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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 26, 2012Rockingham County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Apr 26, 2012, 2:20 AM EDT for Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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: Apr 26, 2012, 2:20 AM EDT (06:20 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2012, 2:45 AM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Rockingham County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 26 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Apr 26, 1:47 AM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 1:47 AM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 3:51 PM EDT, 10 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
351 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012

VAZ007-010-011-018>020-023-024-WVZ042>045-262000-
TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
351 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT.
HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH GUSTY
WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY WITH
GUSTY WINDS AND ISOLATED FLOODING THE MAIN THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ009-012>017-022-032>035-043>047-058-059-262000-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-SMYTH-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
351 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH GUSTY WINDS
AND ISOLATED FLOODING THE MAIN THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 11:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1139 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012

VAZ007-010-012-013-260415-
BLAND VA-PULASKI VA-TAZEWELL VA-WYTHE VA-
1139 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BLAND...PULASKI...TAZEWELL AND
WYTHE COUNTIES...

AT 1137 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM
RICHLANDS TO 5 MILES EAST OF BURKES GARDEN...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS
AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN
OR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR CERES AROUND 1205 AM...DRAPER AROUND 1210
AM AND MAX MEADOWS AROUND 1215 AM.

LAT...LON 3713 8127 3696 8058 3692 8066 3690 8111
      3698 8142 3701 8144 3700 8148 3702 8147
      3701 8151 3712 8189

DS

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 12:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 12:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 1:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 2:20 AM 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
Apr 25, 11:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	36 min
Apr 25, 11:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	23 min
Apr 26, 12:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	28 min
Apr 26, 12:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson, City of Galax	36 min
Apr 26, 1:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	15 min
Apr 26, 2:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	37 min
Apr 26, 4:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	29 min
Apr 26, 4:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski and 5 more	34 min
Apr 26, 7:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Tazewell	3 hr
Apr 26, 8:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	59 min
Apr 26, 8:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson	60 min
Apr 26, 8:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	63 min
Apr 26, 9:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	27 min
Apr 26, 9:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Wythe	29 min
Apr 26, 10:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, City of Danville	63 min
Apr 26, 11:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Tazewell	3 hr
Apr 26, 11:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland	3 hr
Apr 26, 12:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington	6 hr
Apr 26, 2:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Tazewell	6 hr
Apr 26, 2:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland	3 hr
Apr 26, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Giles	59 min
Apr 26, 7:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	6 hr
Apr 26, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Giles, Tazewell, Wythe	65 min
Apr 26, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig, Giles, Montgomery	52 min
Apr 26, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	64 min
Apr 26, 9:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes, Surry, Yadkin	41 min
Apr 26, 2:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	36 min
Apr 26, 3:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	35 min
Apr 26, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	65 min
Apr 26, 6:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Mercer, Summers	6 hr
Apr 26, 6:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	6 hr
Apr 26, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	64 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.