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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at May 1, 2016, 11:13 PM EDT for Appomattox County, Buckingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 62 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
- May 1, 2016, 11:13 PM EDT (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2016, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Appomattox County, VA, Buckingham County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 911 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1315 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 1, 10:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 10:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1009 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY WILL DRIFT EAST OVERNIGHT WITH ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY MONDAY. THIS SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL HEAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY...STALLING ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE MONDAY NIGHT...THEN FINALLY SLIDING SOUTHEAST BY MIDWEEK. FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AN UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION FROM THE GREAT LAKES...KEEPING AN UNSETTLED AND UNSEASONABLY COOL PATTERN THROUGHOUT THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY... BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO SPILL EAST/SE TOWARD AND ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE SO WILL HANG ON TO THE GOING WATCH A WHILE LONGER AND PERHAPS DROP AROUND 11 PM PENDING TRENDS. HOWEVER EARLIER HRRR WAS ON TRACK WITH CELLS EVOLVING INTO A LINE AND DIPPING SOUTH SO WILL KEEP HIGHER POPS GOING FARTHER SOUTH GIVEN LINGERING 1500 J/KG MLCAPE SEEN OFF THE SPC ANALYSIS. ALSO CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER NW NC TO THE SOUTH OF THE LINE MAY IMPACT SOUTHERN SECTIONS LONGER OVERNIGHT SO SOMETHING TO WATCH. OTRW FEW ADDED CHANGES UNTIL CONVECTION FADES SOME AS THE REMAINDER LOOKS ON TRACK FOR NOW. UPDATE AS OF 750 PM EDT SUNDAY... UPDATE TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 135 FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH AND WEST UNTIL MIDNIGHT. STORMS CONTINUE TO ROLL ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN INTO RESIDUAL INSTABILITY AHEAD OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE IN THE OHIO VALLEY. ENOUGH RECOVERY HAS OCCURRED SINCE EARLIER RAINFALL FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO MAINTAIN SEVERE STRENGTH UNTIL WELL AFTER SUNSET. HOWEVER EASTWARD EXTENT OF THE DEEPER CONVECTION REMAINS IFFY GIVEN LESS CAPE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. FEW OTHER CHANGES FOR NOW. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AS OF 320 PM EDT SUNDAY... FEW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN UPPER WAVES. LOOKING FURTHER WEST...ENVIRONMENT INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE OVER KY IN ASSOCIATION WITH UPPER SHORTWAVE AND STEEPER LAPSE RATES. AS WE HEAD TOWARD EVENING THIS WAVE IS GOING TO NOSE EAST TOWARD THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THINKING IS THE SAME AS EARLIER...IN THAT SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY EARLY EVENING OVER THE MOUNTAINS...WITH A SCT/BKN LINE OF CONVECTION POSSIBLY SHIFTING EAST/SOUTHEAST FROM SE WV TO THE PIEDMONT THIS EVENING. SVR PARAMETERS FAVOR STRONGER STORMS IN WV/KY/FAR SW VA...BUT WEAKEN FURTHER EAST...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT STRONGER STORMS TO THE BLUE RIDGE THIS EVENING. ORIENTATION OF THE CONVECTION AND SPEED OF MOVEMENT SHOULD PREVENT A FLASH FLOOD THREAT...THOUGH LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...GIVEN THE 1 INCH+ WE HAD EARLIER TODAY IN PORTIONS OF THE REGION. STILL NOT ENOUGH FOR A FLOOD WATCH. FOR LATE TONIGHT...SHOWERS WANE AND WILL SEE CONTINUED SW ALOFT. CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW SHOWERS AT TIMES ESPECIALLY GIVEN HIGHER MOISTURE IN THE LOW LVLS. FOG PARAMETERS ALSO FAVOR GOOD COVERAGE OF FOG ACROSS THE RIVER VALLEYS AND WHERE IT RAINS THIS EVENING...DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH CLEARING TAKES PLACE BEHIND THE CONVECTION. MONDAY...WE WILL SEE THE COLD FRONT MOVE FROM THE EASTERN OHIO VALLEY SOUTHWEST TO MIDDLE TN IN THE MORNING...SLOWLY EAST TO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TO CUMBERLAND PLATEAU BY AFTERNOON. EXPECTING TO SEE A FEW SHOWERS OR STORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS IN THE MORNING. CLOUD COVER WILL BE INCREASING ALOFT BUT WILL STILL SEE SOME SUNSHINE AT TIMES AND THIS SHOULD LEAD TO MUCAPES OF 1500-2500 J/KG BY MID AFTERNOON. MODELS ARE IN SOMEWHAT AGREEMENT THAT THE 2ND OF THE UPPER SHORTWAVES WILL PASS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON LEADING TO MORE ROBUST CONVECTION. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS MARGINAL RISK FOR MOST OF THE AREA. IF THE FRONT MOVES QUICKER THEN CLOUD COVER WILL HINDER LOW LVL INSTABILITY. THE BEST SHEAR LOOKS TO SITUATE ITSELF FROM FAR SW VA/SE KY NORTHWARD INTO THE MD/PA AREA...SO THIS COULD LEAD TO MORE OF A WIND THREAT IN OUR FAR WRN CWA...WITH MARGINALLY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS EAST. BETTER LOW LVL AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT DOES NOT REALLY GET GOING UNTIL AFTER 21Z/5PM OVER THE MOUNTAINS SO COULD BE ANOTHER LATE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING EVENT. WITH NO WEDGE MONDAY AND DEPENDING ON SKY COVER...TEMPS SHOULD WARM INTO THE 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS...TO LOWER 80S EAST. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 400 PM EDT SUNDAY... SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT SUBJECTING AREA TO NEAR CATEGORICAL POPS. PENDING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE...QPF MAY EXCEED AN INCH WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONGEST STORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEFORE MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT AS FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER EASTERN CANADA WILL BEGIN TO DIG SOUTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL SEND ANOTHER SURFACE FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA LATE WEDNESDAY...BEGINNING A TREND TOWARD COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK. OTHER THAN SOME AFTERNOON INSTABILITY...NOT MUCH SUPPORT FOR SHOWERS TUESDAY. FRONTAL LIFT WILL PROVIDE A BETTER CHANCE WEDNESDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FAVOR READINGS NEAR NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 400 PM EDT SUNDAY... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE A TUMBLE FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AS HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SINKS SOUTH FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND A CUTOFF LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. 85H TEMPS OF 0 TO +5 DEG C ARE PROGGED TO BE OVER THE FORECAST AREA BY THURSDAY NIGHT...AND IF THIS VERIFIES...IT WILL SUPPRESS TEMPERATURES AT LEAST 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. AS THE UPPER LOW PASSES OVERHEAD...COLD POOL ALOFT WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING FOR A DAILY THREAT OF INSTABILITY SHOWERS AND CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. CUTOFF LOW WILL LIKELY BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT PER BLOCKY LOOK TO THE UPPER AIR PATTERN...WITH CUTOFF LOWS ON THE WEST AND EAST COASTS AND A RIDGE UP THROUGH THE CENTRAL CONUS. UNLIKE THE LAST OMEGA BLOCK WHERE THE MID ATLANTIC ENJOYED UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS UNDER THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE...JUST THE OPPOSITE IS OCCURRING THIS GO ROUND. OVER THE WEEKEND THE MODELS INDICATE THE CUTOFF LOW WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT EAST TO JUST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...TEMPERATURES ALOFT MODERATING. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO NORMAL BY THE START OF NEXT WEEK. ATTM...WEEKEND AS A WHOLE LOOKS DRY. WE HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INSTABILITY...BUT NOT CONFIDENT THERE WILL BE MUCH COVERAGE. && .AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 645 PM EDT SUNDAY... UPSTREAM CLUSTERS OF DEEP CONVECTION CONTINUE TO SLOWLY APPROACH SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA FROM THE WEST WITH SOME OF THESE SHOWERS/STORMS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE INTO THE KLWB-KBLF VICINITY BETWEEN 00-01Z/8-9PM. STORMS MAY REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING A PERIOD OF STRONGER WINDS AND MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS PENDING IF A STORM MOVES DIRECTLY OVER ONE OF THE AIRPORTS. SHOULD SEE SOME OF THIS CONVECTION THEN DRIFT SOUTHEAST PERHAPS IN LINE FORMATION TOWARD KROA/KBCB AFTER DARK BEFORE WEAKENING. LATEST SHORT TERM GUIDANCE DOES SUPPORT A PERIOD OF MVFR THROUGH MIDNIGHT AT THESE LOCATIONS. STILL LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY HEADING EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE GIVEN LESS INSTABILITY AND LOSS OF HEATING. FOR NOW WILL LEAVE OUT ANY SHRA MENTION AT KDAN WHILE INCLUDING A VCSH AT KLYH. ONCE THE UPSTREAM WAVE MOVES EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT...A BREAK IN THE SHOWERS SHOULD OCCUR OVERNIGHT EXCEPT POSSIBLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST WEST VA WHERE ADDED BANDS OF SHRA COULD REDEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT BY EARLY MONDAY. OTRW QUESTION WILL BE LOW LVL MOISTURE LEADING TO LOWER CIGS AND/OR VSBYS DESPITE EXODUS OF THE WEDGE. HOWEVER GIVEN MOISTURE AND ADDED RAINFALL IN SPOTS THIS EVENING...EXPECTING WIDESPREAD SUB-VFR IN FOG/STRATUS MOST LOCATIONS LATE TONIGHT. ALSO LIFR POSSIBLE AT KLWB IF SKIES CLEAR FOR A WHILE OVERNIGHT AND OVERALL IFR ELSEWHERE EXCEPT MVFR AT KBLF/KROA. AS SW FLOW KICKS IN MONDAY MORNING A TRANSITION TO SCT/BKN VFR CIGS TO TAKE PLACE AT ALL SITES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE MOISTURE QUICKLY RETURNS...WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. GIVEN FAST TIMING OF RETURNING THIS DEEP MOISTURE TO THE REGION LATER MONDAY...WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED A PREVAILING SHRA MENTION AT MOST SITES WITH DEEPER CONVECTION AND SUBSEQUENT VCTS ESPCLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS BY LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. EXTENDED AVIATION DISCUSSION... FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL OVERHEAD MONDAY NIGHT ALLOWING ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE TO TRACK ACROSS THE REGION INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL KEEP CONTINUED MVFR/IFR IN PLACE WITH RAINFALL FINALLY TAPERING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE BOUNDARY SLIDES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS PROJECTED TO DIVE SOUTHWARD OVER THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. OVERALL...FLYING CONDITIONS APPEAR RATHER POOR AT TIMES FOR MID AND LATE WEEK DUE TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF LOW CLOUDS ESPCLY MOUNTAINS...PERIODIC ROUNDS OF SHOWERS...AND PATCHY FOG. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JH/RAB/WP NEAR TERM...JH/WP SHORT TERM...PM LONG TERM...PM AVIATION...JH/RAB/WP
Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 11:04 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1104 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-030315- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL- FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX- BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 1104 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. BEYOND MONDAY...THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ007-WVZ042>044-507-508-030315- TAZEWELL-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER- 1104 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. BEYOND MONDAY...THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 1, 9:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
916 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
VAZ018-019-023-024-020145-
CRAIG-ROCKBRIDGE-BOTETOURT-ALLEGHANY-
916 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
NORTHEASTERN CRAIG...WEST CENTRAL ROCKBRIDGE...CITY OF COVINGTON...
BOTETOURT AND CENTRAL ALLEGHANY COUNTIES...
AT 916 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOW MOOR TO NEW CASTLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COVINGTON...
BUCHANAN...
TROUTVILLE...
NEW CASTLE...
AND EAGLE ROCK.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3776 7955 3744 7973 3740 7981 3738 7979
3738 7977 3737 7978 3735 7979 3733 7982
3745 8014 3783 8000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 290DEG 30KT 3775 7992 3748 8010
DSSpecial weather statement, May 1, 9:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
944 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
VAZ023-034-020215-
BOTETOURT-BEDFORD-
944 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BOTETOURT AND
NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTIES...
AT 943 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LITHIA...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUCHANAN...
MONTVALE...
LITHIA...
SPRINGWOOD...
AND PEAKS OF OTTER SUMMIT.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3755 7952 3753 7950 3754 7948 3754 7945
3732 7959 3746 7991 3758 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 282DEG 24KT 3750 7975
DSSpecial weather statement, May 1, 9:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
945 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
VAZ007-010-011-018-WVZ042-044-020215-
TAZEWELL-CRAIG-BLAND-GILES-MERCER-MONROE-
945 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
SOUTHWESTERN CRAIG...GILES...EASTERN TAZEWELL...BLAND...SOUTHERN
MERCER AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 945 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PETERSTOWN TO CLIFFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRINCETON...
BLUEFIELD...
TAZEWELL...
PEARISBURG...
AND NARROWS.
THIS INCLUDES MERCER COUNTY AIRPORT.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3746 8090 3743 8086 3748 8083 3740 8030
3700 8142 3712 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 275DEG 36KT 3742 8074 3711 8165
DSSpecial weather statement, May 1, 10:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1003 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
VAZ034-035-045-020230-
AMHERST-CAMPBELL-BEDFORD-
1003 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN
AMHERST...NORTHWESTERN CAMPBELL...CITY OF LYNCHBURG AND NORTHEASTERN
BEDFORD COUNTIES...
AT 1003 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SEDALIA...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYNCHBURG...
BEDFORD...
BIG ISLAND...
FOREST...
AND RUSTBURG.
THIS INCLUDES LIBERTY UNIVERSITY AND LYNCHBURG AIRPORT.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3722 7912 3736 7958 3753 7950 3754 7949
3752 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 281DEG 40KT 3744 7950
DSSpecial weather statement, May 1, 10:32 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockbridge | 32 min |
| May 1, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington | 28 min |
| May 1, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, City of Covington | 33 min |
| May 1, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 32 min |
| May 1, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, City of Covington | 29 min |
| May 1, 9:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | City of Covington | 3 hr |
| May 1, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 31 min |
| May 1, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland, Giles, Tazewell | 30 min |
| May 1, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 27 min |
| May 1, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 54 min |
| May 1, 10:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski, City of Radford | 28 min |
| May 1, 11:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 34 min |
| May 2, 5:52 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 10 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 45 min |
| May 2, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 52 min |
| May 2, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 32 min |
| May 2, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 25 min |
| May 2, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 23 min |
| May 2, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 50 min |
| May 2, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 33 min |
| May 2, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Wythe, City of Galax | 42 min |
| May 2, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 39 min |
| May 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Tazewell | 64 min |
| May 2, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Montgomery | 42 min |
| May 2, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 24 min |
| May 2, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 29 min |
| May 2, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 56 min |
| May 2, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig, Giles | 47 min |
| May 2, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 45 min |
| May 2, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 41 min |
| May 2, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt, Craig | 66 min |
| May 2, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania | 64 min |
| May 2, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 42 min |
| May 2, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Pittsylvania | 64 min |
| May 2, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland, Giles | 28 min |
| May 2, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 26 min |
| May 2, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 40 min |
| May 2, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 40 min |
| May 2, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 64 min |
| May 2, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 35 min |
| May 2, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Craig, City of Covington | 25 min |
| May 2, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 53 min |
| May 2, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 58 min |
| May 2, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 52 min |
| May 2, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 28 min |
| May 2, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 26 min |
| May 2, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 43 min |
| May 2, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Buckingham | 37 min |
| May 2, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Buena Vista, City of Roanoke | 57 min |
| May 2, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Buckingham | 42 min |
| May 2, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst | 36 min |
| May 2, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 60 min |
| May 2, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 53 min |
| May 1, 11:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 25 min |
| May 2, 12:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 50 min |
| May 2, 1:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 61 min |
| May 2, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 26 min |
| May 2, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 24 min |
| May 2, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 30 min |
| May 2, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 26 min |
| May 2, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry | 31 min |
| May 2, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 64 min |
| May 2, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 24 min |
| May 2, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 27 min |
| May 2, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham | 26 min |
| May 2, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 24 min |
| May 2, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 64 min |
| May 1, 8:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 6 hr |
| May 1, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 34 min |
| May 2, 5:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Greenbrier | 15 hr |
| May 2, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 27 min |
| May 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 65 min |
| May 2, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Nicholas | 28 min |
| May 2, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 37 min |
| May 2, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.