Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2008, 8:20 PM EDT for Surry County, North Carolina; Patrick County, Virginia. It was in force for 40 min. 5 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, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Surry County, NC, Patrick County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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, 8:33 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Mount Airy, NC | |
| May 8, 8:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Airy, NC | POWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN |
| May 8, 8:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Dobson, NC | |
| May 8, 8:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Airy, NC | TREE DOWN IN TOWN |
| May 8, 9:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dobson, NC | TREES DOWN IN CITY |
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 090020
TORRNK
NCC171-VAC141-090100-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0007.080509T0020Z-080509T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
820 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHWESTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 817 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DOBSON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOBSON...
WHITE PLAINS...
WESTFIELD...
FLAT ROCK...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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.
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 3657 8040 3655 8044 3654 8044 3635 8067
3646 8081 3657 8067 3656 8062 3658 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 235DEG 25KT 3644 8070
$$
WPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 51 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 |
| May 8, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 42 min |
| May 8, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig | 30 min |
| May 8, 8:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania | 46 min |
| May 8, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick | 30 min |
| May 8, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 2 more | 58 min |
| May 8, 9:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 59 min |
| May 8, 9:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 50 min |
| May 8, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 45 min |
| May 8, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 23 min |
| May 8, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 61 min |
| May 8, 10:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 6 hr |
| May 8, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 23 min |
| May 8, 10:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Campbell, Pittsylvania | 6 hr |
| May 8, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 55 min |
| May 8, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 90 min |
| May 9, 12:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 6 hr |
| May 9, 12:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 6 hr |
| May 9, 1:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 61 min |
| May 9, 3:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 6 hr |
| May 9, 5:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Campbell, Pittsylvania | 5 hr |
| May 9, 6:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 4 hr |
| May 9, 6:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 4 hr |
| May 9, 7:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 6 hr |
| May 9, 10:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 36 hr |
| May 9, 10:04 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 54 hr |
| May 9, 6:14 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 10 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.