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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2008, 8:54 PM EDT for Stokes County, Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 min. 7 reports 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
- May 8, 2008, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2008, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Dobson, NC | |
| May 8, 9:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dobson, NC | TREES DOWN IN CITY |
| May 8, 9:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Dobson, NC | TREE DOWN ON US 601 NEAR DOBSON |
| May 8, 9:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se White Plains, NC | TREE DOWN ON OLD HIGHWAY 601 NEAR WHITE PLAINS COMMUNITY |
| May 8, 9:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 S Dobson, NC | |
| May 8, 9:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Ararat, NC | LARGE TREE DOWN |
| May 8, 9:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Francisco, NC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KRNK 090054 TORRNK NCC169-171-090145- /O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0010.080509T0054Z-080509T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 854 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHEASTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 945 PM EDT. * AT 851 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LEVEL CROSS...OR NEAR DOBSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LEVEL CROSS... ARARAT... WOODVILLE... FRANCISCO... COLLINSTOWN... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3655 8044 3654 8018 3628 8061 3637 8076 TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 231DEG 26KT 3636 8069 $$ WP
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KRNK 090133 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 933 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008 NCC169-171-090145- /O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080509T0145Z/ STOKES NC-SURRY NC- 933 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN SURRY AND NORTHWESTERN STOKES COUNTIES... AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PILOT MOUNTAIN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FRANCISCO BY 940 PM EDT... COLLINSTOWN BY 945 PM EDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. LAT...LON 3655 8044 3654 8018 3628 8061 3637 8076 TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 244DEG 26KT 3642 8040 $$ WP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry | 40 min |
| May 8, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 59 min |
| May 8, 9:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 52 min |
| May 8, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 57 min |
| May 8, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 46 min |
| May 8, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 53 min |
| May 8, 11:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 56 min |
| May 9, 12:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 42 min |
| May 9, 12:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 4 hr |
| May 9, 12:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 6 hr |
| May 9, 1:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 39 min |
| May 9, 1:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 6 hr |
| May 9, 2:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 6 hr |
| May 9, 6:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 6 hr |
| May 9, 10:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 26 hr |
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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.