Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 3:27 PM EST for Appomattox County, Campbell County, Virginia. It was in force for 33 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2016, 3:27 PM EST (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Appomattox County, VA, Campbell County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Sse Appomattox, VA | TREES DOWN ON CAR NEAR APPOMATTOX. |
| Feb 24, 3:33 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Appomattox, VA | TREES DOWN ON HOUSE...SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Feb 24, 3:35 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Se Appomattox, VA | MAJOR DAMAGE TO HOMES ALONG RT 460 EAST OF APPOMATTOX. |
| Feb 24, 3:35 PM EST | TORNADO | Evergreen, VA | *** 1 FATAL, 7 INJ *** ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 20 HOMES DESTROYED AND 100 HOMES DAMAGED MOSTLY IN THE EVERGREEN AREA IN ADDITION TO 7 INJURIES AND 1 FATALITY. |
| Feb 24, 3:35 PM EST | TORNADO | Evergreen, VA | 45 HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED MOSTLY IN THE EVERGREEN AREA. EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS 7 INJURIES AND 1 MISSING PERSON IN THE EVERGREEN AREA. |
| Feb 24, 3:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Hixburg, VA | HOME DAMAGED ON WEBB MILL RD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Feb 24, 3:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Appomattox, VA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE EVERGREEN AREA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1:46 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 828 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 913 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
870
WFUS51 KRNK 242027
TORRNK
VAC011-031-242100-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0004.160224T2027Z-160224T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
327 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EST
* AT 327 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MIKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
APPOMATTOX AND EVERGREEN AROUND 340 PM EST.
PAMPLIN CITY AND APPOMATTOX NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK AROUND 345 PM
EST.
HIXBURG AROUND 350 PM EST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3734 7860 3732 7863 3725 7868 3724 7872
3722 7873 3723 7878 3720 7880 3720 7882
3719 7883 3717 7888 3725 7898 3748 7873
3743 7868 3742 7865 3738 7863 3739 7862
3737 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 226DEG 33KT 3723 7890
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
161 follow-up statement
694
WWUS51 KRNK 242035
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
335 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
VAC031-242045-
/O.CAN.KRNK.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160224T2100Z/
CAMPBELL VA-
335 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL CAMPBELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3734 7860 3732 7863 3725 7868 3724 7872
3722 7873 3723 7878 3732 7889 3748 7873
3743 7868 3742 7865 3738 7863 3739 7862
3737 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 219DEG 49KT 3733 7876
$$
VAC011-242100-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160224T2100Z/
APPOMATTOX VA-
335 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR
EASTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTY...
AT 335 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER EVERGREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF
EASTERN APPOMATTOX COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3734 7860 3732 7863 3725 7868 3724 7872
3722 7873 3723 7878 3732 7889 3748 7873
3743 7868 3742 7865 3738 7863 3739 7862
3737 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 219DEG 49KT 3733 7876
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
16The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:02 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 67 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:02 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 3 days |
| Feb 24, 11:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, City of Galax | 56 min |
| Feb 24, 12:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 12:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke and 2 more | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 1:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 1:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 2:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 2:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington, City of Lynchburg | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 2:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, City of Lynchburg | 67 min |
| Feb 24, 3:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 3:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 3:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 4:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.