Alert archive / Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2007, 2:50 PM EST for 20 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 19, 2007, 3:55 AM EST. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2007, 2:50 PM EST (19:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2007, 3:55 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2007, 10:46 AM EST
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 23 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Bath 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 Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Wythe County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 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 181950 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 250 PM EST THU JAN 18 2007 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... .A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...A PERIOD OF STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015>017-190400- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.070119T0900Z-070119T1700Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD 250 PM EST THU JAN 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 12 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 12 PM EST FRIDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE DAY...BUT SHOULD DIMINISH TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY NOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JJ
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KRNK 190601 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 101 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... .A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...A PERIOD OF STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015>017-191415- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.070119T0900Z-070119T1700Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD 101 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE DAY...BUT SHOULD DIMINISH TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY NOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 190855 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 355 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ... .A COLD FRONT WILL PASS EAST OF THE AREA TODAY. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...A PERIOD OF PROLONGED STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. VAZ011>014-018>020-022>024-191700- /O.EXB.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.070119T1700Z-070120T0900Z/ GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI... RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON 355 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 AM EST SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 OR 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGES ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015>017-191700- /O.EXT.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.070119T0900Z-070120T0900Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD 355 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH PERIODIC GUSTS TO 55 MPH ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 191735 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1235 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ... .A COLD FRONT HAS PASSED EAST OF THE AREA. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...A PERIOD OF PROLONGED STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ011>020-022>024-200145- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070120T0900Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON 1235 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 OR 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGES ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 191953 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 253 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .A STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW OF COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PASS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...AND THIS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE AN ADDED SURGE OF STRONG WINDS TO THE SURFACE TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING...SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ011>020-022>024-200400- /O.EXT.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070120T1700Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON 253 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 OR 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING FOR ALL BUT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS...BUT WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGES ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 200304 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1004 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS ARE THE RESULT OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT IS MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL PASS OFF THE COAST SATURDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ011>020-022>024-201115- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070120T1700Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON 1004 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 OR 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN 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 MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 200946 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 446 AM EST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED INTO THIS MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS ARE THE RESULT OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT MOVED ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY LAST NIGHT AND INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THIS MORNING. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL PASS OFF THE COAST BY THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ011>020-022>024-201700- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070120T1700Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON 446 AM EST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RCS
000 WWUS71 KRNK 201546 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1046 AM EST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WINDS DECREASING ACROSS THE AREA... NCZ001-002-018-VAZ011>020-022>024-201700- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070120T1700Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON 1046 AM EST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW THE ADVISORY LEVEL OF 45 MPH...AND THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON. $$ JJ
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.