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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2012, 10:17 PM EDT for Roanoke County, City of Roanoke, City of Salem, Virginia. It was in force for 43 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 24, 2012, 10:17 PM EDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Roanoke County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 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 24, 9:54 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 9:54 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
657 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
VAZ022-023-034-242345-
BOTETOURT VA-BEDFORD VA-ROANOKE VA-
657 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOTETOURT...WEST CENTRAL BEDFORD
AND NORTHEASTERN ROANOKE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLLINS...OR 3 MILES NORTH OF
ROANOKE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STEWARTSVILLE... MONTVALE...
HOLLINS... VINTON...
GOODVIEW... BLUE RIDGE...
CHAMBLISSBURG... CLOVERDALE...
LAYMANTOWN...
LAT...LON 3743 7966 3716 7969 3717 7971 3719 7972
3719 7973 3720 7978 3723 7978 3722 7980
3729 7997 3736 7997
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 273DEG 6KT 3732 7994
RABLocal storm report, Jun 24, 7:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
741 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE MOUNT AIRY 36.50N 80.60W
06/24/2012 SURRY NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON ROUTE 103
0715 PM HAIL 4 S ARARAT 36.53N 80.51W
06/24/2012 E1.00 INCH SURRY NC TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON SLATE MOUNTAIN ROAD
0720 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSW ARARAT 36.52N 80.54W
06/24/2012 SURRY NC TRAINED SPOTTER
OAK TREE DOWN ACROSS LABRADOR LANE. POWER LINES ALSO
DOWN.
&&
MBSSpecial weather statement, Jun 24, 8:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
838 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
VAZ045-250130-
CAMPBELL VA-
838 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CAMPBELL COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM EDT...
AT 837 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CAMBPELL COUNTY
NEAR RUSTBURG...GLADYS...AND JUST WEST OF BROOKNEAL...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER OF ON ROADS AND CAUSE ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS TO REACH
BANKFUL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CONCORD... RUSTBURG...
BROOKNEAL... SPRING MILLS...
GLADYS... HAT CREEK...
LONG ISLAND... MIKE...
LAT...LON 3702 7891 3705 7897 3704 7899 3707 7911
3709 7912 3708 7915 3724 7926 3737 7909
3741 7901 3725 7892 3724 7886 3722 7886
3721 7883
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 241DEG 23KT 3720 7913
RABSpecial weather statement, Jun 24, 9:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 916 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012 NCZ005-250200- ROCKINGHAM NC- 916 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CENTRAL ROCKINGHAM COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM EDT... AT 911 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STONEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EDEN... WENTWORTH... MADISON... STONEVILLE... DRAPER... HARRISONS CROSSROADS... OREGON HILL... BETHANY... MAYODAN... INTELLIGENCE... LAT...LON 3635 8002 3653 7995 3653 7959 3625 7977 TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 273DEG 5KT 3644 7993 RAB
Local storm report, Jun 24, 9:19 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
919 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE MOUNT AIRY 36.50N 80.60W
06/24/2012 SURRY NC TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON ROUTE 103
0715 PM HAIL 4 S ARARAT 36.53N 80.51W
06/24/2012 E1.00 INCH SURRY NC TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON SLATE MOUNTAIN ROAD
0720 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSW ARARAT 36.52N 80.54W
06/24/2012 SURRY NC TRAINED SPOTTER
OAK TREE DOWN ACROSS LABRADOR LANE. POWER LINES ALSO DOWN
ON EAST PINE STREET. OFFICIALS ESTIMATE THIS WILL BE AN
EXTENDED POWER OUTAGE IN THE 2500 BLOCK OF EAST PINE
STREET.
0735 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 WSW FRANCISCO 36.47N 80.46W
06/24/2012 SURRY NC EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 INJ *** TREE DOWN ON A MOBILE HOME.
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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 24, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, City of Buena Vista | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 22 min |
| Jun 24, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 49 min |
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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.