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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2018, 1:16 PM EDT for Botetourt County, Virginia. It was in force for 29 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
- Jun 20, 2018, 1:16 PM EDT (17:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2018, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
County Botetourt County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 20, 9:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 9:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 906 AM EDT Wed Jun 20 2018 NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>018-022-032-WVZ042>044-211315- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles- Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Roanoke-Patrick- Mercer-Summers-Monroe- 906 AM EDT Wed Jun 20 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina, southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to isolated severe thunderstorms containing locally damaging winds are possible into this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms could result in locally heavy rainfall Thursday and Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ033-043-044-058-211315- Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Yadkin-Franklin-Henry-Pittsylvania-Halifax- 906 AM EDT Wed Jun 20 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina, south central Virginia and west central Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Heat index values around 100 degrees this afternoon into early this evening. Strong to isolated severe thunderstorms containing locally damaging winds are possible into this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms could result in locally heavy rainfall Thursday and Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ019-020-023-024-WVZ507-508-211315- Alleghany VA-Bath-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Eastern Greenbrier- Western Greenbrier- 906 AM EDT Wed Jun 20 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Damaging winds will be the primary threat along with very heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms could result in locally heavy rainfall Thursday and Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ034-035-045>047-059-211315- Bedford-Amherst-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Charlotte- 906 AM EDT Wed Jun 20 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Virginia and south central Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Heat index values around 100 degrees this afternoon into early this evening. There is also a slight risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Damaging winds will be the primary threat along with very heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms could result in locally heavy rainfall Thursday and Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:03 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Buckingham | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 94 min |
| Jun 20, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 16 min |
| Jun 20, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 25 min |
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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.