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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 9, 2012Alleghany County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2012, 1:41 PM EDT for Alleghany County, Virginia. It was in force for 34 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 9, 2012, 1:41 PM EDT (17:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2012, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Alleghany County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 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 9, 1:17 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 1:17 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 9:12 AM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 10:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 11:09 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:03 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
103 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

VAZ019-020-WVZ045-091730-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH VA-GREENBRIER WV-
103 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALLEGHANY...BATH AND GREENBRIER
COUNTIES...

AT 100 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF NEOLA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE OUT ON THE
WATER GET BACK TO LAND AND FIND A SAFE BUILDING OR SAFE VEHICLE.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR NATURAL WELL AROUND 115 PM...CALLISON AROUND
120 PM...CARLOOVER AROUND 125 PM AND HOLLINS AROUND 130 PM.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT US ON THE WEB AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

LAT...LON 3795 7959 3792 7961 3779 7979 3780 7982
      3775 7987 3773 7990 3781 8023 3804 8013

AMS

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:21 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
121 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

VAZ011-WVZ042>044-091745-
GILES VA-MERCER WV-MONROE WV-SUMMERS WV-
121 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GILES...MERCER...MONROE AND
SUMMERS COUNTIES...

AT 118 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
PIPESTEM...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. IF ON OR NEAR
BLUESTONE LAKE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A
VEHICLE. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAPSIZE YOUR
VESSEL.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WILLOWTON AROUND 130 PM...GLEN LYN AROUND 135
PM...RICH CREEK AROUND 140 PM AND PETERSTOWN AROUND 145 PM.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT US ON THE WEB AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

LAT...LON 3747 8057 3725 8065 3733 8106 3752 8098

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
141 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

VAZ019-WVZ045-091815-
ALLEGHANY VA-GREENBRIER WV-
141 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ALLEGHANY AND GREENBRIER
COUNTIES...

AT 139 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS AROUND 150 PM...
ALLEGHANY AROUND 200 PM AND CALLAGHAN AROUND 215 PM.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT US ON THE WEB AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

LAT...LON 3789 8000 3764 8006 3767 8029 3769 8030
      3769 8034 3771 8035 3769 8037 3771 8039
      3770 8043 3770 8049 3789 8039

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Bedford	60 min
Jul 8, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	62 min
Jul 8, 9:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	40 min
Jul 8, 9:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell	3 hr
Jul 8, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Charlotte	59 min
Jul 8, 9:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	65 min
Jul 8, 11:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, City of Danville	55 min
Jul 8, 11:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	67 min
Jul 8, 11:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	58 min
Jul 9, 12:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	29 min
Jul 9, 12:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	28 min
Jul 9, 12:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	City of Danville	106 min
Jul 9, 12:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	27 min
Jul 9, 12:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	26 min
Jul 9, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	27 min
Jul 9, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	24 min
Jul 9, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt, City of Covington	33 min
Jul 9, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	60 min
Jul 9, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, City of Lynchburg	65 min
Jul 9, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell	60 min
Jul 9, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte	62 min
Jul 9, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	56 min
Jul 9, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	54 min
Jul 9, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	61 min
Jul 9, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke	67 min
Jul 9, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	53 min
Jul 9, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	51 min
Jul 9, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville	58 min
Jul 8, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	34 min
Jul 8, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	44 min
Jul 9, 12:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	26 min
Jul 9, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	25 min
Jul 9, 12:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	29 min
Jul 9, 12:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	58 min
Jul 9, 1:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	31 min
Jul 9, 1:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	30 min
Jul 9, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	65 min
Jul 9, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	56 min
Jul 9, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell	61 min
Jul 9, 7:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Caswell	106 min

Nearby

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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.