Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Warnings in 2010
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind warning at Feb 9, 2010, 1:22 PM EST for 37 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 10, 2010, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 29 hr. 54 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 9, 2010, 1:22 PM EST (18:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2010, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2010, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 49 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath 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, Grayson 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), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 3:02 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Boone, NC | |
| Feb 10, 5:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Blowing Rock, NC | TREE DOWN ON US 221. |
| Feb 10, 5:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Wnw Sugar Grove, NC | TREE BLOWN DOWN ON GEORGES GAP ROAD. |
| Feb 10, 6:00 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Ennice, NC | LARGE LIMBS BLOCKING ROADS. |
| Feb 10, 7:02 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Jefferson, NC | |
| Feb 10, 10:30 AM EST | DENSE FOG | Troutville, VA | TREES DOWN ON MANY ROADS. |
| Feb 10, 10:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Eagle Rock, VA | TREES DOWN ON MANY ROADS. |
| Feb 10, 10:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Halifax, VA | TREE FELL ON TRAILER INJURING ONE ON BETHAL ROAD. |
| Feb 10, 10:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Horse Pasture, VA | 6-8 TREES DOWN |
| Feb 10, 10:30 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Troutville, VA | TREES DOWN ON MANY ROADS. |
| Feb 10, 1:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Reidsville, NC | TREES REPORTED DOWN AROUND COUNTY AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. NOON TO 1PM. |
| Feb 10, 1:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 6 Sw Amherst, VA | TREE DOWN ON HIGH PEAK RD IN MONROE. |
| Feb 10, 1:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Amherst, VA | TREE DOWN ON RIVERVILLE RD. |
| Feb 10, 1:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Halifax, VA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG BETHAL ROAD/HWY 360 |
| Feb 10, 2:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Bassett, VA | TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN - THROUGH THE DAY BUT WORST IN THE AFTERNOON. |
| Feb 10, 2:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Collinsville, VA | TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN - THROUGH THE DAY BUT WORST IN THE AFTERNOON. |
| Feb 10, 2:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Horse Pasture, VA | TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN, THROUGH THE DAY BUT WORST IN THE AFTERNOON. |
| Feb 10, 2:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Pleasant View, VA | ONE TREE BLOWN DOWN IN PEDLAR MILLS AREA. |
| Feb 10, 3:28 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Roanoke, VA | |
| Feb 10, 4:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Stuart, VA | TREES DOWN IN PATRICK SPRINGS AREA. |
| Feb 10, 4:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Altavista, VA | TRANSFORMER POWER LINE DOWN NR. ALTAVISTA. SCATTERED TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY MOST OF THE DAY. |
| Feb 10, 4:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Stuart, VA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY - BETWEEN 230PM AND EVENING |
| Feb 10, 4:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Wentworth, NC | TREES DOWN AROUND COUNTY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. |
| Feb 10, 4:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Yadkinville, NC | TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY...SOME FELL INTO POWER LINES. FROM ABOUT NOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. |
| Feb 10, 4:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Yanceyville, NC | APPROX. 20-25 TREES DOWN AROUND COUNTY. LASTED MOST OF AFTERNOON. |
| Feb 10, 4:21 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Rocky Mount, VA | SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG WEST 220 BETWEEN ROCKY MOUNT AND BOONES MILL. EST. 8000 WITHOUT POWER. |
| Feb 10, 5:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Stewartsville, VA | |
| Feb 10, 5:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Gretna, VA | SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY. GRETNA, HURT, RINGOLD AMONG AFFECTED LOCATIONS. BEG. LATE MORNING UNTIL ABOUT 7PM. |
| Feb 10, 5:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Yadkinville, NC | TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTY. BEGAN ABOUT 9AM ENDING AROUND 6PM. |
| Feb 10, 5:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Yanceyville, NC | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE. WORST NEAR YANCEYVILLE. BEGAN LATE MORNING UNTIL EARLY EVENING. |
| Feb 10, 5:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pine Ridge, NC | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Feb 10, 6:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Charlotte Court House, VA | 7 TREES DOWN IN SOUTH HALF OF COUNTY, RANDOM TREES DOWN IN NORTH. GENERALLY AFTERNOON-EVENING TIME FRAME. |
| Feb 10, 6:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Valle Crucis, NC | DEPT OF HIGHWAYS REPORTED ONLY ACOUPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS WATAUGA COUNTY DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. FIRST ONE WAS ABOUT 6PM. |
| Feb 10, 6:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Wilkesboro, NC | TREES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE. BEGAN ABOUT NOON AND LASTED UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT. |
| Feb 10, 6:15 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 6 E Vinton, VA | POWER OUTAGES DUE TO TREE DOWN ON POWER POLE ON HWY 24. |
| Feb 10, 6:56 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Roanoke, VA | |
| Feb 10, 7:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Danbury, NC | ABOUT 75 TREES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. DAMAGE BEGAN 9AM ENDED 8PM. |
| Feb 10, 7:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Fancy Gap, VA | SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND SOME TREES DOWN IN FANCY GAP AREA. |
| Feb 10, 7:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | New Castle, VA | TWO TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 10, 7:20 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nnw Bottom, NC | ROOF BLOWN OFF A MOBILE HOME. |
| Feb 10, 7:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Horse Pasture, VA | 6-8 MORE TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE EVENING |
| Feb 10, 7:39 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Paint Bank, VA | LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON DRIVEWAY. |
| Feb 10, 7:39 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pine Ridge, NC | TREES POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Feb 10, 7:41 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Roaring Gap, NC | |
| Feb 10, 8:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sse Floyd, VA | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AROUND 8 PM. |
| Feb 10, 8:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Martinsville Airpor, VA | SOME LARGE TREES DOWN IN THE RIDGEWAY AREA. |
| Feb 10, 8:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Check, VA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON DANIELS RUN ROAD |
| Feb 10, 8:05 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | Boone, NC | |
| Feb 10, 8:06 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | Jefferson, NC | |
| Feb 10, 8:17 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Bottom, NC | ALUMINUM GARAGE PICKED UP BY THE WIND AND BLOWN ONTO WEST PINE STREET, NEAR LOWGAP. |
| Feb 10, 10:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nnw Clifton Forge Cit, VA | LARGE PINE TREE DOWN IN DOUTHAT STATE PARK. |
| Feb 10, 10:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 8 Sw Christiansburg, VA | TREE DOWN ON CARPORT IN RINER. |
| Feb 10, 11:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Chamblissburg, VA | ONE TREE BLOWN DOWN ON A CAR ALONG ROUTE 24. |
| Feb 10, 11:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pearisburg, VA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 61. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
639 WWUS71 KRNK 091822 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 122 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-100230- /O.UPG.KRNK.HW.A.0001.100210T0500Z-100211T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1800Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 122 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST RIDGES...AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS A STORM DEVELOPS OFF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES...POWER LINES AND WEAK STRUCTURES. HOWEVER WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES AND POWER LINES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. && $$ NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047- WVZ042>045-100230- /O.UPG.KRNK.HW.A.0001.100210T0500Z-100211T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 122 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 65 MPH...AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH OR STRONGER CAN OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. STRONG WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY AS CLEARING OCCURS THROUGH THE NEW RIVER VALLEY AND THE BLUE RIDGE. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES...POWER LINES AND WEAK STRUCTURES. HOWEVER WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES AND POWER LINES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN TOPPLE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. && $$ NCZ005-006-VAZ058-059-100230- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.A.0001.100210T0500Z-100211T1100Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 122 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 60 MPH ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE RIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && MATTAROCHIA/SILVERMAN $$
6 follow-up statements
215 WWUS71 KRNK 100229 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ005-006-VAZ058-059-101030- /O.UPG.KRNK.HW.A.0001.100210T0500Z-100211T1100Z/ /O.EXA.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1000Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 60 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COMBINED WITH A WET GROUND WILL CAUSE TREES TO FALL. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-101030- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1800Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST RIDGES. STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. ALSO...THESE WINDS CAN DOWN POWER LINES AND DAMAGE STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. && $$ NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047- WVZ042>045-101030- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX... UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 929 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 65 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH OR STRONGER CAN OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. POWER LINES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. && $$
666 WWUS71 KRNK 100840 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 340 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TODAY AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-101645- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100211T1800Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 340 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 65 AND 75 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TREES THROUGH TONIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. ALSO...THESE WINDS CAN DOWN POWER LINES AND DAMAGE STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. && $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047- 058-059-WVZ042>045-101645- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100211T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH- BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 340 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 65 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. POWER LINES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. && $$
559 WWUS71 KRNK 101709 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1209 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TODAY AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-101815- /O.CAN.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100211T1800Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 1209 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047- 058-059-WVZ042>045-110000- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100211T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH- BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 1209 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 65 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO STRONGER THAN 65 MPH MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. POWER LINES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. && $$
774 WWUS71 KRNK 102108 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 408 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DRIFT SLOWLY OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. NCZ003-019-VAZ016-017-022>024-032>035-110515- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100211T1000Z/ SURRY-WILKES-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...GALAX...FLOYD... ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 408 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 TO 80 MPH. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. POWER LINES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY WIND DAMAGE REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA EMAIL AT RNK.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR AT PHONE NUMBER 1...8 6 6...2 1 5... 4 3 2 4. && $$ NCZ004>006-020-VAZ007-009>014-018>020-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>045- 110515- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100211T1000Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS- MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...YADKINVILLE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI... RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX... UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 408 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 65 MPH. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. POWER LINES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY WIND DAMAGE REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA EMAIL AT RNK.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR AT PHONE NUMBER 1...8 6 6...2 1 5... 4 3 2 4. && $$
413 WWUS71 KRNK 110430 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1130 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE STRONG THROUGH THE NIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL KEEP GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THE LOW WILL SHIFT FURTHER OFF THE COAST THURSDAY MORNING CAUSING WINDS TO WEAKEN. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ007-009>014-018>020-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>045- 111000- /O.CAN.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100211T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0007.100211T0430Z-100211T1000Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS- MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...YADKINVILLE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI... RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX... UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1130 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS TO GUST UP TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT. * THE WET GROUND COMBINED WITH THESE WINDS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO SOME SMALL TREES FALLING DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ016-017-022>024-032>035-111000- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100211T1000Z/ SURRY-WILKES-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...GALAX...FLOYD... ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 1130 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY. * EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS TO GUST FROM 60 TO 80 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES AND DAMAGE SMALLER STRUCTURES. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA EMAIL AT RNK.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR AT PHONE NUMBER 1...8 6 6...2 1 5... 4 3 2 4. && $$
643 WWUS71 KRNK 110934 AAA NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 434 AM EST THU FEB 11 2010 ...STRONG WINDS DIMINISHING THIS MORNING... NCZ003-019-VAZ016-017-022>024-032>035-111045- /O.EXP.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100211T1000Z/ SURRY-WILKES-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...GALAX...FLOYD... ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 434 AM EST THU FEB 11 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING WITH SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH INTO THE AFTERNOON. THUS THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NCZ004>006-020-VAZ007-009>014-018>020-043>047-058-059-WVZ042>045- 111045- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-100211T1000Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS- MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...YADKINVILLE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI... RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX... UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 434 AM EST THU FEB 11 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 OR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE SPEEDS DIMINISH EVEN MORE THIS AFTERNOON. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning 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 warning went out at Feb 9, 12:57 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 12:57 PM EST, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1257 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
A COMPLEX AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARIES
WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BEFORE INTENSIFYING ALONG THE
MID ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING PERIODS
OF SNOW THROUGH MIDDAY WITH A LIKELY CHANGEOVER TO MIXED
PRECIPITATION ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG
ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH IN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WITH VERY STRONG
WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
12Z NAM IS BRINGING SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES IN ALOFT THIS
AFTERNOON. SO AS THE PRECIPITATION FILLS BACK IN AND CONTINUES
UNTIL THE FRONT GOES THROUGH TONIGHT HAVE EXPANDED THE AREA WITH
SLEET AND A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN. THIS KEEPS THE HIGHEST SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND THE
ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS.
ALSO RAISED HIGH TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES ON THE EDGE OF THE
CAD REGION. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME TO ANY WINTER WEATHER
HEADLINES OR THE HIGH WIND WATCH.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
LOW DEEPENS ON THE COAST OVERNIGHT AS THE 85H FRONT CROSSES THE
MOUNTAINS WITH STRONG COLD ADVECTION ENSUING. APPEARS DRY SLOT
SHOULD CUT OFF PRECIP ALL EXCEPT THE NORTH/NE DURING THE EVENING
BEFORE THE UPPER SYSTEM CROSSES AND UPSLOPE CRANKS UP LATE. LOCAL
WRF EVEN SHOWS A BAND OF SNOW MOVING INTO THE EAST AHEAD OF THIS
FEATURE SO BUMPED UP POPS SOME OUTSIDE OF THE NW NC FOOTHILLS.
BUFKIT ALSO SHOWS RH BECOME SHALLOW OVER THE EAST LATE WHERE COULD
BE MORE OF A FREEZING DRIZZLE THREAT. 85H JET REALLY CRANKS UP
OVERNIGHT WITH WARNING CRITERIA GUSTS POSSIBLE ON THE RIDGES LATE.
THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS WITH LOW VSBYS LIKELY
ESPCLY WEST BY DAYBREAK. SINCE MAY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH LINGERING
ICE IN THE EAST WILL ISSUE A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE CWA
STARTING AT MIDNIGHT. THIS ALSO SUPPORTED BY LOCAL RESEARCH WHICH
SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS TO GO EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS
WITH A DEEPENING COASTAL LOW. TEMPS WILL CRASH WITH THE ARRIVAL
OF THE 85H SURGE WITH MID/UPPER TEENS LIKELY WEST FOR LOWS BUT
LIKELY HELD UP SOME OUT EAST WHERE THE COLDEST AIR WONT ARRIVE
UNTIL JUST BEFORE DAWN.
AT THE SURFACE WEDNESDAY...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE
PUSHING NORTHEAST OFFSHORE AND DEEPENING RAPIDLY. WHILE THE UPPER
LOW WILL BE CROSSING THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. THIS WILL LEAVE THE
FORECAST AREA IN AN UPSLOPE SNOW REGIME ONCE AGAIN AS WRAP AROUND
MOISTURE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW REMAINS IN THE WEST. AS A
RESULT...UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR IN SOUTHEAST WEST
VIRGINIA SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS
WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE A GOOD TRAJECTORY OFF OF LAKE MICHIGAN ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. THESE
UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL
TAPER OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. HPC GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A POTENTIAL
FOR UP TO 6 INCHES ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH THIS TIME
PERIOD.
STRONG COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE
OF THE COLD FRONT. 85H TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE -16 TO -12 C
RANGE. A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL DEVELOP WITH 85H WINDS INCREASING
INTO THE 50 TO 60 KNOTS RANGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THESE REASONS
ALONG WITH RAPID PRESSURE RISES OF 4 TO 7MB...WINDS COULD POSSIBLY
REACH INTO WARNING CRITERIA. AT THIS TIME...HAVE HOISTED A HIGH WIND
WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...BELIEVE THE
HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL IMPACT THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS AND ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE RIDGES.
WIND CHILLS COULD ALSO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT
WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION IN THE HWO FOR NOW.
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...THE LOW WILL BE FURTHER OUT OVER THE
ATLANTIC WHILE THE AREA WILL BE IN TRANSITION AS A SURFACE RIDGE
TRIES TO PUSH INTO THE FORECAST AREA. UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WILL
DIMINISH BY THE EVENING THURSDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW SEASONAL NORMS.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY ALL WHILE A
DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SWINGS SOUTH OF THE AREA THROUGH
THE GULF COAST STATES. PRECIPITATION FROM THAT SYSTEM IS EXPECTED
TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA.
NORTHWEST FLOW INCREASES AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE
TROUGH SPINS OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THROUGH OUR REGION. TIMING
OF THIS FEATURE VARIES AMONG THE MODELS...BUT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS
IS A RETURN OF UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS FROM SE WV SOUTH INTO THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
FOR TEMPERATURES DURING THE PERIOD HAVE FAVORED NUMBERS IN LINE WITH
THE LATEST HPC GUIDANCE.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
STILL EXPECTING PRECIPITATION TO FILL IN AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 18-00Z. PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR LWB WILL BE
PRIMARILY SNOW. THE OTHER TAF SITES (BLF...LYH...ROA...DAN) WILL
BE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN. RECENT SATELLITE AND
TEMPERATURE TRENDS HAVE SHOWN WARM AIR ALOFT ADVANCING
NORTH THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC SO DAN AND BLF MAY CHANGE TO ONLY
RAIN AT BLF AND DAN BEFORE 00Z.
A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 00-06Z. THIS
WILL END ANY PRECIPITATION EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE BUT WILL LEAD IN
INCREASING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. BY THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD
SUSTAINED WINDS AT ALL TAF SITES WILL BE AT OR ABOVE 20 KNOTS.
GUSTS WILL LIKELY EXCEED 50 KNOTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN BY 12Z AT BLF AND LWB AND CONTINUE
INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL KEEP CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IFR
TO MVFR.
SHOULD SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT BY FRIDAY IN SE WV AS HIGH PRESSURE
MOVES IN.
&&
.EQUIPMENT...
MALFUNCTION OF THE NEW CEILOMETERS AT LYH...AND BLF HAS BEEN
REPORTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN REGION. THE CEILING
AT BLF IS NOW BEING REPORTED...AND APPEARS IN LINE WITH
SURROUNDING OBSERVATIONS. IF A DISCREPANCY IS NOTED...THE
CEILOMETER WILL NEED TO BE LOGGED OUT AGAIN. THE CEILING AT LYH
MAY NOT BE REPRESENTATIVE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHEN THE
CONTROL TOWER IS CLOSED.
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR VAZ010-011-
013-014-018>020-022>024-035.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-
043>047-058-059.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR VAZ012-
016-017.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR VAZ009-015.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR
VAZ032>034-043>047-058-059.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR VAZ007.
NC...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR NCZ001>006-018>020.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ002.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR
NCZ003>006-019-020.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ001-018.
WV...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR WVZ044.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR WVZ042>045.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR WVZ042-043-
045.
&&
SYNOPSIS...AMS/JH
NEAR TERM...AMS
SHORT TERM...JH/REB
LONG TERM...DS
AVIATION...AMS/REB
EQUIPMENT...Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 6:41 AM EST, 6 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 641 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 VAZ019-020-101145- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- 641 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL 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. WINTER STORM WARNING. HIGH WIND WATCH. .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. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL KEEP THE TEMPERATURES VERY COLD. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. WVZ045-101145- GREENBRIER- 641 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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. WINTER STORM WARNING. HIGH WIND WATCH. .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. WINTER STORM WARNING. HIGH WIND WATCH. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL KEEP THE TEMPERATURES VERY COLD. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. VAZ023-024-035-101145- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST- 641 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL 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. WINTER STORM WARNING. HIGH WIND WATCH. .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 WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. NCZ002-VAZ009-015-101145- ALLEGHANY NC-SMYTH-GRAYSON- 641 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND 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. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. HIGH WIND WATCH. .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. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. HIGH WIND WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-WVZ042-043-101145- ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-MERCER-SUMMERS- 641 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...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. WINTER STORM WARNING. HIGH WIND WATCH. .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. WINTER STORM WARNING. HIGH WIND WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. VAZ010-011-013-014-018-WVZ044-101145- BLAND-GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-MONROE- 641 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... 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. WINTER STORM WARNING. HIGH WIND WATCH. .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 WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. VAZ012-016-017-101145- WYTHE-CARROLL-FLOYD- 641 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... 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. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. HIGH WIND WATCH. .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 WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>034-043>047-059-101145- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-CHARLOTTE- 641 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL 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. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. HIGH WIND WATCH. .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 WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. VAZ022-101145- ROANOKE- 641 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL 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. WINTER STORM WARNING. HIGH WIND WATCH. .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 WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. VAZ058-101145- HALIFAX- 641 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL 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. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. HIGH WIND WATCH. .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 WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 3:56 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 18 hr |
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Sources
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