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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 6, 2012Amherst County, City of Buena Vista, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2012, 10:27 AM EDT for Amherst County, City of Buena Vista, Virginia. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 6, 2012, 10:27 AM EDT (14:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2012, 11:15 AM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Amherst County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
66 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 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 Jul 6, 10:15 AM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 10:15 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:14 AM EDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
414 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012

NCZ006-VAZ044>046-058-059-070815-
CASWELL-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
414 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE CLOSE TO THE CENTURY MARK.
COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO
104 DEGREES FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND SOME COULD BECOME
SEVERE WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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

   HEAT ADVISORY.

FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...HEAT INDEX VALUES EACH DAY MAY REACH
105 TO 109 DEGREES...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN NOON AND 8PM.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD...
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ003>005-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043-070815-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-
414 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...HEAT INDEX VALUES EACH DAY MAY REACH
105 TO 109 DEGREES...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN NOON AND 8PM.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD...
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-070815-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-
MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-
SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
414 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD FIRE UP THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD...
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VAZ047-070815-
BUCKINGHAM-
414 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES. COMBINED
WITH THE HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES WILL BE AROUND 100 TO 104 DEGREES
FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

ALSO...ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME
POSSIBLY BRINGING DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH.

FOR SATURDAY...HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 110
DEGREES FOR A FEW HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

SUNDAY...HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REACH 105 TO 109
DEGREES...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN NOON AND 8PM.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THE
PERIOD... MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:27 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1027 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012

VAZ024-035-061515-
AMHERST VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-
1027 AM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AMHERST AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES...

AT 1024 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF
ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR CORNWALL AROUND 1035 AM...ALTO AROUND 1040
AM...ORONOCO...AND BUENA VISTA CITY AROUND 1045 AM...FORKS OF
BUFFALO...AND LOWESVILLE AROUND 1050 AM...CLIFFORD AROUND 1055 AM AND
PLEASANT VIEW AROUND 1100 AM.

LAT...LON 3802 7936 3793 7920 3789 7915 3785 7914
      3782 7916 3777 7906 3772 7906 3771 7902
      3753 7897 3752 7934 3778 7943 3802 7938

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 3:59 AM EDTExcessive Heat WatchRNKBuckingham23 hr
Jul 6, 3:59 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRNKAmherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax and 5 more40 hr
Jul 6, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCarroll34 min
Jul 6, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAlleghany29 min
Jul 6, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany41 min
Jul 6, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany19 min
Jul 6, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCraig36 min
Jul 6, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCaswell63 min
Jul 6, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAshe31 min
Jul 6, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKWatauga59 min
Jul 6, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKWatauga35 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.