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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at May 25, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT for Monroe County, West 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
County Monroe County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
927
WWUS81 KRNK 251908
SPSRNK
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
308 PM EDT Tue May 25 2021
VAZ011-WVZ043-044-251945-
Giles-Summers-Monroe-
308 PM EDT Tue May 25 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL
GILES...SOUTHEASTERN SUMMERS AND WESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...
At 307 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Bozoo, or near
Peterstown, moving northeast at 15 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Peterstown...
Union...
Rich Creek...
Glen Lyn...
Red Sulphur Spring...
Laurel Branch...
and Buck.
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.
LAT...LON 3773 8067 3750 8047 3736 8084 3740 8087
3741 8086 3743 8086 3750 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 235DEG 14KT 3748 8083
$$
KKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 49 min |
| May 24, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 33 min |
| May 24, 10:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 35 min |
| May 25, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 47 min |
| May 25, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 42 min |
| May 25, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 48 min |
| May 25, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles | 42 min |
| May 25, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 47 min |
| May 25, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Galax | 41 min |
| May 25, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig | 46 min |
| May 25, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke | 25 min |
| May 25, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 43 min |
| May 25, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig | 45 min |
| May 25, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 42 min |
| May 25, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath | 41 min |
| May 25, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Galax | 49 min |
| May 25, 4:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 109 min |
| May 25, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 37 min |
| May 25, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 48 min |
| May 25, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 57 min |
| May 25, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 28 min |
| May 25, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 29 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.