Alert archive / Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Sep 25, 2008, 3:38 AM EDT for 19 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Sep 25, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2008, 3:38 AM EDT (07:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 25, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties 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, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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 250738 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 338 AM EDT THU SEP 25 2008 ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .THE COMBINATION OF A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NORTHEAST U.S. COAST...AND A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE CAROLINA COAST...WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. VAZ014-016>020-022>024-032>035-251545- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.080925T1600Z-080926T0400Z/ MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 338 AM EDT THU SEP 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT ABOVE 2500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET MAY SEE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MID EVENING AS STEADY RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA. 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 TREES...ESPECIALLY SINCE THE FOLIAGE IS STILL ON THEM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KRNK 251446 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1046 AM EDT THU SEP 25 2008 ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .THE COMBINATION OF A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NORTHEAST U.S. COAST...AND A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE CAROLINA COAST...WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. VAZ014-016>020-022>024-032>035-252300- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.080925T1600Z-080926T0400Z/ MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 1046 AM EDT THU SEP 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET MAY SEE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MID EVENING AS STEADY RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY DOWN TREES...ESPECIALLY SINCE THE FOLIAGE IS STILL ON THEM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 252242 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 642 PM EDT THU SEP 25 2008 ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS THIS EVENING... .THE COMBINATION OF A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NORTHEAST U.S. COAST...AND A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE CAROLINA COAST...WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET MAY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. VAZ014-016>020-022>024-032>035-260400- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-080926T0400Z/ MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 642 PM EDT THU SEP 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE AREA. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET MAY SEE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MID EVENING AS STEADY RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA. 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 BLOW DOWN TREES...ESPECIALLY SINCE THE FOLIAGE IS STILL ON THEM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IF DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE 77 NEAR FANCY GAP...BE PREPARED FOR VERY GUSTY WINDS. $$
000 WWUS71 KRNK 260350 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1150 PM EDT THU SEP 25 2008 VAZ014-016>020-022>024-032>035-260500- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-080926T0400Z/ MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 1150 PM EDT THU SEP 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO ADVISORY LEVELS SUBSIDED THURSDAY EVENING...THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE BLUE RIDGE. $$
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.