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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2012, 7:55 PM EDT for Watauga County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 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, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2012, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
County Watauga County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 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 Jul 6, 4:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 4:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 405 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2012 NCZ006-VAZ044>046-058-059-072015- CASWELL-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 405 PM 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...THIS AFTERNOON 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. .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>035-043-072015- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- 405 PM 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAT INDICES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...HEAT INDEX VALUES EACH DAY MAY REACH 105 TO 109 DEGREES...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 2PM 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>045-072015- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 405 PM 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...THIS AFTERNOON 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. VAZ047-072015- BUCKINGHAM- 405 PM 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...THIS AFTERNOON 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.
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 3:59 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | RNK | Buckingham | 23 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:59 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax and 5 more | 40 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, City of Buena Vista | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 19 min |
| Jul 6, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 59 min |
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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.