Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2014, 6:07 PM EDT for Rockbridge County, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington, Virginia. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2014, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 19, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 3:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 343 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>045-201945- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 343 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PERIODIC UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MAY BRING ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-201945- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 343 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 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. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MAY BRING A ROUND OR TWO OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
432 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
VAZ011-WVZ044-192130-
GILES VA-MONROE WV-
432 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
EASTERN GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
EXTREME SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KIMBALLTON...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
* WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY
RAIN IS FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADWAYS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWPORT...
PEMBROKE...
PEARISBURG...
NARROWS...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...
AND KIMBALLTON.
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.
DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3734 8044 3731 8043 3727 8051 3726 8057
3722 8067 3721 8069 3736 8085 3747 8069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 314DEG 12KT 3739 8071
RABSpecial weather statement, Aug 19, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
436 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
VAZ020-192130-
BATH VA-
436 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
NORTHERN BATH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BURNSVILLE...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
* WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY
RAIN IS FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADWAYS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARM SPRINGS...
MILLBORO...
YOST...
NIMROD HALL...
AND BURNSVILLE.
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.
DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN OR SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3811 7948 3810 7949 3809 7949 3809 7948
3808 7948 3803 7951 3793 7961 3788 7965
3814 7989 3823 7972
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 314DEG 11KT 3815 7971
RABSpecial weather statement, Aug 19, 5:46 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
546 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
VAZ019-020-023-024-192245-
BATH VA-ALLEGHANY VA-BOTETOURT VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-
546 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
SOUTHERN BATH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR VESUVIUS...TO
CARLOOVER...TO JUST NORTH OF COVINGTON...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* VERY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADWAYS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...
COLLIERSTOWN...
BUENA VISTA CITY...
COVINGTON CITY...
AND CLIFTON FORGE CITY.
THIS INCLUDES VMI.
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 3798 7930 3792 7919 3789 7915 3786 7915
3780 7918 3779 7920 3781 7923 3779 7927
3766 7935 3762 7943 3761 8000 3794 8008
3800 8000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 312DEG 20KT 3793 7914 3790 7991
RABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Covington, City of Lexington | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 66 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.