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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT for Bath County, Virginia. It was in force for 45 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 21, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
County Bath County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1273 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 21, 1:50 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 1:50 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1047 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2012 NCZ005-006-VAZ035-043>047-058-059-221500- ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX- BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 1047 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES CLIMBING WELL UP INTO THE 90S WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES UP INTO THE 100 TO 104 DEGREE RANGE FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. TODAY WILL LIKELY BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR FOR MANY AREAS. LIGHT SURFACE WINDS WILL BRING ONLY LIMITED RELIEF FOR COOLING. PERSONS WHO MUST WORK OUTDOORS TODAY ARE ADVISED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO MITIGATE AGAINST THE IMPACT OF HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY...INCLUDING DRINKING PLENTY OF CLEAR FLUIDS... SEEKING SHADE WHEN POSSIBLE...AND REFRAINING FROM EXCESSIVE EXERTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON FRIDAY AS A COOL FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>034-221500- SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- 1047 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON FRIDAY AS A COOL FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-221500- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 1047 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ON FRIDAY AS A COOL FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WERT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Buckingham | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 7:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 7:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 116 min |
| Jun 21, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer | 27 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.