Alert archive / Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Nov 28, 2005, 3:01 PM EST for 27 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 28, 2005, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2005, 3:01 PM EST (20:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 28, 2005, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2005, 6:00 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 35 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 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 282001 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 301 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE RIDGES TONIGHT... .STRONG SOUTH WINDS A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BE ARRIVING IN THE AREA TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS DURING A PERIOD OF SHOWERS. NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>045- 290415- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0004.051128T2300Z-051129T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES- WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... BOONE...WILKESBORO...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE... GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...UNION...LEWISBURG 301 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL ARRIVE EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...SPREADING EAST TO THE VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 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. $$ 05
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KRNK 290249 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 949 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE RIDGES TONIGHT... .STRONG SOUTH WINDS A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS DURING A PERIOD OF SHOWERS. NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>045- 291100- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES- WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... BOONE...WILKESBORO...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE... GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...UNION...LEWISBURG 949 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY ABOVE 3000 FEET TONIGHT ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 291058 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 558 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2005 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>045- 291200- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051129T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES- WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... BOONE...WILKESBORO...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE... GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...UNION...LEWISBURG 558 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE STILL LIKELY. $$ AMS
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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.