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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 15, 2009Henry County, Virginia; Rockingham County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2009, 5:04 PM EDT for Henry County, Virginia; Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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 15, 2009, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2009, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Rockingham County, NC, Henry County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 14, 7:58 PM EDT, 21 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 7:58 PM EDT, 21 hours 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 9:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	68 min
Jun 15, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin, Montgomery	44 min
Jun 15, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry	38 min
Jun 15, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	43 min
Jun 15, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	37 min
Jun 15, 6:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Smyth	111 min
Jun 15, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell	34 min
Jun 15, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2009 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.