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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2016, 1:48 PM EDT for Franklin County, Virginia. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 4, 2016, 1:48 PM EDT (17:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
County Franklin County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 4, 10:59 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 10:59 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1248 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 VAZ020-024-035-051100- BATH-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST- 1248 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001>005-018>020-VAZ009-012-015>017-032-033-043-051100- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN- SMYTH-WYTHE-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-HENRY- 1248 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ007-010-011-013-014-018-019-022-023-034-045>047-WVZ042>044-507- 508-051100- TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-BEDFORD-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS- MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER- 1248 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON SUNDAY. NCZ006-VAZ044-058-059-051100- CASWELL-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 1248 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON SUNDAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:17 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 143 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 VAZ016-041815- CARROLL- 143 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY... AT 143 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER HILLSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HILLSVILLE... DUGSPUR... SYLVATUS... AND WOODLAWN. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3675 8080 3683 8085 3692 8063 3678 8052 TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 248DEG 18KT 3680 8075 DS
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:46 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
146 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016
VAZ016-032-041815-
CARROLL-PATRICK-
146 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT
SOUTHWESTERN PATRICK AND SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTIES...
AT 146 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LAMBSBURG...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CANA...
ARARAT...
AND LAMBSBURG.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3656 8075 3660 8078 3671 8059 3660 8051
3656 8066
TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 248DEG 18KT 3659 8072
DSSpecial weather statement, Jun 4, 1:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
148 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016
VAZ033-041815-
FRANKLIN-
148 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL FRANKLIN
COUNTY...
AT 147 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR NORTHWEST SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE TO FERRUM...AND
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH A
FEW OF THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKY MOUNT...
FERRUM...
BURNT CHIMNEY...
WESTLAKE CORNER...
AND WESTERN SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 3689 8013 3715 7983 3717 7971 3716 7970
3715 7970 3715 7969 3716 7968 3713 7965
3712 7965 3692 7986
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 253DEG 11KT 3714 7973 3692 8005
DSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 24 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Galax | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 1:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Covington | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 2:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Pittsylvania | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 3:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 66 min |
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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.