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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2008, 2:03 PM EST for 35 counties in Virginia; 7 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 8, 2008, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2008, 2:03 PM EST (19:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2008, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2008, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 45 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 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 071903 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 203 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS INTO THIS EVENING... ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... .SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL KEEP STRONG WINDS ALONG THE RIDGES INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...LOW PRESSURE WITH AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS WELL NORTH OF THE AREA...THE GRADIENT BETWEEN IT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WINDS SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGES...WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALSO LIKELY INTO THE PIEDMONT AS DEEP MIXING DEVELOPS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ014>020-080315- /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0003.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS 203 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ011>013-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 080315- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 203 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ VAZ007-009-010-WVZ042-072300- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080307T2300Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...BLUEFIELD 203 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...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 OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE CLINCH VALLEY...BIG WALKER AND CLINCH MOUNTAINS CAN EXPECT THE HIGHER GUSTS. 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. $$
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KRNK 072256 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 556 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WITH AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS WELL NORTH OF THE AREA...THE GRADIENT BETWEEN IT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WINDS SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGES...WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALSO LIKELY INTO THE PIEDMONT AS DEEP MIXING DEVELOPS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VAZ007-009-010-WVZ042-080000- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080307T2300Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...BLUEFIELD 556 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... SOUTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED A GREAT DEAL THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT OVERNIGHT. $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ014>020-080700- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS 556 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ011>013-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 080700- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 556 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 080235 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 935 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... ...DENSE FOG EXPECTED OVERNIGHT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... .LOW PRESSURE WITH AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS WELL NORTH OF THE AREA...THE GRADIENT BETWEEN IT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WINDS SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGES...WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALSO LIKELY INTO THE PIEDMONT AS DEEP MIXING DEVELOPS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DENSE FOG HAS FORMED OVER PARTS OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY AND MOUNTAIN EMPIRE REGION OF VIRGINIA AND ALSO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS FOG IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS BEING COMMON. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ014>018-081045- /O.NEW.KRNK.FG.Y.0003.080308T0235Z-080308T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE 935 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. 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. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$ VAZ019-020-081045- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS 935 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ NCZ003-019-020-VAZ011>013-032-081045- /O.NEW.KRNK.FG.Y.0003.080308T0235Z-080308T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ SURRY-WILKES-YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...STUART 935 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. 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. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$ VAZ007-009-010-081045- /O.NEW.KRNK.FG.Y.0003.080308T0235Z-080308T1100Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND 935 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$ NCZ004>006-VAZ022>024-033>035-043>047-058-059-081045- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 935 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ DS
000 WWUS71 KRNK 080636 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 136 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... ...DENSE FOG EXPECTED OVERNIGHT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... .LOW PRESSURE WITH AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS WELL NORTH OF THE AREA...THE GRADIENT BETWEEN IT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WINDS SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGES...WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALSO LIKELY INTO THE PIEDMONT AS DEEP MIXING DEVELOPS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DENSE FOG HAS EXPANDED EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA INTO PORTIONS OF THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE HALF MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO DROP FURTHER. DENSE FOG ALSO CONTINUES OVER THE NEW RIVER VALLEY AND MOUNTAIN EMPIRE REGION OF VIRGINIA AND ALSO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIS FOG IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS BEING COMMON. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ014>018-081445- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE 136 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. 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. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$ VAZ019-020-081445- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS 136 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ NCZ004>006-VAZ022>024-033>035-043>047-058-059-081445- /O.EXA.KRNK.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 136 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. DENSE FOG WAS FORMING OVER PARTS OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH THE VISIBILITY AT DANVILLE AIRPORT NOW DOWN TO ONE-HALF MILE. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ003-019-020-VAZ011>013-032-081445- /O.CON.KRNK.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T1100Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ SURRY-WILKES-YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...STUART 136 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. 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. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$ VAZ007-009-010-081100- /O.CON.KRNK.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T1100Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND 136 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 081044 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 544 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... ...DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS IN MOST OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... .LOW PRESSURE WITH AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS WELL NORTH OF THE AREA...THE GRADIENT BETWEEN IT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WINDS SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGES...WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALSO LIKELY INTO THE PIEDMONT AS DEEP MIXING DEVELOPS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DENSE FOG CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE QUARTER TO ONE-HALF MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS FOG IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING LATER THIS MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ014>018-081845- /O.EXT.KRNK.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE 544 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. 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. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$ VAZ019-020-081845- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS 544 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ011>013-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 081845- /O.EXT.KRNK.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.080308T1400Z-080309T0500Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 544 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. 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. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$ VAZ007-009-010-081400- /O.EXT.KRNK.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T1400Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND 544 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 081407 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 907 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WITH AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS WELL NORTH OF THE AREA...THE GRADIENT BETWEEN IT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WINDS INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER RIDGES...WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALSO LIKELY INTO THE PIEDMONT AS DEEP MIXING DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ014>018-082000- /O.EXP.KRNK.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080309T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE 907 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ011>013-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 082000- /O.EXP.KRNK.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080309T0500Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 907 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ VAZ007-009-010-081515- /O.EXP.KRNK.FG.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T1400Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND 907 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING. $$ VAZ019-020-082000- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080309T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS 907 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 081827 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 127 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WITH AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS WELL NORTH OF THE AREA...THE GRADIENT BETWEEN IT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WINDS INTO THIS EVENING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ014>020-090200- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080309T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS 127 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. 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. SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE THAT COULD BECOME FLYING DEBRIS. $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ011>013-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 090200- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080309T0500Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 127 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. BOATERS SHOULD USE CAUTION IF VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES TODAY. THESE WINDS MAY MAKE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 082049 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 349 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT... .THE CENTER OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE HAS PROGRESSED NORTH INTO NORTHERN VIRGINIA. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM IS NOW INCREASING...THUS ALLOWING FOR INCREASING STRONG WINDS. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ014>020-090500- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080309T0500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS 349 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. 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. SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE THAT COULD BECOME FLYING DEBRIS. $$ VAZ007-009-010-WVZ042>045-090500- /O.EXA.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080309T0500Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...BLUEFIELD... HINTON...UNION...LEWISBURG 349 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. BOATERS SHOULD USE CAUTION IF VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. THESE WINDS MAY MAKE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ011>013-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 090500- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080309T0500Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX- CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 349 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE 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 CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. BOATERS SHOULD USE CAUTION IF VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES TODAY. THESE WINDS MAY MAKE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. $$ DS
000 WWUS71 KRNK 090150 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 850 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WESTERLY WINDS DECREASING IN SPEED BUT STILL STRONG OVER PARTS OF THE AREA... .WINDS ARE STARTING TO WEAKEN ACROSS THE AREA SO THAT SPEEDS ARE DROPPING BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS WHERE PREVIOUSLY THEY HAD BEEN ABOVE. GIVEN THIS...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...AND MUCH OF THE PREVIOUS HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WIND ADVISORY. NCZ002-VAZ014-016>019-090500- /O.CAN.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080309T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080309T0500Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX... FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE 850 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ007-009>011-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-090300- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080309T0500Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH- BLAND-GILES-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS- MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE...BLUEFIELD... HINTON...UNION...LEWISBURG 850 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WILL ONLY BE IN THE RANGE OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AT TIMES AROUND 30 MPH. $$ NCZ001-018-VAZ015-020-090500- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080309T0500Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-BATH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... HOT SPRINGS 850 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE THAT COULD BECOME FLYING DEBRIS. $$ VAZ012-013-022>024-090500- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-080309T0500Z/ WYTHE-PULASKI-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON 850 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 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. $$ DS/JS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Mar 7, 12:16 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 12:16 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1216 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE GULF COAST REGION NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIA TODAY AND BE NORTH OF THE REGION BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA WITH THIS SYSTEM AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND MUCH COLDER AIR BY LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... INITIAL BATCH OF LIGHT/MODERATE RAIN ALREADY PUSHING QUICKLY NORTH THRU THE REGION THIS MORNING ASSOCIATED WITH MID LEVEL WAVE AND ISENT LIFT/UPSLOPE. EXPECT THIS AXIS OF PRECIP TO BE OVER THE AREA THRU MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING TO -DZ LATER ON AS BEST UVV SHIFTS E/NE PER LATEST NAM. APPEARS QPF TOTALS FROM THIS FIRST AREA TO RANGE FROM A HALF TO ONE INCH ON AVERAGE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTH/SW. THUS CONTINUING WITH CAT POPS MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPS SLOW TO MOVE AT ALL GIVEN ENHANCED CAD VIA PRECIP INTO INITIAL WEAK WEDGING. APPEARS RAINFALL RATES LOW ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE FLOODING PROBLEMS ESPCLY SW WHERE SOILS SATURATED FROM THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM BUT SOMETHING TO WATCH. OTRW SE WINDS CONTINUING TO CHANNEL THRU THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS ACROSS THE FAR WEST SO LITTLE CHANGE TO GOING UPDATED WIND ADVISORY. ACTUAL STRONGER SURFACE LOW WILL MAKE ITS WAY NE INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT WITH BEST LIFT TO THE SE ALONG WARM FRONT AND TO THE WEST UNDER THE UPPER 5H LOW. DRY SLOT ALOFT MAY TEND TO MAKE PRECIP MORE DRIZZLE NATURE EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE DEEPER WARM ADVECTION PUSHES BOUNDARY FARTHER INLAND INTO THE WEDGE ALLOWING MORE ELEVATED SHRA OVERNIGHT. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE FAR SE FOR DEEPER CONVECTION LATE PENDING HOW FAR NW THE WARM TONGUE AND INSTAB MAKE IT BEFORE THE SURFACE LOW PASSES. OTRW HIGH POPS WITH TEMPS STEADY AND THEN RISING LATER TONIGHT. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... SURFACE RIDGE OVER CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST EARLY THIS MORNING STILL RIDGING BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT AS LOW PRESSURE IS ALSO BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST IN THE VICINITY OF THE LA/MS BORDER. AS THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS DEEPENS TODAY SEVERAL STRONG SHORT-WAVES ARE FORECAST BY MODEL GUIDANCE TO ROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AND INDUCE THE SURFACE CYCLONE TO LIFT NORTHEAST TODAY. BOTH GFS/NAM PLACE THE SURFACE LOW NEAR THE VA/NC BORDER BY 12Z SATURDAY. A DECENT PERIOD OF WARM ADVECTION RAINFALL WILL OCCUR TODAY AS ISENTROPIC LIFT INCREASES AND SUBSTANTIAL GULF MOISTURE IS DRAWN INTO THE SYSTEM. THE BEST H85 MOISTURE TRANSPORT WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF THE BLACKSBURG CWA BUT THERE WILL SUFFICIENT LIFT/MOISTURE TO PRODUCE A WIDESPREAD RAIN EVENT ACROSS THE REGION. FORECAST H85 DEW POINTS ON THE NCEP SREF RISE TO BETWEEN 8-10C OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES BY LATER TODAY AND PWATS RISE FROM 0.30 INCHES THIS EVENING AT RNK TO BETWEEN 0.75 TO 1.25 INCHES FROM NW TO SE ACROSS THE CWA. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... ONCE THE SURFACE LOW PASSES DURING THE DAY SATURDAY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL BECOME THE MAIN STORY AS H85 TEMPS PLUNGE OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY...STARTING OUT FROM +5 TO +12C AROUND 12Z AND FALLING TO -10 TO -15 IN THE NW BY LATER SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COLD AIR WILL BE RACING THE DEPARTING MOISTURE IN THE NW TO PRODUCE SNOW SHOWERS AND A FEW INCHES IN THE FAVORED LOCATION OF THE NW IS LIKELY. NW WINDS INCREASE DRAMATICALLY FROM THE NW LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING...REACHING 50 TO 60 MPH AT H85. COMBINED WITH LARGE PRESSURE RISES OF 15MB IN 6 HRS CAN EXPECT A PERIOD OF WINDS WHICH WILL LIKELY APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. IN ADDITION THE FALLING TEMPS WILL MAKE IT FEEL DECIDEDLY WINTER-LIKE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... NOT MANY CHGS TO THE LONG TERM. SNOW SHWR/FLURRIES WILL BE ENDING IN WESTERN GREENBRIER QUICKLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH WAA UNDERWAY THROUGH THE DAY REGIONWIDE. RATHER BIG DIFF BETWEEN H85 TEMPS ON NAM AND GFS...SO TRIED TO PLAY MIDDLE GROUND FOR MAX T. THERE IS SOME AGREEMENT BETWEEN GFS/ECMWF/NAM ON A CLIPPER LOW INTO SE WEST VA ON MONDAY. CONSIDERING THE SHRTWV COMES DIRECTLY OUT OF CENTRAL CANADA...AND THE TENDENCY OF MODELS TO BE TOO STRONG WITH WAA OUT AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES...WOULD THINK MOST PRECIP WOULD BE SNOW ACROSS GREENBRIER AND THIS LOW MAY END TRACKING A TAD FARTHER SOUTH. MAYBE SOME LIGHT ACCUMS ALONG THE HIGHEST SPOTS OF GREENBRIER INTO MONDAY NIGHT. ONLY CLOUDS WILL SURVIVE FOR THE REST OF CWA. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST TEMPS WILL MODERATE THROUGH THE WEEK...WITH THURSDAY THE WARMEST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL AFFECT THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /17Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... LARGE AREA OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDED -RA/DZ OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SAT. EXPECTING WIDESPREAD IFR/MVFR CIGS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON...LOWERING MORE TO LIFR/IFR OVERNIGHT IN -RA/DZ/FOG GIVEN E/NE FLOW AND LOW LEVEL WEDGE. THIS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION AS WELL AS AREAS OF LLWS GIVEN STRONG SOUTHERLY JET ALOFT. LOW PRESSURE WILL SLIDE UP THE SPINE OF THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY BRINGING CONTINUED POOR CONDITIONS IN RAIN/FOG AND LOW CIGS THRU AT LEAST SAT MORNING. DRY SLOT AND DOWNSLOPE SHOULD RETURN THE EAST TO VFR LATER SAT WHILE KBLF/KLWB STRUGGLE WITH LOW CLOUDS/-SHSN INTO SAT NIGHT. INCREASING NW WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED SAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH STRONG GUSTS POSSIBLE. ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE MAY BRING A PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS BY MONDAY OTRW APPEARS MAINLY VFR SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY UNDER WEAK HIGH PRESSURE. && .HYDROLOGY... QPF AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.75 TO 1.25 INCHES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. DEPENDING ON THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE RIVER BASINS THERE COULD BE SOME RIVER FLOODING INDUCED BUT IT WOULD LIKELY BE IN THE MINOR CATEGORY. THE DAN RIVER BASIN APPEARS TO BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE UNDER THE CURRENT FORECAST SCENARIO AS STAGES HAVE ONLY RECENTLY BEEN ELEVATED AND SOILS ARE LIKELY TO BE WET. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT APPEARS MINIMAL AS THE PRIMARLY STRATIFROM RAINFALL AND WILL KEEP RATES FAIRLY LOW AND MOISTURE AVAILABILITY IS NOT FORECAST TO BE EXCESSIVE. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR VAZ007-009-010. NC...NONE. WV...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WVZ042. && SYNOPSIS...JH/PC NEAR TERM...JH/JJ SHORT TERM...JH/KK LONG TERM...KM AVIATION...JH/KM/PC HYDROLOGY...
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 7, 9:23 AM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 923 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 VAZ007-WVZ042-081430- TAZEWELL-MERCER- 923 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TO NEAR WIND ADVISORY LEVELS WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL MORE DIFFICULT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ020-WVZ043-045-081430- BATH-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- 923 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TO NEAR WIND ADVISORY LEVELS WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL MORE DIFFICULT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ011>019-022>024-032>035-WVZ044-081430- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-MONROE- 923 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR ADVISORY LEVELS AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ009-010-081430- SMYTH-BLAND- 923 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR ADVISORY LEVELS AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-081430- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 923 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR ADVISORY LEVELS AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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Local storm report, Mar 7, 9:51 AM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
951 AM EST FRI MAR 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW CHRISTIANSBURG 37.17N 80.44W
03/04/2008 MONTGOMERY VA NWS EMPLOYEE
SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
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HYSELLLocal storm report, Mar 7, 11:23 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1123 AM EST FRI MAR 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0907 PM TSTM WND DMG FORKS OF BUFFALO 37.68N 79.18W
03/04/2008 AMHERST VA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN AMHERST COUNTY.
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HYSELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:19 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell | 9 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:03 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Grayson and 3 more | 34 hr |
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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.