Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Watches in 2006
High Wind Watch 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA
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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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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</html>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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 11:12 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 17 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:12 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 18 more | 17 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.