Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2012, 1:10 AM EST for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 20 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
- Mar 1, 2012, 1:10 AM EST (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2012, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Campbell County, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
214 WFUS51 KRNK 010610 TORRNK VAC011-019-031-680-010645- /O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0004.120301T0610Z-120301T0645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 110 AM EST THU MAR 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CITY OF LYNCHBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA NORTHERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA EASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA WESTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA * UNTIL 145 AM EST. * AT 108 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GOODE...OR NEAR FOREST...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOREST... TIMBERLAKE... LYNCHBURG AIRPORT... RUSTBURG... CONCORD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. && LAT...LON 3736 7890 3714 7899 3730 7947 3740 7943 TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 284DEG 39KT 3733 7934 $$ 16
1 follow-up statement
858 WWUS51 KRNK 010630 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 130 AM EST THU MAR 1 2012 VAC011-019-031-680-010639- /O.CAN.KRNK.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120301T0645Z/ CITY OF LYNCHBURG VA-CAMPBELL VA-BEDFORD VA-APPOMATTOX VA- 130 AM EST THU MAR 1 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG... NORTHERN CAMPBELL...EASTERN BEDFORD AND WESTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT FOR THE WARNED AREA HAS ENDED. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEW SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR STORM RELATED DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG. LAT...LON 3736 7890 3714 7899 3730 7947 3740 7943 TIME...MOT...LOC 0629Z 284DEG 39KT 3728 7907 $$ 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 7:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 7:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 27 min |
| Feb 29, 7:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 11:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 64 min |
| Feb 29, 11:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 12:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 12:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 47 min |
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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.