Alert archive / Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Nov 22, 2005, 4:51 AM EST for Carroll County, Grayson County, City of Galax, Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 22, 2005, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 2005, 4:51 AM EST (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 22, 2005, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2005, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, Grayson County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 503 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KRNK 220951 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 451 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-221800- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0002.051122T1100Z-051122T2100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 451 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM MONDAYS RAIN HAS LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE...COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED GROUND...COULD TOPPLE LARGE TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONG WINDS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RCS
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KRNK 221606 AAA NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1106 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-222100- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051122T2100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 1106 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS TO THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM MONDAYS RAIN HAS LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE... COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED GROUND...COULD TOPPLE LARGE TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONG WINDS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 221829 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 129 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PERSIST THIS EVENING... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS EVENING AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST BEHIND DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-230230- /O.EXT.KRNK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051123T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 129 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ON THE HIGHER RIDGES THIS EVENING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE...COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED GROUND...COULD TOPPLE LARGE TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONG WINDS ESPECIALLY WHERE MORE CHANNELING EFFECTS TAKE PLACE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 230219 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 919 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PERSIST THIS EVENING... .EXPECT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST BEHIND DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-230500- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051123T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 919 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... EXPECT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY AND NEAR FANCY GAP. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 230453 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1153 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO PERSIST OVERNIGHT... .EXPECT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TOWARD DAYBREAK AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST BEHIND DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-230900- /O.EXT.KRNK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051123T0900Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 1153 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY. EXPECT OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 4:00 AM...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY AND NEAR FANCY GAP. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 5:02 AM EST | Snow Advisory | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell | 23 hr |
| Nov 22, 5:02 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Grayson | 23 hr |
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.