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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

October 7, 20148 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2014, 3:22 PM EDT for 8 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: Oct 7, 2014, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired: Oct 7, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Botetourt County, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 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 Oct 7, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 1:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 12:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1219 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>044-507-508-081630-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-
MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-
BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER-
WESTERN GREENBRIER-
1219 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOW AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-081630-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-
HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
1219 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 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.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 7, 9:44 AM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 7, 3:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
322 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

VAZ011-013-014-018-022-023-072015-
GILES VA-BOTETOURT VA-MONTGOMERY VA-CRAIG VA-ROANOKE VA-PULASKI VA-
322 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR...
  EASTERN GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
  WESTERN BOTETOURT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
  CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
  ROANOKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  INTENSE SHOWERS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAUREL BRANCH TO
  NEAR COLEMAN STORE...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
  SHOWERS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROANOKE...
  BLACKSBURG...
  NEWPORT...
  SALEM CITY...
  AND CATAWBA.

THIS INCLUDES VIRGINIA TECH AND THE SALEM FAIRGROUNDS.

LAT...LON 3773 7970 3721 7988 3716 7992 3714 7997
      3717 8003 3716 8009 3711 8015 3700 8086
      3748 8053 3742 8047 3751 8030 3753 8028
      3754 8033 3758 8030 3761 8017 3764 8007
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 239DEG 33KT 3751 8048 3688 8094

RS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 6, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	25 min
Oct 6, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	30 min
Oct 6, 9:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	31 min
Oct 6, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Craig, City of Covington	29 min
Oct 6, 10:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Craig, City of Covington	61 min
Oct 6, 11:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	39 min
Oct 7, 1:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Giles	44 min
Oct 7, 1:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell	94 min
Oct 7, 2:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Giles	89 min
Oct 7, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	60 min
Oct 7, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	32 min
Oct 7, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	43 min
Oct 7, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	52 min
Oct 7, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	48 min
Oct 7, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	36 min
Oct 6, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	25 min
Oct 6, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Summers	34 min
Oct 6, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	22 min
Oct 6, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	33 min
Oct 6, 9:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	McDowell	27 min

Nearby

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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.