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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

December 1, 20095 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind watch at Dec 1, 2009, 4:11 AM EST for 5 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 2, 2009, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 1, 2009, 4:11 AM EST (09:11 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 2, 2009, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 1, 2009, 2:58 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Bland County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 1, 3:39 AM EST, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 3:39 AM EST, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 3:51 AM EST, 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
351 AM EST TUE DEC 1 2009

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ011-013-014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-
058-059-WVZ043>045-020900-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-
BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-
HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
351 AM EST TUE DEC 1 2009

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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VAZ007-009-010-012-015-WVZ042-020900-
TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-GRAYSON-MERCER-
351 AM EST TUE DEC 1 2009

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 1, 2:58 PM EST	High Wind Warning	RNK	Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	37 hr
Dec 1, 2:58 PM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll and 19 more	45 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2009 High Wind Watches in West Virginia, 2009 Every high wind watch in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.