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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Mar 1, 2016, 9:49 PM EST for 4 counties in Virginia; Greenbrier County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 41 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
- Mar 1, 2016, 9:49 PM EST (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2016, 10:30 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Bland County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 447 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
747
WWUS81 KRNK 020249
SPSRNK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
949 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016
VAZ009>012-015-WVZ042>044-507-508-020330-
WYTHE-SMYTH-BLAND-GRAYSON-GILES-EASTERN GREENBRIER-SUMMERS-WESTERN
GREENBRIER-MERCER-MONROE-
949 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016
...A LINE OF RAIN SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT
GRAYSON...GILES...EASTERN SMYTH...WYTHE...BLAND...SUMMERS...
GREENBRIER...EASTERN MERCER AND MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 946 PM EST...A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
RICHWOOD...TO ALDERSON...TO PRINCETON...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF
THIS LINE OF SHOWERS. PREPARE FOR A PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WEST
WINDS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND A FEW DOWNED TREES MAY ALSO OCCUR.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WYTHEVILLE...
GALAX...
BLAND...
PRINCETON...
AND LEWISBURG.
LAT...LON 3824 8038 3811 8036 3804 8026 3806 7997
3775 8026 3769 8030 3764 8026 3748 8037
3742 8048 3736 8045 3727 8050 3711 8093
3690 8076 3685 8081 3681 8104 3667 8093
3657 8098 3659 8162 3820 8053 3827 8044
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 294DEG 31KT 3829 8041 3657 8157
$$
RABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 9:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 58 min |
| Mar 1, 9:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Galax | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 10:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 10 more | 54 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.