Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind warning at Feb 14, 2007, 5:52 AM EST for 21 counties in Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 14, 2007, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 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
- Feb 14, 2007, 5:52 AM EST (10:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2007, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2007, 8:29 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 25 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Monroe County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:53 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 524 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 141052 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 552 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY BY THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE RAPIDLY DEEPENS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. VAZ011-014-017>020-022>024-142100- /O.UPG.KRNK.WI.Y.0011.070214T1700Z-070215T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0002.070214T1400Z-070215T0500Z/ GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG... FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON 552 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO THE HIGH WIND WARNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION FROM THE FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. EXPECT NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ VAZ032>035-WVZ044-045-142100- /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0002.070214T1400Z-070215T0500Z/ PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...UNION...LEWISBURG 552 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION FROM THE FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. EXPECT NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ NCZ003-019-142100- /O.EXB.KRNK.WI.Y.0011.070214T1400Z-070215T0500Z/ SURRY-WILKES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO 552 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE ICE ACCUMULATION FROM THE FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO TREES ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. 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. $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ012-013-015-016-142100- /O.EXT.KRNK.WI.Y.0011.070214T1400Z-070215T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-WYTHE-PULASKI-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 552 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KRNK 141517 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1017 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY BY THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE RAPIDLY DEEPENS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-142330- /O.UPG.KRNK.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-070215T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KRNK.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070215T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 1017 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...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. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS OVER THE 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. $$ VAZ011-014-017>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ044-045-142330- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070215T0500Z/ GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG... FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...UNION...LEWISBURG 1017 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION FROM THE FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. EXPECT NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ012-013-142330- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-070215T0500Z/ SURRY-WILKES-WYTHE-PULASKI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...WYTHEVILLE... PULASKI 1017 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS OVER 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. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 141938 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 238 PM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING THEN TAPERING OFF... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...BUT THEN WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA UP THE NORTHEAST U.S. COAST. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ011-014>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ044-045-150500- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070215T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GILES-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... PEARISBURG...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX... FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...UNION...LEWISBURG 238 PM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH ANY AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION...WILL LIKELY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. EXPECT NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ012-013-150500- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-070215T0500Z/ SURRY-WILKES-WYTHE-PULASKI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...WYTHEVILLE... PULASKI 238 PM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS OVER 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. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 150129 AAA NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 829 PM EST WED FEB 14 2007 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ011-014>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ044-045-150230- /O.CAN.KRNK.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070215T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GILES-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... PEARISBURG...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX... FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...UNION...LEWISBURG 829 PM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BUT SHOULD BE BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING OR WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ012-013-150230- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-070215T0500Z/ SURRY-WILKES-WYTHE-PULASKI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...WYTHEVILLE... PULASKI 829 PM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT...THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Virginia, 2007High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 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.