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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Nov 29, 2010, 3:20 AM EST for Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Summers County, West Virginia; 4 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Nov 29, 2010, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2010, 3:20 AM EST (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 29, 2010, 5:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2010, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Bland County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
002 WWUS71 KRNK 290820 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 320 AM EST MON NOV 29 2010 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO TUESDAY... .STRENGYHENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AREA SITUATED OVER THE MID ATLANTIC...WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY...AND ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-010-015-WVZ042-043-045-291630- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.101129T2200Z-101201T0200Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...BLAND...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 320 AM EST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST TUESDAY. * SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES...AND BETWEEN MOUNTAIN GAPS THAT FACE SOUTHEAST. * THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. * WINDS THIS STRONG WILL BRING A FEW SMALL OR DEAD TREES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. * GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ACROSS CENTRAL TAZEWELL COUNTY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
7 follow-up statements
796 WWUS71 KRNK 291450 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 950 AM EST MON NOV 29 2010 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO TUESDAY... .STRENGYHENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AREA SITUATED OVER THE MID ATLANTIC...WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY...AND ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-010-015-WVZ042-043-045-292300- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.101129T2200Z-101201T0200Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...BLAND...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 950 AM EST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST TUESDAY. * SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES...AND BETWEEN MOUNTAIN GAPS THAT FACE SOUTHEAST. * THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. * WINDS THIS STRONG WILL BRING A FEW SMALL OR DEAD TREES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. * GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ACROSS CENTRAL TAZEWELL COUNTY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RCS
784 WWUS71 KRNK 292157 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 457 PM EST MON NOV 29 2010 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO TUESDAY... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AREA SITUATED OVER THE MID ATLANTIC...WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY...AND ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-010-015-WVZ042-043-045-300600- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.101129T2200Z-101201T0200Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...BLAND...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 457 PM EST MON NOV 29 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST TUESDAY. * SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES...AND BETWEEN MOUNTAIN GAPS THAT FACE SOUTHEAST. * THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. * WINDS THIS STRONG WILL BRING A FEW SMALL OR DEAD TREES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. * GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ACROSS CENTRAL TAZEWELL COUNTY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
283 WWUS71 KRNK 300534 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1234 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AREA SITUATED OVER THE NEW ENGLAND...WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS INTO TUESDAY. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-010-015-WVZ042-043-045-301345- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-101201T0200Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...BLAND...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 1234 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES...AND BETWEEN MOUNTAIN GAPS THAT FACE SOUTHEAST. * WINDS THIS STRONG WILL BRING A FEW SMALL OR DEAD TREES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. * GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ACROSS CENTRAL TAZEWELL COUNTY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
363 WWUS71 KRNK 300910 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 410 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY. AHEAD OF IT...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN HIGH. THE GRADIENT WEAKENS BY THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT PUSHES ACROSS. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-010-015-WVZ042-043-045-301715- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-101201T0200Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...BLAND...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 410 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TODAY. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND BETWEEN MOUNTAIN GAPS THAT FACE SOUTHEAST. * WINDS THIS STRONG COULD DOWN SMALL OR DEAD TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. * GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ACROSS PORTIONS OF TAZEWELL COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
191 WWUS71 KRNK 301526 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1026 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS LATE TODAY. AHEAD OF IT...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN HIGH. THE GRADIENT WEAKENS BY THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT PUSHES ACROSS. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-010-015-WVZ042-043-045-302330- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-101201T0200Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...BLAND...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 1026 AM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TODAY. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND BETWEEN MOUNTAIN GAPS THAT FACE SOUTHEAST. * WINDS THIS STRONG COULD DOWN SMALL OR DEAD TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. * GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ACROSS PORTIONS OF TAZEWELL COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RCS
340 WWUS71 KRNK 302247 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 547 PM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-010-015-WVZ042-043-045-010200- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-101201T0200Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...BLAND...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 547 PM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND BETWEEN MOUNTAIN GAPS THAT FACE SOUTHEAST. * WINDS THIS STRONG COULD DOWN SMALL OR DEAD TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GUSTING TO 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AMS
858 WWUS71 KRNK 010148 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 848 PM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-010-015-WVZ042-043-045-010300- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-101201T0200Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...BLAND...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 848 PM EST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * ONCE THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THROUGH...AROUND 2AM...WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO THE WEST. $$ AMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 3:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 50 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.