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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 23, 2018Pittsylvania County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2018, 5:57 PM EDT for Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was in force for 33 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 23, 2018, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2018, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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.

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: 295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 23, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 3:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
231 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2018

VAZ011-013-014-231930-
Giles-Pulaski-Montgomery-
231 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT
NORTHEASTERN PULASKI...SOUTHEASTERN GILES AND NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES...

Until 330 PM EDT

At 229 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Mc Coy. the
storm is nearly stationary.

Heavy rain, at a rate of an 1 to 2 inches per hour, is occurring
with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Exercise caution
if driving along Dry Branch Road and Belspring road this afternoon.
Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Locations impacted include...
Pembroke...
Mountain Lake...
Parrott...
Eggleston...
and Mc Coy.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 3720 8054 3717 8069 3734 8070 3736 8053
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 191DEG 4KT 3725 8061

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:28 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:57 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
557 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2018

VAZ044-058-232230-
Halifax-Pittsylvania-
557 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2018

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
SOUTHERN PITTSYLVANIA AND SOUTHWESTERN HALIFAX COUNTIES AND THE
NORTHWESTERN CITY OF DANVILLE...

Until 630 PM EDT

At 554 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Turbeville to near Blairs to near
Mayfield. Movement was northwest at 15 mph.

Heavy rain, pea size hail, and winds in excess of 30 mph are
possible with this storm. Heavy rainfall may cause localized
flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Locations impacted include...
Danville...
Chatham...
Blairs...
Ingram...
and Java.

LAT...LON 3663 7970 3674 7967 3685 7952 3688 7914
      3663 7898 3664 7934 3654 7957 3654 7966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 142DEG 14KT 3664 7908 3664 7936 3655 7957

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	29 min
Jul 22, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	42 min
Jul 22, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	67 min
Jul 22, 9:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	37 min
Jul 22, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	44 min
Jul 22, 10:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell	49 min
Jul 22, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	46 min
Jul 22, 11:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	25 min
Jul 22, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	18 min
Jul 22, 11:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	46 min
Jul 22, 11:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	37 min
Jul 22, 11:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	46 min
Jul 23, 12:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	57 min
Jul 23, 12:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	33 min
Jul 23, 7:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	41 min
Jul 23, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	45 min
Jul 23, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	59 min
Jul 23, 2:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 23 more	14 hr
Jul 23, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	32 min
Jul 23, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	34 min
Jul 23, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	31 min
Jul 22, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes	75 min
Jul 22, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell	45 min
Jul 22, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	29 min
Jul 23, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	59 min
Jul 23, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	64 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.