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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 3:45 PM EST for Appomattox County, Buckingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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, 3:45 PM EST (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Appomattox County, VA, Buckingham County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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, 4:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Dillwyn, VA | TREE DOWN ON FANNY WHITE RD |
| Feb 24, 4:12 PM EST | HAIL 1 | 2 Sse Dillwyn, VA | E JAMES ANDERSON HWY |
| Feb 24, 4:12 PM EST | HAIL 1 | 5 Sse Dillwyn, VA |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.
605
WFUS51 KRNK 242045
TORRNK
VAC011-029-242115-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0006.160224T2045Z-160224T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
345 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL APPOMATTOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EST
* AT 345 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ANDERSONVILLE...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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ANDERSONVILLE AND SHEPPARDS AROUND 350 PM EST.
BUCKINGHAM AROUND 355 PM EST.
DILLWYN AROUND 400 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 3764 7825 3734 7846 3733 7849 3733 7852
3736 7856 3737 7858 3738 7859 3739 7858
3740 7859 3734 7860 3731 7864 3731 7866
3743 7876 3771 7832 3769 7824
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 237DEG 47KT 3742 7864
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
162 follow-up statements
570
WWUS51 KRNK 242054
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
354 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
VAC011-029-242115-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160224T2115Z/
APPOMATTOX VA-BUCKINGHAM VA-
354 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR
EAST CENTRAL APPOMATTOX AND CENTRAL BUCKINGHAM COUNTIES...
AT 354 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BUCKINGHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GOLD HILL AROUND 405 PM EST.
NEW CANTON AROUND 410 PM EST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3764 7825 3734 7846 3733 7849 3733 7852
3736 7856 3737 7858 3738 7859 3739 7858
3740 7859 3734 7860 3731 7864 3731 7866
3743 7876 3771 7832 3769 7824
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 228DEG 53KT 3753 7852
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
16434
WWUS51 KRNK 242118
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
418 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
VAC011-029-242128-
/O.EXP.KRNK.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160224T2115Z/
APPOMATTOX VA-BUCKINGHAM VA-
418 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL APPOMATTOX AND CENTRAL BUCKINGHAM COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
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 3764 7825 3734 7846 3733 7849 3733 7852
3736 7856 3737 7858 3738 7859 3739 7858
3740 7859 3734 7860 3731 7864 3731 7866
3743 7876 3771 7832 3769 7824
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 237DEG 47KT 3753 7852
$$
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, 3:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 33 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, 3:52 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.