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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Oct 28, 2006, 10:07 PM EDT for 20 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2006, 10:07 PM EDT (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2006, 3:22 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 21 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Alleghany 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, Giles County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Wythe County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1994 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 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 290207 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1007 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN ONTARIO. THIS WILL RESULT IN WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. NCZ002-VAZ009>014-016>019-022>024-290900- /O.CAN.KRNK.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-061029T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.061029T0207Z-061029T0900Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL- FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON 1007 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...BUT MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ELSEWHERE WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IF TRAVELING THE HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS THE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY OR I-77...BE ALERT TO STRONG CROSS WINDS. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. 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. $$ VAZ007-032>035-WVZ042>045-290315- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-061029T0900Z/ TAZEWELL-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT... BEDFORD...AMHERST...BLUEFIELD...HINTON...UNION...LEWISBURG 1007 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS OF 30 MILES AN HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...BUT BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ NCZ001-018-VAZ015-020-290900- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-061029T0900Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-BATH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... HOT SPRINGS 1007 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. ELSEWHERE WIND GUSTS WILL BE CLOSER TO 40 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WIND SPEEDS...WET GROUND FROM THE RECENT RAIN...AND FOLIAGE STILL ON SOME TREES MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IF TRAVELING THE HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS THE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY OR I-77...BE ALERT TO THE HIGH WINDS. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ 11
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS71 KRNK 290822 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 322 AM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING... .WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE STRONG IN SOME OF THE HIGH ELEVATIONS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-020-291400- /O.CAN.KRNK.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-061029T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0015.061029T0822Z-061029T1400Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-BATH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... HOT SPRINGS 322 AM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT AROUND 35 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING WHILE GUSTS REACH 50 MPH IN A FEW SPOTS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT BY LATE MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ002-VAZ009>014-016>019-022>024-290930- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-061029T0900Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL- FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON 322 AM EST SUN OCT 29 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Oct 28, 7:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 7:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 745 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 .AVIATION... STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECTING W-NW GUSTY WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT THEN WANE A BIT TOWARDS SUNRISE. WHEN THESE SURFACE WINDS WEAKEN...THIS WILL PROMPT A BRIEF PERIOD OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AS A STRONG 30 TO 40 KT JET WILL STILL REMAIN ABOUT 1000 FT AGL ACROSS THE REGION. GUSTY CONDITIONS...ALTHOUGH A BIT WEAKER THAN TODAYS...WILL REDEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON. EXPECTING ANOTHER DAY WITH VFR STRATO-CU FORMING...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SE WV. VFR CONDITIONS EXEPCTED THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HAVE INCLUDED A COMMENT OF - NIL AMD - TO THE KLYH TAF. RECENT POWER OUTAGES THERE HAVE ELIMINATED MOST OF THE ASOS SENSORS. WHEN OR IF SENSORS APPEAR TO HAVE RETURNED AND HAVE BECOME STABLE...WILL REMOVE THE - NIL AMD - COMMENT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 311 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006) SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN NE LOW AND GULF COAST HIGH CREATING A FAIR AMOUNT OF WINDS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS EVENING AS PRESSURE RISES AND LOW LEVEL JET ARE AT THEIR MAXIMUM. AFTER MIDNIGHT...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX SOME WITH INCOMING WARM AIR ALOFT...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. WITH WESTERLY WINDS CHANNELING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS...WILL MAINTAIN WIND WARN/ADV THROUGH 400 AM. BREEZY/WINDY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST INTO SUNDAY BUT NOT ON THE ORDER AS TODAY. PRECIPITATION A QUESTIONABLE CALL FOR MOUNTAIN AREAS TONIGHT WITH FLOW BEING WESTERLY. ALSO...ICE CRYSTAL GROWTH BEST THIS EVENING WITH CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES 10-15C BELOW...BUT MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE PULLING OUT BY THEN. HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE SNOW SHOWERS WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES AROUND -2C. HOWEVER...1000-850 MB THICKNESS WILL BE ABOVE 1305M WHICH IS TO WARM FOR SNOW IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. IF PRECIPITATION DOES FALL OVERNIGHT...IT WILL BE SCATTERED AND LIGHT THEREFORE WILL KEEP POPS UNDER 15 PERCENT. ALMOST UNIFORM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WITH WINDY/BREEZY CONDITIONS. MAV TENDS TO DO WELL WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ON WINDY NIGHTS BUT NOT SURE IF IT IS HANDLING THE AFTER MIDNIGHT WARM AIR ADVECTION. THEREFORE...WENT A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN MAV WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. WITH WARMER AIR IN PLAY ON SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH NORMAL. AGAIN THINK MAV TO COLD ON SUNDAYS HIGHS AND THE MET LOOKS WAY TO WARM FOR A WELL MIXED DAY...THEREFORE I WENT ABOUT A CAT ABOVE MAV AND A CAT BELOW MET. LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW THE WINDS TO SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. WITH ZONAL FLOW AND INCREASING HEIGHTS ALOFT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE TO ABOVE NORMAL. TEMPERATURES BY MID WEEK COULD BE 5-10F DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL ALSO COME IN AROUND WEDNESDAY WITH A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKE/MID WEST REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THEN STALL IN THE OHIO-TENN VALLEY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. BY THE TIME THIS SYSTEM GETS ITS SECOND WIND...MAJORITY OF THE ENERGY AND DYNAMICS WILL BE NORTH OR EAST OF THE AREA. SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT WILL PRIMARILY BE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WITH SCATTERED ACTIVITY OUT EAST ON WEDNESDAY. DEW POINT FRONT IS JUST AS SLOW AS THE ACTUAL FRONT AND MAY LINGER SHOWERS INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING. LOW CONFIDENCE WITH THIS RAIN EVENT IS MAINLY TIMING. I LEANED HEAVY TOWARDS HPC GUIDE IN THE EXTENDED WHO FAVOR THE 06Z GFS. AVIATION... SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH 06Z THEN WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH. SHORT WAVE TRAVELLING QUICKLY THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY WITH KEEP MVFR STRATOCUMULUS IN BLF AND LWB UNTIL LATE ATERNOON. THEN CEILINGS WILL IMPROVE BRIEFLY TO VFR DURING THE EVENING. OVERNIGHT MORE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COMES BACK INTO THE MOUNTAINS SO MVFR CEILINGS RETURN TO LWB ALONG WITH FLURRIES. IN THE EAST ANY STRATOCUMULUS WILL DISSIPATE AT SUNSET WITH VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR VAZ009>020-022>024 UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY. ...WIND ADVISORY FOR VAZ007-032>035 UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY. NC...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NCZ001-002-018 UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY. WV...WIND ADVISORY FOR WVZ042>045 UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY. && DS
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 3:28 PM EDT, 6 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 328 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-291930- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 328 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. VAZ007-032>035-WVZ042>045-291930- TAZEWELL-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- 328 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 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...TONIGHT STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH...MAINLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. DUE TO SATURATED SOILS THESE WINDS COULD DOWN SOME TREES ACROSS THE REGION AND CREATE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ009>020-022>024-291930- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- 328 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH...MAINLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. DUE TO SATURATED SOILS THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY DOWN MANY TREES ACROSS THE REGION AND COULD CREATE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 3:22 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Bath, Grayson | 6 hr |
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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.