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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 26, 2025Campbell County, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2025, 8:26 PM EDT for Campbell County, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was in force for 64 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: Jun 26, 2025, 8:26 PM EDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2025, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Campbell County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 31 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: 230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 5 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 Jun 26, 8:20 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 8:20 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 1:55 PM EDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
155 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

NCZ005-006-VAZ058-059-271800-
Rockingham-Caswell-Halifax-Charlotte-
155 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina
and south central 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.

   Heat Advisory.

There is a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) for severe thunderstorms and
a marginal risk (level 1 of 4) for excessive rainfall this afternoon
and evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday afternoon.
    Some of these storms could become severe with damaging wind the
    main threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

VAZ007-009-WVZ042>044-507-508-271800-
Tazewell-Smyth-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-
Western Greenbrier-
155 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia and
southeast West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) for severe thunderstorms and
a marginal risk (level 1 of 4) for excessive rainfall this afternoon
and evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday afternoon.
 	Some of these storms could become severe with damaging wind the
 	main threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ010>020-024-032-271800-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-
Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Rockbridge-
Patrick-
155 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a slight risk (level 2 of 5) for severe thunderstorms and a
marginal risk (level 1 of 4) for excessive rainfall this afternoon
and evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday afternoon.
 	Some of these storms could become severe with damaging wind the
 	main threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ004-020-VAZ022-023-033>035-043>047-271800-
Stokes-Yadkin-Roanoke-Botetourt-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-
Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-
155 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

   Heat Advisory.

There is a slight risk (level 2 of 5) for severe thunderstorms and a
marginal risk (level 1 of 4) for excessive rainfall this afternoon
and evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday afternoon.
Some of these storms could become severe with damaging wind the main
threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:54 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:57 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:59 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:04 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:06 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:10 PM EDT, 16 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
Jun 26, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	26 min
Jun 26, 9:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	25 min
Jun 27, 10:34 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 15 more	12 hr
Jun 27, 11:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	26 min
Jun 27, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	24 min
Jun 27, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	33 min
Jun 27, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	31 min
Jun 27, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	25 min
Jun 27, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	44 min
Jun 27, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	29 min
Jun 27, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	26 min
Jun 27, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	24 min
Jun 27, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	28 min
Jun 27, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	25 min
Jun 27, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	27 min
Jun 27, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath	55 min
Jun 27, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke, City of Salem	37 min
Jun 27, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	25 min
Jun 27, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	32 min
Jun 27, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	55 min
Jun 27, 7:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bath	2 hr
Jun 27, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Covington	33 min
Jun 27, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	27 min
Jun 27, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	35 min
Jun 27, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	26 min
Jun 27, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe	36 min
Jun 27, 2:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Ashe	4 hr
Jun 27, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	29 min
Jun 27, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	37 min
Jun 26, 8:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	3 hr
Jun 27, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	25 min
Jun 27, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	26 min
Jun 27, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Summers	47 min
Jun 27, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Mercer, Summers	39 min
Jun 27, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	31 min
Jun 27, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	28 min
Jun 27, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	30 min
Jun 27, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	28 min
Jun 27, 5:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier	3 hr

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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.