Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2011, 9:50 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2011, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2011, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties City of Radford, VA, Giles County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 10:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Se Dublin, VA | |
| Apr 8, 10:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Radford, VA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 15 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
493 WUUS51 KRNK 090150 SVRRNK VAC071-121-155-750-090215- /O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0040.110409T0150Z-110409T0215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 950 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CITY OF RADFORD IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA SOUTHERN GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT. * AT 947 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THESSALIA...OR NEAR POPLAR HILL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... THESSALIA... POPLAR HILL... PARROTT... RADFORD... CHILDRESS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF ON OR NEAR THE EASTERN END OF CLAYTOR LAKE NEAR THE DAM...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM! WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF QUARTER OR LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT... 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. && LAT...LON 3715 8037 3702 8056 3724 8090 3734 8079 TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 305DEG 34KT 3725 8076 $$ DS
1 follow-up statement
484
WWUS51 KRNK 090203
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1003 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011
VAC071-090213-
/O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110409T0215Z/
GILES VA-
1003 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GILES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE COUNTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3719 8078 3723 8054 3715 8037 3702 8056
3718 8080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 305DEG 34KT 3715 8064
$$
VAC121-155-750-090215-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110409T0215Z/
PULASKI VA-CITY OF RADFORD VA-MONTGOMERY VA-
1003 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR THE CITY OF RADFORD... SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN
PULASKI COUNTIES...
AT 1000 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR DUBLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUBLIN...
RADFORD...
CHILDRESS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3719 8078 3723 8054 3715 8037 3702 8056
3718 8080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 305DEG 34KT 3715 8064
$$
DSWhat 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 Apr 8, 7:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 7:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 751 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COOL FRONT HAS STALLED OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS...AND WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES WILL TRACK ALONG THE FRONT THIS EVENING AND AGAIN SATURDAY BRINGING ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO PARTS OF THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL LIFT BACK NORTH OF THE AREA SUNDAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE MONDAY WITH MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WW# 107 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE WESTERN CWA. HAVE HAD REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL WITH THESE STORMS AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. CAPE AROUND 1000 J/KG COVERS AN AREA FROM BLF-MWK AND POINTS WEST. THIS IS WHAT IS FEEDING THE STORMS. ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA GOT INTO THE STABLE AIRMASS...BUT THERE ARE ALREADY BREAKS OF SUN IN THE FAR SWRN VA MTNS AND SE WV...SO WRN FRINGES SHOULD DE-STABILIZE FAIRLY QUICKLY WITH A SURGE OF MID TO UPPER 50S SFC DEWPOINTS INTO THE WRN SLOPES OF THE APPLNS. A FAIRLY STRONG SHORT WAVE AND JET STREAK MOVG THRU THE OHIO VALLEY WILL PASS ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPLNS THIS EVENING. THE AIRMASS ACROSS KY AND TN HAS BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH SFC BASED CAPE 1500 TO 2000 J/KG. A LINE OF STORMS IS ALREADY DEVELOPING FROM NEAR HTS...SWWD INTO NERN KY. BELIEVE THAT THIS LINE WILL BE MOVG TO THE SOUTHEAST...AND IMPACT WRN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. I HAVE TSTMS IN THE FORECAST IN THE WRN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...AND HAVE ADDED IN GUSTY WINDS AT THIS POINT. FAR WRN SECTIONS CONTINUE TO BE OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SVR TSTMS...GENERALLY NEAR AND TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 77...EXCEPT FOR MOST OF SE WV. THINK THAT ANY LINES OF STORMS THAT MOVE IN THIS EVENING WILL WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE INTO THE STABLE WEDGE. ONCE THE SHORT WAVE PASSES...THE WEDGE REALLY GETS LOCKED IN AS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW BACKS TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST WITH A WEAK SFC LOW THAT DEVELOPS UNDER THE SHORT WAVE. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE ON THE MILD SIDE WITH LOTS OF CLOUDS. FOR SATURDAY STRONG WEDGE WILL BE IN PLACE TO START THE DAY. I HAVE GONE VERY CLOSE TO THE COLDER MET GUIDANCE FOR HIGH TEMPS...ESPECIALLY IN THE SW VA PIEDMONT WHERE THE WEDGE MAY HOLD ALL DAY LONG. I BRING SCT TSTMS INTO THE FAR WEST IN THE AFTERNOON- LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER SHORT WAVE MAY HELP ORGANIZE STORMS AGAIN SAT AFTERNOON...BUT THE MOST UNSTABLE AIRMASS SHOULD BE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE CWA. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... WHATEVER SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA IN THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR...SHOULD BE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY NIGHT BUT STILL HAVE CHANCE POPS INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE ACTIVITY ALONG THE WEAK SW-NE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD DIMINISH. EXPECT SUBSTANTIAL WARMING ON SUNDAY AS WEAK SURFACE HIGH OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND DEEPENING CENTRAL U.S. TROUGH COMBINE TO BRING STRONGER SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. THIS SHOULD SCOUR OUT THE REMAINING WEDGE EVEN ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA AS H85 TEMPS JUMP INTO THE +12 TO +16 RANGE. GUIDANCE AND THICKNESS TOOLS YIELDING HIGHS INTO THE LOW 80S ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH FULL SUN. EVEN IF CLOUDS BREAK UP A LITTLE LATER TO THE NORTHEAST SHOULD SEE A RAPID WARMUP WITH DAYTIME MIXING. MILD OVERNIGHT SUNDAY WITH INCREASING SOUTH FLOW AND TEMPS MAINLY 50S TO LOW 60S. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... FAIRLY ACTIVE SPRINGTIME PATTERN TO CONTINUE NEXT WEEK. FIRST SYSTEM COMES OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND TRACKS TOWARD THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER AHEAD AND ALONG OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WELL TO OUR WEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL OR NORTHERN PLAINS/MIDWEST SUNDAY. SPC ALREADY HAS A MODERATE RISK FOR DAY 3 IN THIS AREA..AN INDICATION OF THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM. COLD FRONT APPROACHES SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION LATER MONDAY ALTHOUGH CURRENT MODEL CONSENSUS TIMING FOR THIS FROPA IS MAINLY OVERNIGHT MONDAY WHICH WOULD LESSEN CHANCES FOR SEVERE...BUT 6 TO 12 HOURS EARLIER AND CHANCES FOR SIGNIFICANT STORMS ACROSS OUR AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON INCREASES CONSIDERABLY. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON MONDAY WILL BRING VERY WARM TEMPS WITH MEX GUIDANCE SOME 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABV NORMAL..COMPROMISED WITH SOMEWHAT LOWER MET/MEH GUIDANCE GIVING STILL MID-80S EAST AND NEAR 80 WEST. AFTER FRONT PASSES EARLY TUESDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE FROM THROUGH FRIDAY WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING A FEW DEGREES ABV CLIMO FOR MID-APRIL..GENERALLY UPPER 60S WEST TO LOW 70S EAST. NEXT FRONT REACHES THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEKEND AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO GREAT LAKES. FOLLOWING HPC IN THE GRIDS TO KEEP THAT FROPA JUST BEYOND THE END OF THIS FORECAST CYCLE. && .AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... BKN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING SOUTHEAST ALONG BACKDOOR COLD COLD FRONT. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING...COVERAGE DECREASING BY MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...ALL TAF SITES SHOULD BE ON THE COLD SIDE OF THE BACKDOOR FRONT WITH COOL STABLE CONDITIONS RESULTING IN THE FORMATION OF STRATUS AND FOG. THIS STRATUS AND FOG WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO THE DAY SATURDAY WITH MODELS INSISTING ON WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR SCT TSTMS AGAIN ALONG WHAT REMAINS OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THIS WILL BE IN THE WRN MTNS FOR THE MOST PART...AND MAY AFFECT BLUEFIELD...BLACKSBURG AND LEWISBURG. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE MONDAY...BRINGING A CHC OF LATE DAY TSTMS TO ALL AREAS. VFR THEN RETURNS ACROSS THE EAST BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY WITH UPSLOPE MVFR CIGS AND A FEW -SHRA OVER SE WVA. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JH/JJ NEAR TERM...JH/JJ/PM SHORT TERM...PC LONG TERM...PC AVIATION...PM
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 4:18 AM EDT, 17 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 418 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2011 NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>013-015-016-032-WVZ042-090830- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH- BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-GRAYSON-CARROLL-PATRICK-MERCER- 418 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL COULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN MONDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ005-006-VAZ014-017>020-022>024-033>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ043>045- 090830- ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- 418 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 8, 7:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
716 PM EDT FRI APR 08 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM HAIL 2 N PRINCETON 37.39N 81.10W
04/08/2011 E1.25 INCH MERCER WV TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE AND STRONG WINDS.
&&
CHENARDLocal storm report, Apr 8, 7:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
744 PM EDT FRI APR 08 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0737 PM HAIL PULASKI 37.05N 80.80W
04/08/2011 E1.00 INCH PULASKI VA TRAINED SPOTTER
0615 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SSW RED SULPHUR SPRIN 37.48N 80.78W
04/08/2011 MONROE WV AIRPLANE PILOT
PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM THE WARNING POINT OF NUMEROUS
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN BALLARD. REPORTS OF
TRAILERS OVERTURNED AS WELL.
&&
CHENARDSpecial weather statement, Apr 8, 8:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
803 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011
VAZ033-044-090030-
FRANKLIN VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-
803 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN AND PITTSYLVANIA
COUNTIES...
AT 800 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
PENHOOK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR CHATHAM AROUND 815 PM AND KEELING AROUND 830
PM.
LAT...LON 3682 7965 3686 7964 3683 7967 3688 7976
3703 7964 3684 7915 3678 7916 3663 7928
DSLocal storm report, Apr 8, 8:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
832 PM EDT FRI APR 08 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0802 PM HAIL INDIAN VALLEY 36.92N 80.55W
04/08/2011 M1.00 INCH FLOYD VA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
11Local storm report, Apr 8, 8:51 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
851 PM EDT FRI APR 08 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0735 PM TORNADO 1 W PULASKI 37.05N 80.82W
04/08/2011 PULASKI VA AMATEUR RADIO
POSSIBLE TORNADO. HEAVY DAMAGAGE REPORTED FROM MT. OLIVET
AREA OF SOUTHWEST SIDE OF PULASKI TO DRAPER. ROOF OFF A
HOME ON MARTIN STREET. LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCKING OFF
STREETS.
0735 PM HAIL PULASKI 37.05N 80.80W
04/08/2011 E1.25 INCH PULASKI VA AMATEUR RADIO
0737 PM HAIL PULASKI 37.05N 80.80W
04/08/2011 E1.00 INCH PULASKI VA TRAINED SPOTTER
0742 PM TORNADO 5 N ALLISONIA 37.01N 80.75W
04/08/2011 PULASKI VA AMATEUR RADIO
BP GAS STATION NEAR INTERSTATE 81 DRAPER INTERCHANGE
SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE...MOBILE HOME OVERTURNED. TREES
DOWN.
0802 PM HAIL INDIAN VALLEY 36.92N 80.55W
04/08/2011 M1.00 INCH FLOYD VA TRAINED SPOTTER
0820 PM HAIL MEADOWS OF DAN 36.73N 80.42W
04/08/2011 E1.00 INCH FLOYD VA TRAINED SPOTTER
0820 PM TSTM WND GST MEADOWS OF DAN 36.73N 80.42W
04/08/2011 E60.00 MPH FLOYD VA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
11Special weather statement, Apr 8, 9:17 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
917 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011
VAZ010-WVZ042-090145-
BLAND VA-MERCER WV-
917 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BLAND AND MERCER COUNTIES...
AT 914 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MATOAKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MATOAKA AROUND 930 PM AND CERES AROUND 945
PM.
LAT...LON 3741 8133 3742 8129 3746 8131 3747 8128
3751 8126 3751 8124 3734 8092 3729 8097
3728 8101 3726 8100 3718 8109 3735 8137
DSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Patrick | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 41 min |
| Apr 8, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Pulaski, Wythe | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Wythe | 14 min |
| Apr 8, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Pulaski | 23 min |
| Apr 8, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 11:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Wythe, City of Galax | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 12:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 53 min |
| Apr 9, 2:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 85 min |
| Apr 9, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Smyth | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 57 min |
| Apr 9, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 22 min |
| Apr 9, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Grayson | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 58 min |
| Apr 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick, City of Galax | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles, Pulaski, City of Radford | 66 min |
| Apr 9, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 49 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.