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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 6, 2022Charlotte County, Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2022, 7:27 PM EDT for Charlotte County, Halifax County, Virginia. It was in force for 63 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: Jul 6, 2022, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2022, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Charlotte County, VA, Halifax County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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
Jul 6, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 6:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 6:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:29 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:35 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:57 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:03 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:13 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	33 min
Jul 6, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	38 min
Jul 6, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	27 min
Jul 6, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	32 min
Jul 6, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge	26 min
Jul 6, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	32 min
Jul 6, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	31 min
Jul 6, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Rockbridge	38 min
Jul 6, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Tazewell, Wythe	32 min
Jul 6, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	34 min
Jul 6, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Rockbridge	53 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski	31 min
Jul 6, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	25 min
Jul 6, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	36 min
Jul 6, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	33 min
Jul 6, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	56 min
Jul 6, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Wythe, City of Galax	27 min
Jul 6, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell	64 min
Jul 6, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	35 min
Jul 6, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	25 min
Jul 6, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	31 min
Jul 6, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	56 min
Jul 6, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	25 min
Jul 6, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt, Rockbridge	33 min
Jul 6, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	27 min
Jul 6, 7:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Charlotte	2 hr
Jul 6, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	32 min
Jul 6, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	57 min
Jul 6, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig	55 min
Jul 6, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	53 min
Jul 6, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	43 min
Jul 6, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	33 min
Jul 6, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	23 min
Jul 6, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	24 min
Jul 6, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	44 min
Jul 6, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	49 min
Jul 6, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	28 min
Jul 6, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	44 min
Jul 6, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wilkes, Yadkin	33 min
Jul 6, 4:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	3 hr
Jul 6, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe	41 min
Jul 6, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	39 min
Jul 6, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	28 min
Jul 6, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	36 min
Jul 6, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	33 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.