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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Charleston, WV

December 2, 20074 states

NWS Charleston, WV issued this wind advisory at Dec 2, 2007, 3:35 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 2, 2007, 7:48 PM EST. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2007, 3:35 PM EST (20:35 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 2, 2007, 7:48 PM EST
Expired
Dec 4, 2007, 12:00 AM EST
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
All 43 counties

Boyd County, KY, Carter County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Athens County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Perry County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Washington County, OH, Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mason County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-12-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 520 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
520 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
624 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WWUS71 KRLX 022035
NPWRLX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
335 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

WVZ046-047-030930-
/O.NEW.KRLX.WI.Y.0002.071203T1100Z-071204T0500Z/
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARLINTON...ELKINS
335 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
MONDAY NIGHT. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS 
MONDAY MORNING. IN ITS WAKE...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY 
MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS WILL REACH 45 TO 50
MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE
SECURED...INCLUDING HOLIDAY DECORATIONS.

$$

MDP
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KRLX 030048
NPWRLX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
748 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-030900-
/O.EXB.KRLX.WI.Y.0002.071203T0500Z-071203T2100Z/
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-
WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-
KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-
CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON...
OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE...
SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA...
BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...
POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...CLINTWOOD...
GRUNDY...VANSANT...KENOVA...CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...
POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...
VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...
MIDDLEBOURNE...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...
HURRICANE...CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...
SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...
WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...
CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON...
CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH...GARY...WAR...
MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...FAYETTEVILLE...
SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS...
BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON
748 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST
MONDAY. 

IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...GUSTY WINDS WILL
DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT.

FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF A STRONGER GUST...IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE...
ESPECIALLY ON HILLTOP LOCATIONS THAT HAVE AN OPEN EXPOSURE TOWARD
THE WEST.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR DEBRIS ON ROADS. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE ALSO VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. LOOSE OBJECTS
SHOULD BE SECURED...BOTH AT WORK SITES AND AROUND THE HOME.
SECURE OUTSIDE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY
THESE GUSTS.

$$

WVZ046-047-030900-
/O.EXT.KRLX.WI.Y.0002.071203T0500Z-071204T0500Z/
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARLINTON...ELKINS
748 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
EST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SWEEP THROUGH AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN
ITS WAKE...GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP...AS COLDER AIR POURS IN.

FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY...BUT THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF A GUST OF 45 MPH OR STRONGER...ESPECIALLY FOR
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET.

THE WINDS WILL BE COMING FROM THE WEST OR NORTHWEST.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR DEBRIS ON ROADS. USE EXTRA
CAUTION. LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED...BOTH AT WORK SITES AND
AROUND THE HOME...INCLUDING HOLIDAY DECORATIONS.

$$

KTB
000 
WWUS71 KRLX 031000
NPWRLX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
500 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-031800-
/O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071203T2100Z/
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-
WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-
KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-
CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON...
OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE...
SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA...
BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...
POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...CLINTWOOD...
GRUNDY...VANSANT...KENOVA...CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...
POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...
VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...
MIDDLEBOURNE...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...
HURRICANE...CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...
SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...
WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...
CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON...
CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH...GARY...WAR...
MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...FAYETTEVILLE...
SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS...
BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON
500 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...GUSTY WINDS WILL
PREVAIL TODAY TONIGHT.

FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF A STRONGER GUST...IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE...
ESPECIALLY ON HILLTOP LOCATIONS THAT HAVE AN OPEN EXPOSURE TOWARD
THE WEST.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR DEBRIS ON ROADS. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE ALSO VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. LOOSE OBJECTS
SHOULD BE SECURED...BOTH AT WORK SITES AND AROUND THE HOME.
SECURE OUTSIDE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY
THESE GUSTS.

$$

WVZ046-047-031800-
/O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071204T0500Z/
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARLINTON...ELKINS
500 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...GUSTY WINDS WILL
PREVAIL TODAY TONIGHT.

FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY...BUT THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF STRONGER GUSTS...IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE
...ESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET OR ANY RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS
THAT HAVE AN OPEN EXPOSURE TOWARD THE WEST.

THE WINDS WILL BE COMING FROM THE WEST OR NORTHWEST.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR DEBRIS ON ROADS. USE EXTRA
CAUTION. LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED...BOTH AT WORK SITES AND
AROUND THE HOME...INCLUDING HOLIDAY DECORATIONS.

$$

TRM
000 
WWUS71 KRLX 031726
NPWRLX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1226 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>040-031830-
/O.CAN.KRLX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071203T2100Z/
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-
WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-
KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-
CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-
RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLATWOODS...GREENUP...GRAYSON...
OLIVE HILL...ASHLAND...LOUISA...NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE...
SOMERSET...MCCONNELSVILLE...STOCKPORT...ATHENS...MARIETTA...
BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL...MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...
POMEROY...GALLIPOLIS...IRONTON...SOUTH POINT...CLINTWOOD...
GRUNDY...VANSANT...KENOVA...CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...
POINT PLEASANT...NEW HAVEN...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...PARKERSBURG...
VIENNA...ST. MARYS...BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...
MIDDLEBOURNE...HARTS...ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...
HURRICANE...CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SAINT ALBANS...
SPENCER...ELIZABETH...GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...
WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON...LOGAN...CHAPMANVILLE...MAN...MADISON...
CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON...
CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH...GARY...WAR...
MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BECKLEY...FAYETTEVILLE...
SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...WEBSTER SPRINGS...
BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON
1226 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WHILE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS INTO THE
30S...THE SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW THE CRITERIA FOR AN ADVISORY
EXCEPT IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WHERE SPEEDS WILL BE 25 TO 35
WITH GUTS INTO THE 40S.

$$

WVZ046-047-040130-
/O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071204T0500Z/
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARLINTON...ELKINS
1226 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...GUSTY WINDS WILL
PREVAIL TODAY TONIGHT.

FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY...BUT THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF STRONGER GUSTS...IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE ...
ESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET OR ANY RIDGE TOP
LOCATIONS THAT HAVE AN OPEN EXPOSURE TOWARD THE WEST.

THE WINDS WILL BE COMING FROM THE WEST OR NORTHWEST.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR DEBRIS ON ROADS. USE EXTRA
CAUTION. LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED...BOTH AT WORK SITES AND
AROUND THE HOME...INCLUDING HOLIDAY DECORATIONS.

$$
000 
WWUS71 KRLX 040141
NPWRLX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
841 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

WVZ046-047-040500-
/O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071204T0500Z/
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARLINTON...ELKINS
841 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

THOSE COLD GUSTY WINDS...FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST...ARE
BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE.

YET...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE STILL LIKELY THIS
EVENING. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A STRONGER GUST...IN THE 40
TO 50 MPH RANGE...FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET...OR ANY RIDGE
TOP LOCATIONS THAT HAVE AN OPEN EXPOSURE TOWARD THE WEST.


$$

KTB
000 
WWUS71 KRLX 040457
NPWRLX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1157 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

WVZ046-047-040600-
/O.EXP.KRLX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071204T0500Z/
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARLINTON...ELKINS
1157 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH...AND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE NO LONGER A
POSSIBILITY. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

TRM

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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.