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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Blacksburg, VA

September 2, 2026Bedford County, Botetourt County, Rockbridge County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2026, 7:13 PM EDT for Bedford County, Botetourt County, Rockbridge County, Virginia. It was in force for 47 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
Sep 2, 2026, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 394 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 3:07 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryRNKAmherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte and 4 more17 hr
Sep 2, 1:32 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryRNKAmherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte and 4 more30 hr
Sep 2, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBuckingham46 min
Sep 2, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBuckingham45 min
Sep 2, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBedford30 min
Sep 2, 7:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKRockbridge57 min

Nearby

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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.