Alert archive / West Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this wind advisory at Dec 16, 2007, 5:01 AM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 16, 2007, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2007, 5:01 AM EST (10:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2007, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
All 41 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, 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, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 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 KRLX 161001 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 501 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-161815- /O.NEW.KRLX.WI.Y.0003.071216T1500Z-071217T0000Z/ 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- 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 501 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...THERE WILL BE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 MPH TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KRLX 161753 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1253 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-170000- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071217T0000Z/ 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- 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 1253 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. STRONG WESTERLY WIND OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AROUND 35 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BLOW AWAY HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND OTHER OBJECTS...AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS71 KRLX 162012 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 312 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011- 013>020-024>034-170000- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071217T0000Z/ 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- 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 312 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. STRONG WESTERLY WIND OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AROUND 35 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BLOW AWAY HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND OTHER OBJECTS...AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 4:51 AM EST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | RLX | Barbour, Upshur | 23 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2007Wind Advisories in Ohio, 2007Wind Advisories in Kentucky, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007
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.