Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2021, 2:19 PM EDT for Stokes County, North Carolina; Patrick County, Virginia. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2021, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Stokes County, NC, Patrick County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2:26 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ssw Stuart, VA | TREE DOWN ALONG COLLINSTOWN ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Jul 26, 2:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Collinstown, NC | TREE DOWN ALONG HW 704 NEAR COLLINSTOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
056
WUUS51 KRNK 261819
SVRRNK
NCC169-VAC141-261900-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0109.210726T1819Z-210726T1900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
219 PM EDT Mon Jul 26 2021
The National Weather Service in BLACKSBURG has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Stokes County in north central North Carolina...
Southeastern Patrick County in southwestern Virginia...
* Until 300 PM EDT.
* At 219 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Collinstown,
or near Stuart, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Stuart...
Danbury...
Francisco...
Sandy Ridge...
Collinstown...
Ayersville...
and Hanging Rock State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for damaging winds, as well as deadly cloud to
ground lightning. For your safety, move to an interior room on the
lowest floor of a sturdy building. Stay away from windows.
Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in
ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and
minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid
hydroplaning.
When it is safe to do so, please send your reports of hail of any
size, as well as reports of any wind damage, including downed trees
or large limbs, to the National Weather Service by calling toll free
at 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. Reports and pictures can also be
shared on the National Weather Service Blacksburg Facebook page and
on Twitter.
&&
LAT...LON 3647 8045 3655 8044 3655 8052 3657 8055
3667 8022 3653 8003 3646 8003 3627 8024
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 293DEG 22KT 3656 8028
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry, Wilkes | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Buckingham | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 24 min |
| Jul 26, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 68 min |
| Jul 26, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 38 min |
| Jul 26, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Pittsylvania | 61 min |
| Jul 26, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 3:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Campbell | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin, City of Martinsville | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Radford | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 59 min |
| Jul 26, 5:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 5:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Rockbridge | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Pulaski | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe, City of Galax | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 57 min |
| Jul 26, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski, City of Radford | 53 min |
| Jul 26, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Galax | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 7:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.