Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2008, 8:45 PM EDT for Franklin County, Henry County, Patrick County, Virginia. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2008, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2008, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1306 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KRNK 090046 TORRNK VAC067-089-141-090115- /O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0009.080509T0046Z-080509T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 845 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA * UNTIL 915 PM EDT. * AT 843 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STUART... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STUART... BUFFALO RIDGE... CRITZ... SANVILLE... PHILPOTT DAM... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 3693 8005 3672 7990 3655 8031 3671 8042 TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 242DEG 21KT 3668 8026 $$ JDS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KRNK 090109 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 908 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008 VAC067-089-141-090115- /O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080509T0115Z/ PATRICK VA-FRANKLIN VA-HENRY VA- 908 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN HENRY...SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND EASTERN PATRICK COUNTIES... AT 904 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SANVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WOOLWINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAIRY STONE STATE PARK...PHILPOTT DAM...STANLEYTOWN...COLLINSVILLE AND BASSETT. A SECOND WEAKER ROTATING STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF STUART MOVING NORTHEAST AT 24 MPH. THIS STORM COULD STRENGTHEN OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 3693 8005 3672 7990 3655 8031 3671 8042 TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 242DEG 21KT 3674 8012 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 8:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Patrick | 40 min |
| May 8, 8:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania | 46 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, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 57 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, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 53 min |
| 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, 12:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte and 8 more | 4 hr |
| May 9, 1:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 6 hr |
| May 9, 1:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 61 min |
| May 9, 2:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 6 hr |
| 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, 6:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 6 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 | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.