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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2018, 7:17 PM EDT for Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 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
- Aug 2, 2018, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2018, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
County Surry County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1565 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
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NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 6:45 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 6:45 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 259 PM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-032-WVZ042>044-507-508-031900- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth- Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig- Alleghany VA-Bath-Patrick-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier- Western Greenbrier- 259 PM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina, southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ005-006-VAZ022>024-033>035-043>047-058-059-031900- Rockingham-Caswell-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Franklin-Bedford- Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax- Charlotte- 259 PM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia and west central Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. In addition, strong to isolated severe thunderstorms containing damaging winds will be possible into this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 6:43 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 88 min |
| Aug 1, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte | 94 min |
| Aug 1, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 9:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 9:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 4:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Giles, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles, Pulaski, City of Radford | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 5:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Giles, Pulaski, Wythe | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Craig, City of Covington | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 6:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Danville | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 7:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 8:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Campbell, Pittsylvania | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 36 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:00 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 69 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 10:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 3:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, Roanoke | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 3:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 104 min |
| Aug 2, 3:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 57 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 5:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 114 min |
| Aug 2, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania, City of Lynchburg | 12 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 7:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Bland, Giles, Pulaski, Wythe | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 8:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 14 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 47 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.