Alert archive / Virginia / Special Weather Statements in 2013

Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 20, 2013Henry County, Virginia; Stokes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at May 20, 2013, 12:45 AM EDT for Henry County, Virginia; Stokes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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: May 20, 2013, 12:45 AM EDT (04:45 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2013, 1:30 AM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Stokes County, NC, Henry County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 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 text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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 May 19, 10:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 10:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:55 PM EDT, 8 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
355 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-202000-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-
CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
355 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING
AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THESE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...AND MAY CAUSE 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN TO FALL OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. LOCALIZED
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN STEEPER TERRAIN...OR IF STORMS BEGIN TO
TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 7:14 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
714 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0713 PM     FLOOD            TAZEWELL                37.12N  81.52W
05/19/2013                   TAZEWELL           VA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RT 460 WEST CLOSED DUE TO DEBRIS

&&

EVENT NUMBER RNK1301384

FISHER

Special weather statement, May 19, 7:25 PM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
725 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

VAZ010>013-015-016-200045-
GILES VA-BLAND VA-CARROLL VA-GRAYSON VA-WYTHE VA-PULASKI VA-
725 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  WESTERN GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  EASTERN BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  EASTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  WYTHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 721 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
  TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM WHITE GATE TO MAX MEADOWS TO SPRING VALLEY TO BRIDLE CREEK...
  OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NARROWS TO
  WYTHEVILLE TO FRIES TO MOUTH OF WILSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY
  RAIN IS FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADWAYS AND
  QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. FLOODING HAS BEEN
  REPORTED NEAR MARION AND ON U.S. 460 IN EASTERN TAZEWELL AS THIS
  ACTIVITY MOVED THROUGH AREAS JUST TO THE WEST OF THE ADVISORY AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALLISONIA...
  PULASKI...
  GALAX CITY...
  POPLAR HILL..
  NARROWS...
  WYTHEVILLE...
  DRAPER...
  AND DUBLIN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE WATER TO FLOW OVER THE ROADWAY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE THE ROAD HAS BECOME FLOODED.

&&

LAT...LON 3670 8115 3730 8095 3733 8062 3725 8058
      3721 8061 3719 8059 3720 8056 3713 8052
      3709 8058 3706 8054 3705 8056 3697 8055
      3693 8064 3671 8046 3665 8049 3664 8054
      3666 8059 3660 8063 3656 8061 3658 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 286DEG 21KT 3722 8089 3699 8099 3669 8106
3660 8128

RAB

Local storm report, May 19, 7:35 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
735 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0731 PM     FLOOD            2 NE TAZEWELL           37.14N  81.49W
05/19/2013                   TAZEWELL           VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER COVERING LARIMER LANE DUE TO CREEK OUT OF BANKS

&&

EVENT NUMBER RNK1301385

FISHER

Local storm report, May 19, 7:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, May 20, 12:45 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 8:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	3 hr
May 19, 9:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke	119 min
May 20, 6:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	75 min
May 20, 9:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell	48 min
May 20, 10:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Tazewell	3 hr
May 20, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	50 min
May 20, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	34 min
May 20, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	29 min
May 20, 3:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	2 hr
May 20, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	27 min
May 20, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	35 min
May 20, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	29 min
May 20, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	65 min
May 20, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	30 min
May 20, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	24 min
May 20, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Covington	34 min
May 20, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	26 min
May 20, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lexington	23 min
May 20, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mecklenburg	25 min
May 20, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge	31 min
May 20, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge	41 min
May 20, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	32 min
May 20, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Buena Vista	57 min
May 20, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	36 min
May 20, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	26 min
May 20, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	25 min
May 20, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery	34 min
May 20, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	28 min
May 20, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	17 min
May 20, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	28 min
May 20, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	29 min
May 20, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	34 min
May 20, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caldwell	41 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2013 Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2013 Every special weather statement in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.