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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 31, 2022Tazewell County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2022, 12:07 PM EDT for Tazewell County, Virginia. It was in force for 23 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: Mar 31, 2022, 12:07 PM EDT (16:07 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2022, 12:30 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Tazewell County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 490 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

853 
WWUS81 KRNK 311607
SPSRNK

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
1207 PM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022
 
VAZ007-009-311630-
Tazewell VA-Smyth VA-
1207 PM EDT Thu Mar 31 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of 
northwestern Smyth and Tazewell Counties through 1230 PM EDT...

At 1207 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Broadford, or 7 miles northeast of Saltville, moving northeast at 55
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...
Tazewell...
Burkes Garden...
Pocahontas...
Gratton...
Asberrys...
and Cliffield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

This storm 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3696 8178 3699 8179 3720 8160 3721 8156
      3724 8151 3726 8150 3725 8148 3727 8142
      3734 8136 3723 8123 3722 8128 3717 8126
      3714 8133 3714 8130 3713 8129 3705 8138
      3704 8146 3701 8144 3683 8166 3695 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 219DEG 49KT 3696 8168 

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

$$

PM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 8:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd, Franklin, Patrick	31 min
Mar 31, 8:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	22 min
Mar 31, 9:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	30 min
Mar 31, 9:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville	25 min
Mar 31, 9:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Buena Vista, City of Lynchburg	32 min
Mar 31, 9:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	45 min
Mar 31, 10:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	34 min
Mar 31, 10:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	33 min
Mar 31, 12:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	37 min
Mar 31, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Giles, Smyth, Tazewell	57 min
Mar 31, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	26 min
Mar 31, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	51 min
Mar 31, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	37 min
Mar 31, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath	40 min
Mar 31, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	12 min
Mar 31, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	22 min
Mar 31, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	36 min
Mar 31, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	22 min
Mar 31, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, City of Galax	60 min
Mar 31, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke, City of Salem	29 min
Mar 31, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	24 min
Mar 31, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe	29 min
Mar 31, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	34 min
Mar 31, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer, Summers	27 min
Mar 31, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	31 min
Mar 31, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer, Summers	23 min
Mar 31, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	36 min
Mar 31, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Webster	12 min
Mar 31, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	35 min
Mar 31, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	14 min
Mar 31, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	29 min
Mar 31, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	37 min
Mar 31, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	36 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.