Alert archive / Virginia / Special Weather Statements in 2014
Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Sep 13, 2014, 2:07 AM EDT for 6 counties in 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2014, 2:07 AM EDT (06:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2014, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Carroll County, VA, City of Radford, VA, Floyd County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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 00:00Z, 6.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
813
WWUS81 KRNK 130607
SPSRNK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
207 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
VAZ012>014-016-017-032-033-130700-
FRANKLIN VA-FLOYD VA-PATRICK VA-CARROLL VA-MONTGOMERY VA-PULASKI VA-
WYTHE VA-
207 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
EASTERN WYTHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT
* AT 200 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE OF
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INTO PORTIONS OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY ALONG AND
EAST OF INTERSTATE 81. THIS AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
* LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING...AND MAY CAUSE WATER TO POND ON
ROADWAYS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HILLSVILLE...
FANCY GAP...
DUGSPUR...
BLACKSBURG...
PILOT...
CHRISTIANSBURG...
RADFORD...
FLOYD...
AND MEADOWS OF DAN.
THIS INCLUDES VIRGINIA TECH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAIN AND PATCHY FOG CAN LIMIT VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HUNDRED FEET.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE ESPECIALLY LOW ALONG HIGHER RIDGES.YOU MAY ENCOUNTER
ROADWAY HAZARDS WITHOUT HAVING ADEQUATE TIME TO SAFELY AVOID THEM. IF YOU MUST
DRIVE...DO SO AT LOW SPEED AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. MAINTAIN EXTRA SEPARATION
BETWEEN YOURSELF AND SURROUNDING VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3656 8068 3656 8082 3691 8106 3732 8033
3686 7998 3655 8045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0559Z 233DEG 18KT 3682 8062
$$
SKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 9:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Grayson | 6 hr |
| Sep 13, 1:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, City of Galax | 54 min |
| Sep 13, 3:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig, Floyd, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Radford, City of Roanoke and 1 more | 61 min |
| Sep 13, 4:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick | 59 min |
| Sep 12, 10:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Watauga, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 11:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Sep 13, 12:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 64 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2014Every 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.