Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2014, 4:39 PM EDT for Halifax County, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was in force for 36 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
- Jul 24, 2014, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Halifax County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 4:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Java, VA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND JAVA. TIME FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 24, 4:42 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Java, VA | DIME SIZE HAIL IN JAVA. TIME FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 24, 4:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Leda, VA | TREE DOWN ON LEDA ROAD. TIME FROM RADAR. |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
354
WFUS51 KRNK 242039
TORRNK
VAC083-143-242115-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0005.140724T2039Z-140724T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
439 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 439 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JAVA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
AND JAVA.
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 3684 7926 3693 7921 3685 7896 3673 7906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 293DEG 19KT 3686 7918
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RS3 follow-up statements
760
WWUS51 KRNK 242051
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
451 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
VAC143-242100-
/O.CAN.KRNK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140724T2115Z/
PITTSYLVANIA VA-
451 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3673 7906 3678 7915 3679 7916 3688 7914
3691 7913 3685 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 293DEG 19KT 3684 7911
$$
VAC083-242115-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140724T2115Z/
HALIFAX VA-
451 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY...
AT 450 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER RIDGEWAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY.
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 3673 7906 3678 7915 3679 7916 3688 7914
3691 7913 3685 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 293DEG 19KT 3684 7911
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RS789
WWUS51 KRNK 242100
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
500 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
VAC083-242115-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140724T2115Z/
HALIFAX VA-
500 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY...
AT 459 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RIDGEWAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WEST CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3673 7906 3678 7915 3679 7916 3688 7914
3691 7913 3685 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 294DEG 18KT 3682 7905
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RS771
WWUS51 KRNK 242114
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
514 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
VAC083-242124-
/O.EXP.KRNK.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140724T2115Z/
HALIFAX VA-
514 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR
WEST CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
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 3673 7906 3678 7915 3679 7916 3688 7914
3691 7913 3685 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 293DEG 19KT 3682 7905
$$
RSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 12:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Covington | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 1:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Buena Vista | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 1:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 1:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 3:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 7:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Buena Vista | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 25 min |
| Jul 24, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd, Patrick | 42 min |
| Jul 24, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 54 min |
| Jul 24, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 19 min |
| Jul 24, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Danville | 53 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.