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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 2, 20065 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind watch at Mar 2, 2006, 6:03 AM EST for 5 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 2, 2006, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2006, 6:03 AM EST (11:03 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2006, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 2, 2006, 11:12 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, Floyd County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Patrick County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:09 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Mar 2, 3:35 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 3:35 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 5:44 AM EST, 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
544 AM EST THU MAR 2 2006

VAZ007-009>014-018>020-022>024-033>035-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>045-
031045-
TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-
ALLEGHANY-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-
AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-
CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
544 AM EST THU MAR 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. WINDS GUSTS WILL BE
FROM 30 TO 45 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

VAZ015>017-032-031045-
GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-PATRICK-
544 AM EST THU MAR 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE GUSTING
OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 40 TO 60 MPH. EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS
ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AND OTHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE CONTACTED TONIGHT OR FRIDAY FOR WIND SPEEDS OR
WIND DAMAGE REPORTS.

NCZ004>006-020-031045-
STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-
544 AM EST THU MAR 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY. EXPECT GUSTY WEST TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY...THAT WILL SHIFT AND INCREASE IN SPEED
BEHIND A FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
INTO THE MID 70S WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER 20S TO
MID 30S.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE CONTACTED TONIGHT OR FRIDAY FOR WIND SPEEDS OR
WIND DAMAGE REPORTS.

NCZ001>003-018-019-031045-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-
544 AM EST THU MAR 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY. EXPECT GUSTY WEST TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY...THAT WILL SHIFT AND INCREASE IN SPEED
BEHIND A FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
INTO THE LOWER 60S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE MID 70S IN THE
FOOTHILLS. AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE UPPER
20S IN THE FOOTHILLS.

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE GUSTING
OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 40 TO 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE CONTACTED TONIGHT OR FRIDAY FOR WIND SPEEDS OR
WIND DAMAGE REPORTS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 5:00 AM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 11:12 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningRNKCarroll, Grayson, City of Galax17 hr
Mar 2, 11:12 AM ESTWind AdvisoryRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 18 more17 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.