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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 1, 2016Buckingham County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2016, 4:16 AM EDT for Buckingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 59 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: Jul 1, 2016, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2016, 5:15 AM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Buckingham County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 918 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

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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 Jul 1, 3:51 AM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:51 AM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 2:08 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:47 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1247 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

NCZ004-005-010545-
ROCKINGHAM-STOKES-
1247 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT STOKES AND WESTERN
ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES...

AT 1246 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR FRANCISCO TO NEAR GERMANTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. FREQUENT
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAYODAN...
MADISON...
WALNUT COVE...
STONEVILLE...
AND DANBURY.

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 3626 8028 3650 8042 3654 8020 3654 7990
      3625 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 258DEG 30KT 3645 8033 3621 8019

RAB

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
127 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

NCZ005-VAZ043-010630-
ROCKINGHAM-HENRY-
127 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN ROCKINGHAM AND
HENRY COUNTIES ALONG WITH THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE THROUGH 230 PM
EDT...

AT 126 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR PENNS STORE TO NEAR BETHANY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. FREQUENT
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDEN...
REIDSVILLE...
MARTINSVILLE...
WENTWORTH...
AND AXTON.

THIS INCLUDES THE MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY AND MARTINSVILLE AIRPORT.

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 3625 7970 3654 7986 3655 8005 3660 8005
      3681 7974 3683 7966 3685 7964 3654 7971
      3654 7951 3625 7953
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 243DEG 21KT 3656 8006 3629 7980

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 3:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:44 AM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:16 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 1:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	63 min
Jul 1, 1:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania	58 min
Jul 1, 2:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	60 min
Jul 1, 3:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte	61 min
Jul 1, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	34 min
Jul 1, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	42 min
Jul 1, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	43 min
Jul 1, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry	26 min
Jul 1, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	46 min
Jul 1, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	33 min
Jul 1, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	31 min
Jun 30, 8:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Wilkes	3 hr
Jun 30, 10:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	58 min
Jun 30, 11:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes, Surry	58 min
Jul 1, 12:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	58 min
Jul 1, 1:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	66 min
Jul 1, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	41 min

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Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.