES DOWN
0630 PM HAIL 1 W BLAND 37.10N 81.13W
06/05/2007 M1.00 INCH BLAND VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAIL COVERING GROUND
&&
DOCSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 8:37 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 837 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 VAZ032-033-043-060130- PATRICK VA-FRANKLIN VA-HENRY VA- 837 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2007 AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF CHARITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...FAIRY STONE STATE PARK...PHILPOTT DAM AT 850 PM EDT...BASSETT AT 855 PM EDT...OAK LEVEL...STANLEYTOWN AT 900 PM EDT...SYDNORSVILLE...COLLINSVILLE AT 905 PM EDT...FIGSBORO AT 910 PM EDT...LEATHERWOOD...SNOW CREEK AT 915 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...SO SEEK SHELTER INSIDE IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS...HAIL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. WP
Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:40 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
840 PM EDT TUE JUN 05 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 PM HAIL 1 SW FLOYD 36.91N 80.33W
06/05/2007 M0.75 INCH FLOYD VA TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL DAMAGED GARDEN
&&
DOCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Patrick | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 70 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2007Every 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.