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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Blacksburg, VA

December 31, 2006Mercer County, West Virginia; Tazewell County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Dec 31, 2006, 5:21 AM EST for Mercer County, West Virginia; Tazewell County, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 31, 2006, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 31, 2006, 5:21 AM EST (10:21 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 31, 2006, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 31, 2006, 11:33 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2006-12-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2006-12-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KRNK 311021
NPWRNK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
521 AM EST SUN DEC 31 2006

...STRONG WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY INTO THE GREAT LAKES TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS THIS LOW MOVES
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. 

VAZ007-WVZ042-311830-
/O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.061231T1700Z-070101T0500Z/
TAZEWELL-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLUEFIELD
521 AM EST SUN DEC 31 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT. 

WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST TODAY. BY THIS AFTERNOON
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.
WESTERN SECTIONS OF TAZEWELL COUNTY AND MUCH OF MERCER COUNTY ARE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS FROM THIS DIRECTION. 

WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING...UNTIL A COLD FRONT
CROSSES THROUGH THE AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. 

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.

$$

AMS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KRNK 311633 AAA
NPWRNK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1133 AM EST SUN DEC 31 2006

...STRONG WINDS INTO TONIGHT...

.A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY INTO THE GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AS THIS
LOW MOVES NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS.

VAZ007-WVZ042-010045-
/O.UPG.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.061231T1700Z-070101T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0010.061231T1700Z-070101T0500Z/
TAZEWELL-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLUEFIELD
1133 AM EST SUN DEC 31 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WIND
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ALONG THE
RIDGES WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WESTERN SECTIONS OF
TAZEWELL COUNTY AND MUCH OF MERCER COUNTY ARE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS FROM THIS DIRECTION.

WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING...UNTIL A COLD FRONT
CROSSES THROUGH THE AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED  WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 31, 11:33 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningRNKMercer12 hr

Nearby

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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.