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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 5, 20256 counties in Virginia; Greenbrier County, Monroe County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 2025, 4:03 PM EST for 6 counties in Virginia; Greenbrier County, Monroe County, West Virginia. It was in force for 57 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: Mar 5, 2025, 4:03 PM EST (21:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 2025, 5:00 PM EST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Covington, VA, Craig County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Monroe County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 629 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 843 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 Mar 5, 2:34 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 2:34 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 2:37 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
237 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025

NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>044-507-508-
061945-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-
Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-
Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-
Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-
237 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY...

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

   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

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

   Wind Advisory.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-061945-
Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Yadkin-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-
Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-
237 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 5, 1:12 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 5, 2:36 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 5, 2:43 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 5, 3:14 PM EST, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 5, 3:43 PM EST, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 5, 3:58 PM EST, 5 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
Mar 5, 7:35 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson, Wythe	25 min
Mar 5, 7:49 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	26 min
Mar 5, 7:54 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Patrick	36 min
Mar 5, 8:21 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	24 min
Mar 5, 8:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Patrick	35 min
Mar 5, 8:32 AM EST	Tornado Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick	13 min
Mar 5, 8:39 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	66 min
Mar 5, 8:44 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	46 min
Mar 5, 8:52 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt, Craig	38 min
Mar 5, 9:00 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania	45 min
Mar 5, 9:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	58 min
Mar 5, 9:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	28 min
Mar 5, 10:08 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	37 min
Mar 5, 10:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	30 min
Mar 5, 10:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	45 min
Mar 5, 3:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson, City of Galax	31 min
Mar 5, 3:43 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, City of Galax	32 min
Mar 5, 3:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	32 min
Mar 5, 4:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, City of Radford	30 min
Mar 5, 4:43 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	32 min
Mar 5, 6:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	22 min
Mar 5, 7:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes, Yadkin	44 min
Mar 5, 7:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2025 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in West Virginia, 2025 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.