Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 11, 2014Amherst County, Rockbridge County, City of Buena Vista, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2014, 4:08 PM EDT for Amherst County, Rockbridge County, City of Buena Vista, Virginia. It was in force for 33 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: Jun 11, 2014, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2014, 4:41 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Amherst County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 11, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 60 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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1084 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 Jun 11, 3:56 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:56 PM EDT, 12 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, Jun 11, 3:29 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
329 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

VAZ007-009-WVZ042>045-120400-
TAZEWELL-SMYTH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
329 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 279 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED STRONG TO A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN
ON THURSDAY WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. STORMS THAT DEVELOP THURSDAY WILL BE SLOWER MOVING WITH THE
SO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ALSO A THREAT.

AFTER THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER
IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

NCZ004>006-VAZ010>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-120400-
STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-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-
329 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 281 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED STRONG TO A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN
ON THURSDAY WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. STORMS THAT DEVELOP THURSDAY WILL BE SLOWER MOVING SO EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS ALSO A THREAT.

AFTER THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER
IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER.

NCZ001>003-018>020-120400-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-
329 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOW AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED STRONG TO A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN
ON THURSDAY WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. STORMS THAT DEVELOP THURSDAY WILL BE SLOWER MOVING SO EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IS ALSO A THREAT.

AFTER THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER
IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
303 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

NCZ001-002-018-019-111945-
WATAUGA NC-ASHE NC-ALLEGHANY NC-WILKES NC-
303 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
  TRACKING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE IN NORTHERN
  NORTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DEEP GAP...
  MC GRADY...
  WILBAR...
  LAUREL SPRINGS...
  AND GLENDALE SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY...SO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS...FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3603 8136 3605 8140 3607 8141 3607 8144
      3609 8145 3610 8152 3611 8154 3658 8146
      3657 8115 3657 8114 3603 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 190DEG 28KT 3622 8138

16

Local storm report, Jun 11, 3:20 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
320 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

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

0310 PM     HAIL             4 NNE EVINGTON          37.28N 79.26W
06/11/2014  E1.00 INCH       CAMPBELL           VA   PUBLIC

            CONNER RD

&&

FISHER

Local storm report, Jun 11, 3:21 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
321 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

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

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N EVINGTON            37.31N 79.28W
06/11/2014                   CAMPBELL           VA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES DOWN IN NEW LONDON

&&

FISHER

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:02 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
402 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

NCZ006-VAZ044-058-112100-
CASWELL NC-HALIFAX VA-PITTSYLVANIA VA-
402 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAMER...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PROVIDENCE...
  SOUTH BOSTON...
  TURBEVILLE...
  YANCEYVILLE...
  AND INGRAM.

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 3654 7895 3654 7913 3642 7914 3635 7925
      3646 7943 3689 7910 3672 7867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 217DEG 20KT 3647 7929

KK

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:06 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
406 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

NCZ001-002-018-019-112100-
WATAUGA NC-ASHE NC-ALLEGHANY NC-WILKES NC-
406 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN ASHE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
  ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
  WESTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
  TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PASSING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE IN
  NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN
  ADDITION...THESE STORMS WERE MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME
  LOCATIONS AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. WATER WILL LIKELY
  POND ON ROADWAYS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
  STREAMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DEEP GAP...
  MC GRADY...
  WILBAR...
  LAUREL SPRINGS...
  AND SPARTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ANY OF THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS...FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3604 8139 3607 8141 3607 8144 3609 8145
      3609 8147 3610 8150 3610 8152 3612 8154
      3612 8162 3658 8138 3657 8104 3603 8136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 205DEG 35KT 3630 8138

16

Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:08 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
408 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

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

0320 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SSW LYNCHBURG CITY    37.35N 79.17W
06/11/2014                   CITY OF LYNCHBURG  VA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            CRANE TOPPLED OVER AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. TIME ESTIMATED
            BY RADAR.

&&

FISHER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	54 min
Jun 10, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	53 min
Jun 10, 9:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	57 min
Jun 10, 11:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bath	54 min
Jun 11, 12:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	65 min
Jun 11, 12:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bath, Rockbridge, City of Lexington	47 min
Jun 11, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke	56 min
Jun 11, 12:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	61 min
Jun 11, 12:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	63 min
Jun 11, 1:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista	55 min
Jun 11, 1:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	40 min
Jun 11, 1:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell	25 min
Jun 11, 2:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	91 min
Jun 11, 2:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	36 min
Jun 11, 1:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	66 min
Jun 11, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Tazewell	37 min
Jun 11, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buchanan	44 min
Jun 11, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, City of Lynchburg	56 min
Jun 11, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	65 min
Jun 11, 3:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Buckingham	23 min
Jun 11, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	64 min
Jun 11, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	58 min
Jun 11, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania	53 min
Jun 11, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	65 min
Jun 11, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lynchburg	59 min
Jun 11, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Galax	48 min
Jun 11, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Lexington	59 min
Jun 11, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	56 min
Jun 11, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	61 min
Jun 10, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	59 min
Jun 10, 11:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wilkes	49 min
Jun 10, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	53 min
Jun 10, 11:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Surry	65 min
Jun 11, 12:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	53 min
Jun 11, 12:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	58 min
Jun 11, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	42 min
Jun 11, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	54 min
Jun 11, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes	68 min
Jun 10, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	61 min
Jun 10, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Summers	63 min
Jun 10, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe	67 min
Jun 10, 10:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.