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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2016, 2:39 PM EDT for Appomattox County, Virginia. It was in force for 36 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 14, 2016, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
County Appomattox County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 448 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 14, 12:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 12:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 357 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2016 NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043-WVZ042>044-507- 508-150800- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH- BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- 357 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS BOTH DAYS COULD CONTAIN LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR IF STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ005-006-VAZ044>047-058-059-150800- ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 357 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE THE MAIN THREAT. IN ADDITION...THE HEAT INDEX WILL REACH 100 TO 103 DEGREES FOR AN HOUR OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AND A FEW COULD BRING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UNLOCALIZED SITE
239 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016
VAZ035-046-141915-
APPOMATTOX-AMHERST-
239 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN APPOMATTOX AND
SOUTHEASTERN AMHERST COUNTIES...
AT 238 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FALCONERVILLE...OR NEAR AMHERST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMHERST...OAKVILLE...RIVERVILLE AND STONEWALL.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...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 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3747 7905 3755 7910 3761 7894 3753 7890
3746 7888 3741 7884 3741 7900
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 294DEG 8KT 3752 7903
JJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 11:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 12:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Radford | 21 min |
| Jul 14, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Salem | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Buena Vista | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Buckingham | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Buena Vista | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Pittsylvania | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Pittsylvania | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Danville | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 11:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 22 min |
| Jul 14, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 7:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 106 min |
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