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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

November 16, 2010Surry County, Wilkes County, Yadkin County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Nov 16, 2010, 7:21 PM EST for Surry County, Wilkes County, Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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: Nov 16, 2010, 7:21 PM EST (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2010, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 93 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Nov 16, 6:47 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 6:47 PM EST, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 6:03 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 16, 3:47 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 16, 4:57 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
457 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010

VAZ007-WVZ042-043-162300-
MERCER WV-SUMMERS WV-TAZEWELL VA-
457 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010

...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT MERCER...SUMMERS AND TAZEWELL
COUNTIES...

AT 454 PM EST...A LINE OF LOW TOP CONVECTION WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS
ALONG A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WELCH TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TAZEWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.

THESE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR TAZEWELL AROUND 505 PM...TIPTOP AROUND 510
PM...GRATTON...AND BOISSEVAIN AROUND 515 PM...COALDALE...AND
POCAHONTAS AROUND 520 PM...PINNACLE ROCK STATE PARK...AND BRAMWELL
AROUND 525 PM...WENONAH AND AND MATOAKA AROUND 530 PM.

LAT...LON 3721 8165 3721 8156 3728 8142 3743 8129
      3746 8131 3752 8121 3757 8121 3760 8109
      3772 8098 3769 8089 3782 8094 3786 8083
      3737 8092 3728 8106 3722 8128 3717 8127
      3714 8133 3713 8131 3693 8168

RCS

Special weather statement, Nov 16, 7:21 PM EST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
721 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010

NCZ003-019-020-170100-
SURRY NC-WILKES NC-YADKIN NC-
721 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SURRY...WILKES AND YADKIN
COUNTIES...

AT 718 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BOOMER TO 10 MILES WEST OF TAYLORSVILLE TO 13 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LENOIR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS AFFECT CRICKET...WINDY GAP AND BUCK SHOALS THROUGH 800
PM.

THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING 1...8 6 6...2 1
5...4 3 2 4...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3604 8138 3615 8134 3648 8068 3643 8046
      3618 8048 3604 8057 3605 8099 3604 8104
      3602 8106 3603 8113 3602 8116 3602 8126
      3599 8133

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 16, 8:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles, Pulaski, Wythe	31 min
Nov 16, 8:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville	49 min
Nov 16, 8:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	64 min
Nov 16, 9:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Covington and 2 more	59 min
Nov 16, 9:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	35 min
Nov 16, 9:41 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Halifax and 2 more	64 min
Nov 16, 10:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	77 min
Nov 16, 10:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte	59 min
Nov 16, 11:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	37 min
Nov 16, 7:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes, Surry, Yadkin	62 min
Nov 16, 9:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes	93 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2010 Every special weather statement in 2010

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.