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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 22, 2012Rockbridge County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2012, 3:32 PM EDT for Rockbridge County, Virginia. It was in force for 58 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: May 22, 2012, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Rockbridge County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 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 May 22, 1:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 1:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 2:52 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
252 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>045-231900-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-
MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-
BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
252 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

IN ADDITION...SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL
INTO THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT FLOODING...HEAVY RAIN OVER 1
INCH PER HOUR...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO OUR OFFICE.

NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-231900-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-
HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
252 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 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.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND ISOLATED STRONG WINDS OR HAIL INTO THIS
EVENING. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS
THAT RECEIVED HEAVIER RAINFALL ON MONDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH
SOME HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT FLOODING...HEAVY RAIN OVER 1
INCH PER HOUR...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO OUR OFFICE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 9:36 AM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 1:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 3:10 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
310 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

VAZ011-018-019-WVZ044-045-222015-
ALLEGHANY VA-CRAIG VA-GILES VA-GREENBRIER WV-MONROE WV-
310 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALLEGHANY...CRAIG...GILES...
GREENBRIER AND MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 309 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL 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 WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS AROUND 320 PM...
ALLEGHANY AROUND 325 PM...ROARING MOUNTAIN SUMMIT...AND GREENBRIER
STATE FOREST AROUND 330 PM...EARLEHURST...SWEET SPRINGS...POTTS
CREEK...AND GLACE AROUND 335 PM...PAINT BANK AND AND MONCOVE LAKE
STATE PARK AROUND 345 PM.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 3734 8037 3746 8064 3795 8020 3787 7999

KK

Special weather statement, May 22, 3:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
332 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

VAZ020-024-222030-
BATH VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-
332 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BATH AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES...

AT 330 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GOSHEN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL 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 ROCKBRIDGE BATHS AROUND 340 PM...BELLS VALLEY
AROUND 345 PM AND BROWNSBURG AROUND 400 PM.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 3815 7943 3811 7948 3809 7948 3793 7920
      3791 7918 3787 7957 3802 7968 3817 7947
      3817 7944

KK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, City of Roanoke	59 min
May 21, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	39 min
May 21, 10:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Amherst, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	3 hr
May 21, 11:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	59 min
May 22, 3:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more	18 hr
May 22, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	66 min
May 22, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd, Patrick	66 min
May 22, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	53 min
May 22, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	63 min
May 22, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	42 min
May 22, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	41 min
May 22, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, City of Lynchburg	44 min
May 22, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	60 min
May 22, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	52 min
May 22, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	57 min
May 22, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	36 min
May 22, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	40 min
May 22, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	50 min
May 22, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry, Yadkin	64 min
May 22, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Summers	47 min
May 22, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	65 min
May 22, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	55 min
May 22, 4:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Mercer	117 min
May 22, 4:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Mercer	3 hr

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.