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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 16, 2011Charlotte County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2011, 10:41 PM EDT for Charlotte County, Virginia. It was in force for 64 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 16, 2011, 10:41 PM EDT (02:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2011, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Charlotte County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Jun 16, 10:19 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 10:19 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 3:59 AM EDT, 18 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
359 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

NCZ003>006-020-VAZ014-017>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ044-
045-170800-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-
HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
359 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.

NCZ001-002-018-019-VAZ007-009>013-015-016-WVZ042-043-170800-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-
PULASKI-GRAYSON-CARROLL-MERCER-SUMMERS-
359 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
844 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0824 PM     HAIL             2 NNE BEDFORD CITY      37.36N 79.51W
06/16/2011  E1.00 INCH       BEDFORD            VA   PUBLIC

&&

CHENARD

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
859 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

VAZ035-045-046-170200-
AMHERST VA-APPOMATTOX VA-CAMPBELL VA-
859 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AMHERST...APPOMATTOX AND
CAMPBELL COUNTIES...

AT 855 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LYNCHBURG
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR LYNCHBURG CITY AROUND 900 PM...MADISON
HEIGHTS AROUND 910 PM...BOCOCK AROUND 915 PM...CONCORD AROUND 940
PM...STONEWALL AROUND 945 PM AND SPOUT SPRING AROUND 955 PM.

LAT...LON 3730 7925 3735 7926 3740 7923 3741 7926
      3742 7925 3744 7927 3745 7926 3752 7892
      3730 7888

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
932 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     HAIL             5 SSE LYNCHBURG CITY    37.35N 79.11W
06/16/2011  E1.00 INCH       CAMPBELL           VA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON WHISPERING STREAM
            LANE.

&&

CHENARD

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:45 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
945 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

VAZ045-046-059-170245-
APPOMATTOX VA-CAMPBELL VA-CHARLOTTE VA-
945 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT APPOMATTOX...CAMPBELL AND
CHARLOTTE COUNTIES...

AT 942 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF RUSTBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE WATER
TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR RUSTBURG AROUND 950 PM...GLADYS AROUND 955
PM...SPRING MILLS AROUND 1015 PM...MIKE AROUND 1020 PM...WREN AROUND
1035 PM AND RED HOUSE AROUND 1040 PM.

LAT...LON 3726 7875 3708 7880 3718 7923 3729 7920

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 10:41 PM EDT, 0 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 16, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell	53 min
Jun 16, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	61 min
Jun 16, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	58 min
Jun 16, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	60 min
Jun 16, 9:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte	66 min
Jun 17, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Rockbridge, City of Covington	55 min
Jun 17, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	48 min
Jun 17, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	32 min
Jun 17, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	60 min
Jun 17, 12:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	48 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2011 Every special weather statement in 2011

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.