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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 21, 2016Greenbrier County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2016, 3:04 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was in force for 26 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: Jun 21, 2016, 3:04 PM EDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Greenbrier County, WV

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 21, 3:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	11 N Leonard, WV	MULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG THE ACCESS ROAD LEADING TO SUMMIT LAKE CAMPGROUND.
Jun 21, 3:07 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	11 N Leonard, WV	FOREST SERVICE REPORTS EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE ALONG MULTIPLE RIDGES NEAR SUMMIT LAKE. ESTIMATED 50-100 OR MORE TREES DOWNED OR SNAPPED IN HALF. TIME IS BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES.
Jun 21, 3:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Nne Leonard, WV	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS TWO TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 39 IN THE NORTHERN MOST GREENBRIER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA.

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
Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

365 
WFUS51 KRNK 211904
TORRNK
WVC025-211930-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0009.160621T1904Z-160621T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
304 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
    
* AT 303 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  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...
  BEARTOWN STATE PARK AROUND 330 PM EDT.

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 3822 8036 3811 8036 3805 8026 3804 8016
      3806 8011 3806 8002 3792 8010 3813 8064
      3827 8044
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 301DEG 25KT 3825 8045 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KK

2 follow-up statements

171 
WWUS51 KRNK 211923
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
323 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

WVC025-211930-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160621T1930Z/
GREENBRIER WV-
323 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR 
NORTHEASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY...
    
AT 323 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEONARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

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 
NORTHEASTERN GREENBRIER 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 3822 8036 3811 8036 3805 8026 3804 8016
      3806 8011 3806 8002 3792 8010 3813 8064
      3827 8044
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 301DEG 22KT 3819 8032 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KK

999 
WWUS51 KRNK 211929
SVSRNK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
329 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

WVC025-211939-
/O.EXP.KRNK.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160621T1930Z/
GREENBRIER WV-
329 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENBRIER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 330 PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
VIRGINIA AND WEST 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 3822 8036 3811 8036 3805 8026 3804 8016
      3806 8011 3806 8002 3792 8010 3813 8064
      3827 8044
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 301DEG 25KT 3819 8032 

$$

KK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe, Summers	60 min
Jun 21, 12:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	65 min
Jun 21, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	62 min
Jun 21, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	52 min
Jun 21, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers	53 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.