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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 27, 2024, 10:45 AM EDT for Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 14 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
- Sep 27, 2024, 10:45 AM EDT (14:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2024, 10:59 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Rockingham County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 8:02 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 44 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 433 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
801
WFUS51 KRNK 271445
TORRNK
NCC157-271515-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0039.240927T1445Z-240927T1515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
1045 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024
The National Weather Service in BLACKSBURG has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Rockingham County in north central North Carolina...
* Until 1115 AM EDT.
* At 1045 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Reidsville, moving north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Eden...
Reidsville...
Mayfield...
Oregon Hill...
Harrisons Crossroads...
Ruffin...
and Draper.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
When it is safe to do so, please send your reports of hail of any
size, as well as reports of any wind damage, including downed trees
or large limbs, to the National Weather Service by calling toll free
at 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. Reports and pictures can also be
shared on the National Weather Service Blacksburg Facebook page and
on Twitter.
&&
LAT...LON 3626 7953 3626 7967 3651 7972 3654 7964
3654 7955
TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 179DEG 25KT 3633 7962
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
AB1 follow-up statement
725
WWUS51 KRNK 271459
SVSRNK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
1059 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024
NCC157-271509-
/O.CAN.KRNK.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-240927T1515Z/
Rockingham NC-
1059 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR
EASTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for north central
North Carolina...and south central, southwestern and west central
Virginia.
&&
LAT...LON 3626 7953 3626 7967 3651 7972 3654 7964
3654 7955
TIME...MOT...LOC 1457Z 179DEG 25KT 3643 7962
$$
ABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 34 min |
| Sep 26, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 32 min |
| Sep 26, 8:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 24 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 10 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 7 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 23 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 11:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 31 min |
| Sep 27, 11:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 2:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 22 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 32 min |
| Sep 27, 2:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 33 min |
| Sep 27, 3:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 32 min |
| Sep 27, 3:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 28 min |
| Sep 27, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 46 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.