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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 12, 2022Greenbrier County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2022, 5:20 PM EDT for Greenbrier County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 85 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 12, 2022, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2022, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 85 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greenbrier County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -447 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 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 12, 2:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 2:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:06 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
506 PM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022

WVZ042>044-507-508-122130-
Western Greenbrier WV-Mercer WV-Summers WV-Eastern Greenbrier WV-
Monroe WV-
506 PM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Greenbrier, Summers,
Mercer and Monroe Counties through 630 PM EDT...

At 505 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Summersville to Moree. Movement was east
at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Bluefield...
Princeton...
Lewisburg...
Hinton...
White Sulphur Springs...
Ronceverte...
and Rainelle.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

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LAT...LON 3805 8026 3806 7996 3769 8031 3769 8029
      3762 8022 3756 8033 3750 8031 3737 8076
      3743 8086 3731 8090 3724 8122 3734 8136
      3758 8119 3772 8097 3768 8088 3782 8094
      3787 8075 3810 8088 3808 8071 3827 8044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 282DEG 26KT 3821 8084 3770 8252

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

AMS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	22 min
Jul 12, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RNK	Giles	73 min
Jul 12, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig, City of Covington	63 min
Jul 12, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, City of Galax	23 min
Jul 12, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski and 7 more	61 min
Jul 12, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	25 min
Jul 12, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Rockbridge, City of Lynchburg	77 min
Jul 12, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers	24 min

Nearby

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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.