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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2008, 4:14 PM EDT for Patrick County, Virginia; Stokes County, Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 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 27, 2008, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 4:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Patrick County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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 27, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 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 27, 3:54 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:54 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 3:58 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 358 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 VAZ007-009>018-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-282000- TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL- FLOYD-CRAIG-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- 358 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 618 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NCZ001>006-018>020-282000- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN- 358 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...PRODUCING ISOLATED INSTANCES OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. VAZ019-020-WVZ042>045-282000- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 358 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...PRODUCING ISOLATED INSTANCES OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 313 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 VAZ007-009-010-012-015-272000- GRAYSON VA-SMYTH VA-WYTHE VA-BLAND VA-TAZEWELL VA- 313 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 AT 308 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF RICHLANDS TO 13 MILES NORTH OF ABINGDON TO 14 MILES WEST OF ABINGDON...MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...RAVEN AT 320 PM EDT...GLEN BURKE AT 325 PM EDT...RICHLANDS AT 330 PM EDT...CLAYPOOL HILL AT 335 PM EDT...BROADFORD AT 340 PM EDT...AND AMONATE AT 345 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. 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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:17 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 317 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 NCZ004-005-VAZ016-017-032-033-043-044-272015- ROCKINGHAM NC-STOKES NC-PATRICK VA-FLOYD VA-FRANKLIN VA- PITTSYLVANIA VA-CARROLL VA-HENRY VA- 317 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008 AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF FERRUM TO ARARAT...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...BUFFALO RIDGE AT 325 PM EDT...FERRUM AT 330 PM EDT...FAIRY STONE STATE PARK...PHILPOTT DAM AT 335 PM EDT...AND CRITZ AT 340 PM EDT. A STRONG GUST OF WIND OUT AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND WILL LIKELY TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL STORMS. EXPECT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. AMS
Local storm report, Jun 27, 3:47 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 78 min |
| Jun 27, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe and 1 more | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Roanoke and 2 more | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Roanoke, City of Roanoke and 1 more | 77 min |
| Jun 27, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 72 min |
| Jun 27, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 18 min |
| Jun 27, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Wilkes | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Severe 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.