Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Jan 28, 2007, 3:04 AM EST for Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Carroll County, Grayson County, City of Galax, Virginia. It took effect at Jan 28, 2007, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2007, 3:04 AM EST (08:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2007, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2007, 4:12 AM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, Grayson County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 2779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 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 280804 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 304 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING... ..A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLAST EAST THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-281615- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0008.070128T2300Z-070129T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 304 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHEST RIDGES THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. 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. $$ 07
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KRNK 281002 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 502 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING... ..A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLAST EAST THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-281815- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0008.070128T2300Z-070129T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 502 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHEST RIDGES THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 07
000 WWUS71 KRNK 281834 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 134 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING... ..A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLAST EAST THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-290245- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0008.070128T2300Z-070129T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 134 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHEST RIDGES THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. 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. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 290146 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 846 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED INTO MONDAY MORNING... ..THE WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL BE STRONG OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-291000- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070129T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 846 PM EST SUN JAN 28 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHEST RIDGES INTO MONDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 290912 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 412 AM EST MON JAN 29 2007 NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-016-291015- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070129T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...GALAX 412 AM EST MON JAN 29 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ADVISORY LEVEL WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. $$ LAWRENCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 3:34 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 29 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:53 AM EST | Snow Advisory | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 25 hr |
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.