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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2018, 1:13 PM EDT for Floyd County, Virginia. It was in force for 47 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 2, 2018, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
County Floyd County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 935 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 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 2, 9:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 9:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:45 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA 1245 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2018 VAZ015-016-021715- Grayson-Carroll- 1245 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2018 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAYSON COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF GALAX... Until 115 PM EDT At 1245 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Cumberland Knob. the storm is moving slowly north at 5 to 10 MPH. Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Galax... and Pipers Gap. 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 3656 8095 3670 8097 3669 8080 3656 8088 TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 195DEG 4KT 3658 8092 PH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA 113 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2018 VAZ017-032-033-021800- Franklin-Patrick-Floyd- 113 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2018 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL FLOYD...WEST CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND NORTH CENTRAL PATRICK COUNTIES... Until 200 PM EDT At 113 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Floyd, moving northeast at 10 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Floyd... Woolwine... Charity... Rocky Knob Recreation Area... and Endicott. 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 3677 8026 3678 8034 3702 8033 3698 8006 TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 211DEG 8KT 3687 8027 PW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 9:11 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | Buckingham | 11 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Galax | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 61 min |
| Jul 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | Buckingham | 29 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 3:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd, Montgomery | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Wilkes | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 61 min |
| Jul 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.