Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2009, 9:09 PM EDT for Buckingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 19, 2009, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2009, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Buckingham County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1360 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KRNK 200109
TORRNK
VAC029-200145-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0013.090620T0109Z-090620T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
909 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 907 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEW
CANTON...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORK UNION...MOVING SOUTH AT 20
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW CANTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6
6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
&&
LAT...LON 3767 7825 3763 7825 3755 7831 3772 7836
3773 7835 3772 7831 3772 7828 3769 7824
3768 7824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 346DEG 19KT 3767 7830
$$
WP2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KRNK 200119
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
919 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
VAC029-200145-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090620T0145Z/
BUCKINGHAM VA-
919 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...
AT 916 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW CANTON...OR 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORK UNION...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW CANTON...
LAWFORD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3767 7825 3763 7825 3755 7831 3770 7835
3771 7831 3771 7828 3769 7824 3768 7824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 359DEG 17KT 3763 7833
$$
WP000
WWUS51 KRNK 200138
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
938 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
VAC029-200147-
/O.EXP.KRNK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090620T0145Z/
BUCKINGHAM VA-
938 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY EXPIRES AT
945 PM EDT...
AT 936 PM...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING AS
EXITING THE COUNTY NEAR LAWFORD. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 945 PM.
IF YOU HAD HAIL...HIGH WINDS...OR WIND DAMAGE...PLEASE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...TOLL FREE...1...8 6
6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
LAT...LON 3767 7825 3763 7825 3755 7831 3770 7835
3771 7831 3771 7828 3769 7824 3768 7824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 359DEG 17KT 3754 7833
$$
WPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Cumberland | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.