Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2007, 4:27 PM EDT for Franklin County, Henry County, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 2007, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2007, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, VA, Henry County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KRNK 242027 TORRNK VAC067-089-143-242130- /O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0003.071024T2027Z-071024T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 427 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA WEST CENTRAL PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA * UNTIL 530 PM EDT. * AT 423 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LEATHERWOOD...OR ABOUT NEAR MARTINSVILLE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LEATHERWOOD... MOUNTAIN VALLEY... SNOW CREEK... SAGO... 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. 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 3700 7977 3692 7952 3668 7972 3671 7986 TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 203DEG 16KT 3673 7979 $$ DS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KRNK 242048 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 448 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2007 VAC067-089-143-242130- /O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071024T2130Z/ FRANKLIN VA-HENRY VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA- 448 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR WESTERN PITTSYLVANIA...NORTHEASTERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES... AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNTAIN VALLEY... OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF CALLANDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SAGO. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3700 7977 3692 7952 3668 7972 3671 7986 TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 214DEG 21KT 3682 7969 $$ DS
000 WWUS51 KRNK 242100 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 459 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2007 VAC067-089-143-242109- /O.CAN.KRNK.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071024T2130Z/ FRANKLIN VA-HENRY VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA- 459 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN PITTSYLVANIA...NORTHEASTERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS LOST ITS ROTATIONAL SIGNATURE AND HAS MOVED INTO MORE STABLE AIR. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN 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 3700 7977 3692 7952 3668 7972 3671 7986 TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 210DEG 20KT 3687 7966 $$ DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 9:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 56 min |
| Oct 24, 10:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 23 min |
| Oct 24, 10:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 62 min |
| Oct 24, 10:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 30 min |
| Oct 24, 11:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Pittsylvania | 43 min |
| Oct 24, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.