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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 30, 2014Wilkes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2014, 4:02 PM EDT for Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 13 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 30, 2014, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Wilkes County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

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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 30, 1:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 1:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 7:06 AM EDT, 8 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
706 AM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

NCZ001-018-019-311100-
ASHE-WATAUGA-WILKES-
706 AM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ONE OR TWO OF THE THUNDERSTORM CELLS
COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE REGION EARLY
NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ002>006-020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-311100-
ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-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-
706 AM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

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...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE REGION EARLY
NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

RAB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 1:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
152 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

NCZ018-019-301845-
WATAUGA NC-WILKES NC-
152 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DARBY...MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 10
  MPH.

* DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
  WILBAR...
  BLOWING ROCK...
  ELKVILLE...
  BUCK...
  AND MAPLE SPRINGS.

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 3607 8141 3607 8144 3609 8145 3610 8152
      3612 8154 3612 8168 3611 8181 3613 8182
      3628 8131 3617 8115 3604 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 53DEG 8KT 3617 8152

KK

Special weather statement, May 30, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
256 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

NCZ019-301930-
WILKES NC-
256 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUMMIT...MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15
  MPH.

* PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
  STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAPLE SPRINGS...
  AND SUMMIT.

LAT...LON 3617 8148 3629 8141 3627 8134 3613 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 23DEG 11KT 3623 8139

DS

Special weather statement, May 30, 3:41 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
341 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

NCZ003-019-302000-
SURRY NC-WILKES NC-
341 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STATE ROAD...MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10
  MPH.

* PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
  STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STATE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3637 8089 3637 8084 3630 8082 3630 8091
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 354DEG 7KT 3635 8087

DS

Special weather statement, May 30, 4:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
402 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

NCZ019-302015-
WILKES NC-
402 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 401 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BENHAM...MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15
  MPH.

* PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
  STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BENHAM.

LAT...LON 3633 8092 3631 8087 3622 8095 3627 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 44DEG 14KT 3629 8094

DS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	55 min
May 29, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	61 min
May 29, 10:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	57 min
May 30, 12:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	48 min
May 30, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caldwell	53 min
May 30, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	34 min
May 30, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	19 min
May 30, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	15 min
May 30, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	24 min
May 30, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	15 min
May 30, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	17 min
May 30, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2014 Every special weather statement 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.