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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 26, 2024Halifax County, Pittsylvania County, City of Danville, Virginia; Caswell County, Rockingham County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2024, 8:59 PM EDT for Halifax County, Pittsylvania County, City of Danville, Virginia; Caswell County, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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 26, 2024, 8:59 PM EDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2024, 9:44 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, City of Danville, VA, Halifax County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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
May 26, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 26, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 302 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: 441 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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 May 26, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 2:04 PM EDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
204 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ007-009>013-015-016-WVZ042>044-507-508-271815-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-
Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Grayson-Carroll-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-
Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-
204 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 317 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
northwest North Carolina, southwest Virginia and southeast West
Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

There is a slight risk for severe thunderstorms Monday morning and
again Monday afternoon. The main hazard with any thunderstorms would
be large hail and damaging wind gusts. Locally heavy rainfall will
also be possible once again which could result in localized flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

NCZ004>006-VAZ014-017>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-271815-
Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Montgomery-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-
Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-
Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-
204 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
central Virginia, south central Virginia, southwest Virginia and
west central Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a marginal to slight risk for severe thunderstorms this
afternoon and tonight. The main hazard with any thunderstorms would
be damaging winds gusts and large hail. Locally heavy rainfall is
also possible which could result in localized flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

There is a slight risk for severe thunderstorms Monday morning and
again Monday afternoon. The main hazard with any thunderstorms would
be large hail and damaging wind gusts. Locally heavy rainfall will
also be possible once again which could result in localized flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 8:18 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 8:22 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 8:25 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 8:39 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 8:44 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 8:47 PM EDT, 12 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
May 26, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	27 min
May 26, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	54 min
May 26, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry	23 min
May 26, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	38 min
May 27, 4:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	34 min
May 27, 5:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	67 min
May 27, 6:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	47 min
May 27, 6:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	46 min
May 27, 6:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax, City of Danville	22 min
May 27, 7:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	27 min
May 27, 7:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	62 min
May 27, 5:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	51 min
May 27, 6:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe	63 min
May 27, 7:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Wilkes	40 min
May 27, 5:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2024 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2024 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

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.