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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2012, 1:18 PM EDT for Bland County, Smyth County, Tazewell County, Virginia; 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 117 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 1, 2012, 1:18 PM EDT (17:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Bland County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 347 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 1, 12:28 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 12:28 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:00 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
100 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
VAZ034-035-011730-
AMHERST VA-BEDFORD VA-
100 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AMHERST AND BEDFORD COUNTIES...
AT 1256 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BEDFORD CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR COLEMAN FALLS AROUND 115 PM.
THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS...HAIL OR
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING
1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3765 7938 3752 7916 3746 7922 3745 7925
3745 7926 3743 7927 3743 7926 3729 7939
3736 7954
SKSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 1:18 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
118 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
VAZ007-009>012-WVZ042>045-011915-
BLAND VA-GILES VA-GREENBRIER WV-MERCER WV-MONROE WV-SMYTH VA-
SUMMERS WV-TAZEWELL VA-WYTHE VA-
118 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BLAND...
GILES...GREENBRIER...MERCER...MONROE...SMYTH...SUMMERS...TAZEWELL
AND WYTHE COUNTIES...
AT 112 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM JUST
WEST OF CHARLESTON WV...TO GRUNDY...TO GATE CITY VA...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL FROM THESE STORMS BUT WILL BE
BRIEF...AND COULD CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL
ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR GLEN BURKE AROUND 155 PM...RAVEN...AND
JEWELL RIDGE AROUND 200 PM...RICHLANDS AROUND 210 PM...CLAYPOOL
HILL...CEDAR BLUFF...AND BANDY AROUND 215 PM...AMONATE AROUND 220 PM
AND CLIFFIELD AROUND 225 PM.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 3823 8035 3811 8035 3803 8016 3774 8032
3665 8163 3692 8184 3698 8179 3715 8191
3725 8174 3721 8156 3728 8142 3758 8120
3761 8108 3772 8098 3770 8090 3782 8094
3788 8076 3810 8089 3809 8071 3827 8043
SKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 1:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Amherst | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Buckingham | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Wythe | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Charlotte | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, Giles, Pulaski, City of Galax, City of Radford | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Buckingham | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Radford | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Martinsville | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Danville | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Buckingham | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 29 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.