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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 21, 2014Buckingham County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2014, 5:26 PM EDT for Buckingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 34 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2014, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Buckingham County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 21, 5:50 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Ne Toga, VA
Jun 21, 6:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Sse Andersonville, VA	ONE TREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF BUCKINGHAM SPRINGS ROAD AND NEW STORE ROAD.
Jun 21, 6:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Sw Andersonville, VA	A LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ALONG FRANCISCO ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 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.

206 
WFUS51 KRNK 212126
TORRNK
VAC029-212200-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0003.140621T2126Z-140621T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
526 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
    
* AT 526 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER TOGA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
           ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS 
           WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS 
           LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUCKINGHAM...
  TOGA...
  AND ANDERSONVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3755 7870 3761 7860 3749 7846 3742 7852
      3742 7865
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 327DEG 11KT 3754 7861 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

16

2 follow-up statements

067 
WWUS51 KRNK 212137
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
537 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

VAC029-212200-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140621T2200Z/
BUCKINGHAM VA-
537 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR 
SOUTH CENTRAL BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...
    
AT 536 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER TOGA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL 
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDERSONVILLE...
AND TOGA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3751 7868 3753 7858 3748 7853 3742 7852
      3742 7865
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 350DEG 10KT 3749 7861 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

16

713 
WWUS51 KRNK 212145
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
545 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

VAC029-212200-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140621T2200Z/
BUCKINGHAM VA-
545 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR 
SOUTH CENTRAL BUCKINGHAM COUNTY...
    
AT 544 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ANDERSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL 
         BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDERSONVILLE...
AND TOGA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3750 7864 3751 7857 3747 7853 3742 7852
      3742 7865 3747 7866
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 340DEG 12KT 3746 7859 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

16

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	59 min
Jun 20, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	26 min
Jun 21, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	54 min
Jun 21, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham	72 min
Jun 21, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin, Pittsylvania	53 min
Jun 21, 5:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	33 min
Jun 21, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Prince Edward	29 min
Jun 21, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	42 min
Jun 21, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	40 min
Jun 21, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte	66 min
Jun 21, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	58 min
Jun 21, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.