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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2019, 3:26 PM EDT for Charlotte County, Virginia. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2019, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2019, 4:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Charlotte County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 560 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 941 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 13, 2:56 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 2:56 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 127 PM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019 VAZ007-009>014-018-022-023-034-035-045>047-WVZ042-141730- Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Craig-Roanoke- Botetourt-Bedford-Amherst-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Mercer- 127 PM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Virginia, south central Virginia, southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected through early this evening. An isolated tornado is possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ019-020-024-WVZ043-044-507-508-141730- Alleghany VA-Bath-Rockbridge-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier- Western Greenbrier- 127 PM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered strong to isolated severe thunderstorms are expected through this afternoon. .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. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ015>017-032-033-043-044-058-059-141730- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes- Yadkin-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Patrick-Franklin-Henry-Pittsylvania- Halifax-Charlotte- 127 PM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 576 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina, south central Virginia, southwest 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. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 13, 3:01 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 13, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Wythe, City of Galax | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd, Henry | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, Wythe | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 23 min |
| Aug 13, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 54 min |
| Aug 13, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin | 91 min |
| Aug 13, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes | 71 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019
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.