Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Watches in 2006
High Wind Watch 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind watch at Jan 13, 2006, 5:16 AM EST for 12 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 14, 2006, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2006, 5:16 AM EST (10:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2006, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2006, 6:00 AM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Bland County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Radford, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 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 office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 1:23 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 30 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:48 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 40 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2006High Wind Watches in North Carolina, 2006Every high wind watch in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.