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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 4, 2008Greenbrier County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 5:40 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was in force for 35 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 4, 2008, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2008, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Greenbrier County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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
Jun 4, 5:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Leonard, WV	3 TREES DOWN ON THE CORDOVA-LEONARD ROAD.

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
Jun 4, 3:26 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS51 KRNK 042143
TORRNK
WVC025-042215-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0022.080604T2140Z-080604T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
540 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.

* AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DUO...OR 10
  MILES SOUTH OF RICHWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 48 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TROUT...
  LEONARD...
  FALLING SPRING...
  BEARTOWN STATE PARK...

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 3823 8035 3812 8036 3809 8033 3805 8026
      3804 8017 3806 8011 3807 8002 3801 8002
      3798 8062 3814 8064 3825 8047 3827 8043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 271DEG 42KT 3807 8049

$$

JH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 042151
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
551 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

WVC025-042215-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080604T2215Z/
GREENBRIER WV-
551 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
GREENBRIER COUNTY...

AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEONARD...OR 6
MILES NORTH OF RENICK...MOVING EAST AT 53 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RORER
AND BEARTOWN STATE PARK.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 3823 8035 3812 8036 3809 8033 3805 8026
      3804 8017 3806 8011 3807 8002 3801 8002
      3798 8062 3814 8064 3825 8047 3827 8043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 264DEG 46KT 3808 8032

$$

JH

000 
WWUS51 KRNK 042208
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
608 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

WVC025-042218-
/O.EXP.KRNK.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080604T2215Z/
GREENBRIER WV-
608 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENBRIER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615
PM EDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL EXIT 
NORTHEAST GREENBRIER COUNTY AROUND 6:15 PM. THUS THE WARNING WILL BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3823 8035 3812 8036 3809 8033 3805 8026
      3804 8017 3806 8011 3807 8002 3801 8002
      3798 8062 3814 8064 3825 8047 3827 8043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 264DEG 46KT 3810 8005

$$

JH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	44 min
Jun 4, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	36 min

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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.