Alert archive / West Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Blacksburg, VA
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 11:33 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Mercer | 12 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.