Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 10, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind warning at Dec 22, 2007, 9:29 PM EST for Mercer County, West Virginia; Grayson County, Smyth County, Tazewell County, Virginia. It was in force for 17 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 2007, 9:29 PM EST (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2007, 2:09 PM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 446 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 230229 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 929 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT AND PASS ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN TONIGHT AND THEN SWITCH TO THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-231030- /O.UPG.KRNK.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-071223T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0010.071223T0229Z-071223T2100Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...INDEPENDENCE... BLUEFIELD 929 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 ARE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 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. $$ WVZ043-045-231030- /O.EXA.KRNK.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-071223T2100Z/ SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINTON...LEWISBURG 929 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SUNDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT BEFORE BECOMING MORE SOUTHERLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO 50 OR 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ VAZ010-012-231030- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-071223T2100Z/ BLAND-WYTHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE 929 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SUNDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH TONIGHT AND THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 50 OR 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHER RIDGES. 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. $$ NCZ001-002-018-231030- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-071223T2100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE 929 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SUNDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT BEFORE BECOMING MORE SOUTHERLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO 50 OR 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KRNK 230829 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 329 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST THIS MORNING AND PASS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL LIKELY REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS MORNING AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHILE BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL MIX DOWN CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-231630- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-071223T2100Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...INDEPENDENCE... BLUEFIELD 329 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 ARE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 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. $$ VAZ011-013-014-016>020-022>024-WVZ044-231630- /O.EXB.KRNK.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-071223T2300Z/ GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...PULASKI...RADFORD... BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...UNION 329 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH THIS MORNING...THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND THE FRONT. WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ010-012-WVZ043-045-231630- /O.EXT.KRNK.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-071223T2300Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-BLAND-WYTHE-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...HINTON...LEWISBURG 329 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH THIS MORNING...THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND THE FRONT. WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. 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. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 231547 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1047 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...STRONG WINDS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL LIKELY REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA AT TIMES ON THE RIDGES WHILE BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL MIX DOWN CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-232100- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-071223T2100Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...INDEPENDENCE... BLUEFIELD 1047 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 ARE EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ010>014-016>020-022>024-WVZ043>045-232300- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-071223T2300Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD... BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...HINTON...UNION... LEWISBURG 1047 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT. WIND GUSTS FROM 50 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. 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. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 231909 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 209 PM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...STRONG WINDS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AS THE FRONT MOVES OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY THIS EVENING. VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-232300- /O.CAN.KRNK.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-071223T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KRNK.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-071223T2300Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...INDEPENDENCE... BLUEFIELD 209 PM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. WESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS FROM 50 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ010>014-016>020-022>024-WVZ043>045-232300- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-071223T2300Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD... BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...HINTON...UNION... LEWISBURG 209 PM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AS THE COLD FRONT ROLLS THROUGH THE AREA. WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGES. 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. $$
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Virginia, 2007High Wind Warnings in West Virginia, 2007Every high wind warning 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.