Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 3:52 PM EST for Charlotte County, Halifax County, Virginia. It was in force for 53 min. 6 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
- Feb 24, 2016, 3:52 PM EST (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Charlotte County, VA, Halifax County, VA
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Halifax, VA | |
| Feb 24, 4:07 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S South Boston, VA | DEAD TREE FELL AND BROUGHT DOWN POWER LINE |
| Feb 24, 4:17 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se South Boston, VA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND A METAL ROOF LIFTED OFF AN OUTBUILDING ON PONDEROSA LANE. |
| Feb 24, 4:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Saxe, VA | TREE DOWN ON SAXEKEY RD NEAR MOSSING FORD RD. |
| Feb 24, 4:32 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Charlotte Court H, VA | TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 59 IN DRAKES BRANCH AREA. |
| Feb 24, 4:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Keysville, VA | TWO TREES LEANING OVER BRIERY RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1:46 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 828 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 913 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
696
WUUS51 KRNK 242052
SVRRNK
VAC037-083-242145-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0013.160224T2052Z-160224T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
352 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 445 PM EST
* AT 352 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
TURBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH BOSTON...
HALIFAX...
KEYSVILLE...
VIRGILINA...
AND CLOVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FOR YOUR
SAFETY...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM
EST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3689 7849 3670 7865 3663 7855 3667 7861
3669 7865 3669 7868 3668 7870 3655 7874
3654 7916 3667 7919 3672 7917 3710 7850
3708 7844
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 229DEG 33KT 3660 7910
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KK1 follow-up statement
993
WWUS51 KRNK 242143
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
443 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
VAC037-083-242151-
/O.EXP.KRNK.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160224T2145Z/
CHARLOTTE VA-HALIFAX VA-
443 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CHARLOTTE AND HALIFAX
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EST...HOWEVER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM
EST.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3689 7849 3670 7865 3663 7855 3667 7861
3669 7865 3669 7868 3668 7870 3655 7874
3654 7916 3667 7919 3672 7917 3710 7850
3708 7844
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 229DEG 33KT 3660 7910
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:02 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 67 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:02 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 3 days |
| Feb 24, 11:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, City of Galax | 56 min |
| Feb 24, 12:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 12:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke and 2 more | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 1:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 1:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 2:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 2:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington, City of Lynchburg | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 2:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, City of Lynchburg | 67 min |
| Feb 24, 3:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 3:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 3:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 3:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 4:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 24 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.