Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 12:19 PM EST for Stokes County, Surry County, Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 min. 9 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, 12:19 PM EST (17:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Yadkin County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 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, 12:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Airy, NC | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...ELDORA ROAD...LITTLE MOUNTAIN CHURCH ROAD...MILLER GAP ROAD...HIATT ROAD...WHISPER TRAIL...BULLIN FARM LANE...E PINE STREET...COOK SCHOOL ROAD...U.S. 601...TURKEY FORD ROAD...ARTHUR NEEDHAM ROAD... |
| Feb 24, 12:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ene Dobson, NC | MAIL CARIER REPORTS SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES LARGER THAN THE SIZE OF HER WRIST DOWN ALONG SIMPSON MILL ROAD. |
| Feb 24, 12:34 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ene Dobson, NC | SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL ALONG OLD CREED ROAD NEAR MOUNT AIRY, NC. |
| Feb 24, 12:34 PM EST | HAIL 1 | 4 Ene Dobson, NC | SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL ALONG OLD CREED ROAD NEAR MOUNT AIRY, NC. |
| Feb 24, 12:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Mount Airy, NC | COOP OBSERVER REPORTS HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AT THE MOUNT AIRY WATER TREATMENT PLANT. |
| Feb 24, 12:40 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Wsw Mount Airy, NC | COOP OBSERVER REPORTS HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AT THE MOUNT AIRY WATER TREATMENT PLANT. |
| Feb 24, 12:48 PM EST | HAIL 1.75 | Ararat, NC | |
| Feb 24, 12:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Flat Rock, NC | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT FLAT ROCK |
| Feb 24, 12:54 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wnw Pilot Mountain, NC | 911 CALL CENTER REPORTS MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG ARARAT ROAD IN SW PATRICK COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 406 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 703 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 750 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
803
WUUS51 KRNK 241719
SVRRNK
NCC169-171-197-241815-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0002.160224T1719Z-160224T1815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1219 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN YADKIN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SURRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 115 PM EST
* AT 1217 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ELKIN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT AIRY...
ELKIN...
FAIRVIEW...
FLAT ROCK...
AND JONESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3633 8087 3634 8090 3636 8091 3637 8093
3640 8096 3656 8085 3656 8073 3654 8041
3625 8045 3624 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 224DEG 36KT 3625 8086
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JH3 follow-up statements
314
WWUS51 KRNK 241729
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1229 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC169-171-197-241815-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T1815Z/
YADKIN NC-SURRY NC-STOKES NC-
1229 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EST
FOR
NORTHERN YADKIN...SURRY AND NORTHWESTERN STOKES COUNTIES...
AT 1229 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PINE RIDGE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT AIRY...
ELKIN...
FAIRVIEW...
FLAT ROCK...
AND JONESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FOR YOUR
SAFETY...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3633 8087 3634 8090 3636 8091 3637 8093
3640 8096 3656 8085 3656 8073 3654 8041
3625 8045 3624 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 209DEG 66KT 3646 8072
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JH388
WWUS51 KRNK 241740
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1240 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC169-197-241750-
/O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T1815Z/
YADKIN NC-STOKES NC-
1240 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
NORTHERN YADKIN AND NORTHWESTERN STOKES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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 3634 8078 3643 8081 3647 8084 3654 8079
3656 8073 3654 8044 3641 8045 3629 8048
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 224DEG 36KT 3654 8062
$$
NCC171-241815-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T1815Z/
SURRY NC-
1240 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EST
FOR
EASTERN SURRY COUNTY...
AT 1240 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MOUNT AIRY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT AIRY...
FAIRVIEW...
FLAT ROCK...
DOBSON...
AND PILOT MOUNTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FOR YOUR
SAFETY...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3634 8078 3643 8081 3647 8084 3654 8079
3656 8073 3654 8044 3641 8045 3629 8048
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 224DEG 36KT 3654 8062
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JH519
WWUS51 KRNK 241800
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
100 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC171-241810-
/O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T1815Z/
SURRY NC-
100 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
EASTERN SURRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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 3634 8078 3643 8081 3647 8084 3654 8079
3656 8073 3654 8044 3641 8045 3629 8048
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 224DEG 36KT 3668 8045
$$
JHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 10:42 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Watauga | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 60 min |
| Feb 24, 11:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 56 min |
| Feb 24, 12:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 12:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 1:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 1:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 1:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 54 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.