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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 1, 2021Buckingham County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT for Buckingham 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

County Buckingham County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

528 
WWUS81 KRNK 011908
SPSRNK

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
308 PM EDT Thu Jul 1 2021

VAZ047-011945-
Buckingham-
308 PM EDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BUCKINGHAM 
COUNTY...

At 307 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Wingina, or 11
miles northwest of Buckingham, moving northeast at 40 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Centenary...
and Wingina.

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 3758 7865 3764 7872 3767 7872 3768 7869
      3770 7869 3768 7866 3768 7864 3771 7865
      3773 7864 3776 7861 3776 7850 3779 7850
      3780 7849 3776 7847 3773 7840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 226DEG 34KT 3770 7866 

$$

KK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Buena Vista	34 min
Jun 30, 9:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	28 min
Jul 1, 10:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more	21 hr
Jul 1, 11:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	32 min
Jul 1, 12:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Patrick	97 min
Jul 1, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	32 min
Jul 1, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	34 min
Jul 1, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	36 min
Jul 1, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	29 min
Jul 1, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, Roanoke	27 min
Jul 1, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	31 min
Jul 1, 3:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Montgomery	6 hr
Jul 1, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	42 min
Jul 1, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	47 min
Jul 1, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	21 min
Jul 1, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	44 min
Jul 1, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	42 min
Jul 1, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	39 min
Jul 1, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	35 min
Jul 1, 5:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Pulaski, Smyth, Wythe	3 hr
Jul 1, 5:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax	6 hr
Jul 1, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	33 min
Jul 1, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	36 min
Jul 1, 6:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Franklin	63 min
Jul 1, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	42 min
Jul 1, 7:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Franklin	2 hr
Jul 1, 12:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes	4 hr
Jul 1, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe	23 min
Jul 1, 11:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	33 min
Jul 1, 12:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	55 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.