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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

February 10, 2024Montgomery County, Pulaski County, City of Radford, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Feb 10, 2024, 11:07 AM EST for Montgomery County, Pulaski County, City of Radford, 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
Feb 10, 2024, 11:07 AM EST (16:07 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2024, 11:30 AM EST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties City of Radford, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 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 62 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2024-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2024-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

137 
WWUS81 KRNK 101607
SPSRNK

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
1107 AM EST Sat Feb 10 2024

VAZ013-014-017-022-033-101630-
Franklin-Pulaski-Floyd-Montgomery-Roanoke-
1107 AM EST Sat Feb 10 2024

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ROANOKE...EAST CENTRAL 
PULASKI...NORTHEASTERN FLOYD... NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND MONTGOMERY 
COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF RADFORD...

At 1107 AM EST, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from near Mc Donalds Mill to Pulaski. Movement was east at
50 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with these showers.

Locations impacted include...
Blacksburg...
Christiansburg...
Radford...
Pulaski...
Dublin...
Boones Mill...
and Pilot.

Locally heavy rain will quickly reduce visibility and result in
ponding of water on roadways, standing water in low lying areas, and
minor flooding of creeks, streams, and areas of poor drainage.
Drivers are urged to slow down and use extra caution to avoid
hydroplaning.

LAT...LON 3721 7978 3700 8020 3705 8082 3725 8038
TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 274DEG 45KT 3724 8032 3706 8073 

$$

PW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 10:21 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCraig, Giles24 min
Feb 10, 10:47 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCraig, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem28 min
Feb 10, 11:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBedford, City of Roanoke, City of Salem27 min
Feb 10, 9:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRNKSummers38 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.