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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 6, 20234 counties in Virginia; Rockingham County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2023, 5:07 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia; Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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: Apr 6, 2023, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Rockingham County, NC, City of Martinsville, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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
Apr 6, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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: 262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 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 Apr 6, 5:04 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 5:04 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 5:05 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:14 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:26 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:27 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:40 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 4:47 PM EDT, 20 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
Apr 6, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, City of Galax	32 min
Apr 6, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Patrick, City of Galax	65 min
Apr 6, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	31 min
Apr 6, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Patrick	48 min
Apr 6, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, Pittsylvania	64 min
Apr 6, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Patrick	56 min
Apr 6, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Patrick	49 min
Apr 6, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte	59 min
Apr 6, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, Pittsylvania	54 min
Apr 6, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick	65 min
Apr 6, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania	49 min
Apr 6, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	59 min
Apr 6, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte	64 min
Apr 6, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania	46 min
Apr 6, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	30 min
Apr 6, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville	36 min
Apr 6, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	42 min
Apr 6, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	35 min
Apr 6, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	59 min
Apr 6, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	52 min
Apr 6, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania	64 min
Apr 6, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	27 min
Apr 6, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes	63 min
Apr 5, 10:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2023 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.