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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 1:35 PM EDT for Bland County, Tazewell County, Virginia; Mercer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 55 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 7, 2018, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2018, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Bland County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 562 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 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 Aug 7, 10:35 AM EDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 10:35 AM EDT, 3 hours before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 410 AM EDT Tue Aug 7 2018 VAZ007-010>014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>044- 507-508-080900- Tazewell-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Carroll-Floyd-Craig- Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin- Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham- Halifax-Charlotte-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier- Western Greenbrier- 410 AM EDT Tue Aug 7 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Virginia, south central Virginia, southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Some storms Wednesday afternoon and evening may produce locally damaging wind, especially north of Route 460. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ009-015-080900- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes- Yadkin-Smyth-Grayson- 410 AM EDT Tue Aug 7 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd, Montgomery, City of Radford | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 4:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 72 min |
| Aug 7, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Buckingham | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 51 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2018Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018
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.