Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 64, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 4:48 PM EDT for Henry County, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
- Sep 5, 2011, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rockingham County, NC, Henry County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
184 WFUS51 KRNK 052048 TORRNK NCC157-VAC089-143-052115- /O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0064.110905T2048Z-110905T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 448 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA * UNTIL 515 PM EDT. * AT 447 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STONEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STONEVILLE... PRICE... EDEN... DRAPER... CASCADE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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 3668 7978 3654 7955 3635 7984 3644 8001 TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 224DEG 22KT 3644 7985 $$ AMS
3 follow-up statements
513 WWUS51 KRNK 052058 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 458 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 NCC157-VAC089-143-052115- /O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110905T2115Z/ ROCKINGHAM NC-PITTSYLVANIA VA-HENRY VA- 458 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTIES... AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EDEN... DRAPER... CASCADE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3643 7978 3648 7991 3668 7978 3654 7955 TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 230DEG 26KT 3649 7976 $$ AMS
982 WWUS51 KRNK 052108 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 508 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 NCC157-VAC089-143-052115- /O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110905T2115Z/ ROCKINGHAM NC-PITTSYLVANIA VA-HENRY VA- 508 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTIES... AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DRAPER... CASCADE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3645 7973 3651 7981 3666 7975 3654 7955 TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 232DEG 23KT 3652 7970 $$ AMS
197 WWUS51 KRNK 052116 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 516 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 NCC157-VAC089-143-052126- /O.EXP.KRNK.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110905T2115Z/ ROCKINGHAM NC-PITTSYLVANIA VA-HENRY VA- 516 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ROCKINGHAM...SOUTHWESTERN PITTSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 515 PM EDT... THE STORM AND ROTATION HAS WEAKENED BUT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. ONCE AGAIN THAT NUMBER IS 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. LAT...LON 3645 7973 3651 7981 3666 7975 3654 7955 TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 232DEG 23KT 3652 7970 $$ AMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Montgomery, Roanoke and 2 more | 59 min |
| Sep 5, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Charlotte, Franklin, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bland, Pulaski, Wythe | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Radford | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 7:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 52 min |
| Sep 5, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.