Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2009, 9:26 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 51 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, 2009, 9:26 PM EDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2009, 10:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bland County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KRNK 090126
TORRNK
VAC021-173-185-197-090230-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0002.090509T0126Z-090509T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
926 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
NORTHWESTERN WYTHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
SOUTHWESTERN BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.
* AT 926 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
GLEN BURKE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHLANDS...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GLEN BURKE...
JEWELL RIDGE...
BANDY...
AMONATE...
TAZEWELL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3715 8190 3719 8183 3720 8178 3725 8174
3724 8170 3721 8167 3721 8154 3722 8153
3717 8111 3691 8135 3702 8182 3710 8189
3713 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 275DEG 38KT 3718 8197
$$
DS3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KRNK 090144
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
944 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
VAC021-173-185-197-090230-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090509T0230Z/
SMYTH VA-WYTHE VA-BLAND VA-TAZEWELL VA-
944 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
TAZEWELL...SOUTHWESTERN BLAND...NORTHWESTERN WYTHE AND NORTHERN SMYTH
COUNTIES...
AT 941 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JEWELL RIDGE...OR
NEAR RICHLANDS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
&&
LAT...LON 3715 8190 3719 8183 3720 8178 3725 8174
3724 8170 3721 8167 3721 8154 3722 8153
3717 8111 3691 8135 3702 8182 3710 8189
3713 8191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 278DEG 37KT 3716 8175
$$
DS000
WWUS51 KRNK 090157
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
957 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
VAC021-173-185-197-090230-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090509T0230Z/
SMYTH VA-WYTHE VA-BLAND VA-TAZEWELL VA-
957 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
TAZEWELL...SOUTHWESTERN BLAND...NORTHWESTERN WYTHE AND NORTHERN SMYTH
COUNTIES...
AT 954 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AMONATE...OR NEAR
TAZEWELL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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 3703 8166 3710 8172 3721 8167 3721 8154
3722 8153 3717 8111 3691 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 278DEG 37KT 3714 8158
$$
DS000
WWUS51 KRNK 090217
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1017 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
VAC021-173-185-197-090226-
/O.CAN.KRNK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090509T0230Z/
SMYTH VA-WYTHE VA-BLAND VA-TAZEWELL VA-
1017 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TAZEWELL...SOUTHWESTERN BLAND...
NORTHWESTERN WYTHE AND NORTHERN SMYTH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3703 8166 3710 8172 3721 8167 3721 8154
3722 8153 3717 8111 3691 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 278DEG 32KT 3709 8133
$$
DSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 9:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Tazewell | 6 hr |
| May 8, 9:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 41 min |
| May 8, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 40 min |
| May 8, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland | 66 min |
| May 8, 10:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 41 min |
| May 8, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt, Craig | 47 min |
| May 8, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery | 45 min |
| May 8, 11:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 40 min |
| May 8, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax | 64 min |
| May 8, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania | 42 min |
| May 9, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 63 min |
| May 9, 12:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania | 33 min |
| May 9, 12:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 4 hr |
| May 9, 3:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Craig, Giles, Tazewell | 6 hr |
| May 9, 4:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Salem | 46 min |
| May 9, 6:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles, Montgomery, Roanoke | 55 min |
| May 9, 9:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Craig, Giles, Tazewell | 6 hr |
| May 9, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania | 56 min |
| May 9, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania | 40 min |
| May 9, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Fluvanna | 23 min |
| May 9, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Danville | 26 min |
| May 9, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 42 min |
| May 9, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 43 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.