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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 4:29 PM EDT for Halifax County, Virginia. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2008, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Halifax County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 22, 3:35 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 3:35 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 335 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT JUST ENTERING THE OHIO VALLEY...WILL STOP JUST SHORT OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST MONDAY AFTERNOON. A SMALL AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL FINALLY SHOVE THE REMNANTS OF THIS BOUNDARY OFF THE COAST TUESDAY...AND HOLD A WARM FRONT WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS MOUNTAINS LATE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... AN APPROACHING WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND ADDITIONAL S/WV ENERGY LATER THIS AFTERNOON WILL HELP KEEP LAPSE RATES RELATIVELY STEEP...AS WELL AS HELP INCREASE SHEAR A BIT AND BRING IN SOME DRIER AIR ALOFT LATE IN THE DAY. SOME ADDITIONAL COOLING ALOFT IN THE WEST WILL LEAD TO SFC CAPES OF 2000 J/KG OR HIGHER. AS A RESULT...APPEARS THE CHANCES ARE BETTER FOR SOME MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION AND PROBABLY A FEW MORE SEVERE STORMS COMPARED TO SATURDAY...WITH WIND PERHAPS HIGHEST THREAT. SUSPECT EARLIEST CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN OVER HIGHEST TERRAIN BUT SPREADING EAST AND ALSO MORE ORGANIZED MOVING IN FROM WEST LATE IN THE DAY OR EVENING. JUST WENT WITH MODERATE TO HIGH CHC POPS EVERYWHERE...WITH HIGHEST IN THE WEST LATE. WHILE THERE MAY BE MORE AREAS THAT BY EARLY EVENING HAVE EXPERIENCE CONVECTION COMPARED TO SATURDAY...THE TIMING OF THE SFC BOUNDARY AND STRONGER UPPER LEVEL WAVE IS LIKELY TO ONCE AGAIN KEEP SOME CONVECTION GOING WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SO HAVE KEPT A SMALL CHC POP UP FOR THE WEST ALL NIGHT...SLIGHT CHC IN THE EAST. AM STICKING VERY CLOSE TO MAV GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS TODAY AND LOWS OVERNIGHT WITH SMALL UPWARD ADJUSTMENTS PER RECENT COOL BIASES FOR HIGHS. HIGHS VERY SIMILAR TO SATURDAY WITH MID TO UPPER 80S EAST AND 70S TO NEAR 80 WEST. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... STILL AWAITING A WEAK BOUNDARY TO CROSS THE CWA ON MONDAY...WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE REMAINING...ALONG WITH COOLER AIR ALOFT...STORMS CAN STILL FIRE...PERHAPS LASTING WELL INTO MONDAY NIGHT NEAR DANVILLE. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG. LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENING OFF THE COAST...AND RESULTING DOWNSLOPING WIND ON TUESDAY MAY KEEP IT WARMER THAN GUIDANCE WITH QUICK DEWPOINTS FALLS/MIXING IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AND EAST. NICE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE RIGHT OVER KLWB/KBLF MAYBE WORTHY OF A FEW DEGREES BELOW GUIDANCE FOR MINS THAT NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... UPPER PATTERN LOOKS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO WHAT IS OCCURRING RIGHT NOW. HEAT CONTINUES OUT WEST WITH UPPER HIGH CENTERED JUST SOUTH OF THE FOUR CORNERS. BY NEXT WEEKEND...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE STRENGTHENS INTO A CLOSED H5 LOW ALONG THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...IN RESPONSE TO AN AMPLIFYING UPPER RIDGE OUT WEST AS ANOTHER GYRE CRANKS JUST SOUTH OF ALASKA. THUS...BEST CHC OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN LOOKS TO ARRIVE DURING THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... SCTD STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM. WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP VCTS UNTIL CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER THAT STORMS WILL HIT A PARTICULAR AIRSPACE. STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. MORE MVFR FOG TO DEVELOP MOST LOCATIONS AND LIKELY IFR AT LWB AND DAN...ESPECIALLY IF THEY PICK OF RAINFALL TODAY. STILL A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SCATTERED CONVECTION MONDAY AFTERNOON. NOTICEABLE CLEARING WILL OCCUR TUE AND WED AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ACROSS OUR SOUTH. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KM NEAR TERM...JS/SK SHORT TERM...KM/SK LONG TERM...KM AVIATION...JS/SK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:44 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 344 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-231945- 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- 344 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT NEARBY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS AND HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS...ESPECIALLY ALONG SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 12:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 1:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Wythe, City of Galax | 75 min |
| Jun 22, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 55 min |
| Jun 22, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Pulaski, Wythe | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, City of Covington | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 58 min |
| Jun 22, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Lynchburg | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 67 min |
| Jun 22, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 12:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes | 68 min |
| Jun 22, 12:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 5:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.