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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2022, 1:51 PM EDT for Watauga County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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
- May 3, 2022, 1:51 PM EDT (17:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2022, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Watauga County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 3, 1:51 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 1:51 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 1:43 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 143 PM EDT Tue May 3 2022 NCZ002>006-019-020-VAZ010>019-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-041745- Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Wilkes-Yadkin-Bland- Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig- Alleghany VA-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford- Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax- Charlotte- 143 PM EDT Tue May 3 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia, southwest Virginia and west central Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening, especially closer to the Blue Ridge. The stronger storms could produce strong wind gusts and small hail. .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. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-020-WVZ042>044-507-508-041745- Ashe-Watauga-Tazewell-Smyth-Bath-Mercer-Summers-Monroe- Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier- 143 PM EDT Tue May 3 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina, southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 3, 1:26 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
126 PM EDT Tue May 3 2022
VAZ012-031745-
Wythe VA-
126 PM EDT Tue May 3 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of
east central Wythe County through 145 PM EDT...
At 125 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Coleman Store, or near Max Meadows, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Patterson...
Grahams Forge...
Ivanhoe...
Coleman Store...
and Fort Chiswell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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 3692 8102 3699 8084 3695 8081 3694 8081
3694 8079 3688 8075 3684 8088 3683 8096
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 244DEG 19KT 3689 8095
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
DSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 19 min |
| May 3, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 23 min |
| May 3, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 29 min |
| May 3, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery | 28 min |
| May 3, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 35 min |
| May 3, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke | 30 min |
| May 3, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, Roanoke | 58 min |
| May 3, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 25 min |
| May 3, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 39 min |
| May 3, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 25 min |
| May 3, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Danville | 31 min |
| May 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 28 min |
| May 3, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 47 min |
| May 3, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 33 min |
| May 3, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 44 min |
| May 3, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell | 53 min |
| May 3, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery | 37 min |
| May 3, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig, Giles, Montgomery | 20 min |
| May 3, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte | 56 min |
| May 3, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 23 min |
| May 3, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Buckingham | 28 min |
| May 3, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 28 min |
| May 3, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 34 min |
| May 3, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 29 min |
| May 3, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 39 min |
| May 3, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 37 min |
| May 3, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 30 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.