Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 10:31 PM EST for Grayson County, Smyth County, Virginia. It was in force for 29 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 2, 2012, 10:31 PM EST (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 585 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
479
WFUS51 KRNK 030331
TORRNK
VAC077-173-030400-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0005.120303T0331Z-120303T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1031 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
WESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 1100 PM EST.
* AT 1026 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CHILHOWIE...OR 9 MILES EAST OF ABINGDON...MOVING EAST
AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHILHOWIE...
THOMAS BRIDGE...
TROUTDALE...
SUGAR GROVE...
FLATRIDGE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
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 3690 8136 3678 8127 3658 8126 3659 8167
3662 8165 3663 8161 3665 8164 3679 8170
3683 8175 3686 8176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 265DEG 53KT 3672 8172
$$
WERT2 follow-up statements
874
WWUS51 KRNK 030352
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1052 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
VAC077-173-030400-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120303T0400Z/
SMYTH VA-GRAYSON VA-
1052 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SMYTH AND WESTERN GRAYSON COUNTIES...
AT 1048 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THOMAS BRIDGE...OR
NEAR MARION...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT ROGERS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA...
SUGAR GROVE...
FLATRIDGE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY. ONCE AGAIN THAT NUMBER IS 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
&&
LAT...LON 3666 8159 3674 8155 3679 8158 3685 8157
3690 8136 3678 8127 3658 8126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 270DEG 49KT 3676 8144
$$
WERT464
WWUS51 KRNK 030403
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1103 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
VAC077-173-030411-
/O.EXP.KRNK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120303T0400Z/
SMYTH VA-GRAYSON VA-
1103 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SMYTH AND WESTERN GRAYSON
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 1100 PM EST...
AT 1100 PM EST...THE STORM THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WARNING HAD
WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSED A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL MAY STILL BE
POSSIBLE NEAR THE TOWN OF ATKINS UNTIL AROUND 1115 PM EST AS THE
WEAKENING STORM PASSES EAST THROUGH THE AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. ONCE AGAIN
THAT NUMBER IS 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
LAT...LON 3666 8159 3674 8155 3679 8158 3685 8157
3690 8136 3678 8127 3658 8126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 270DEG 49KT 3676 8142
$$
WERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 11:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Galax | 52 min |
| Mar 3, 12:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 58 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.