Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2011, 2:54 PM EDT for 31 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 2, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2011, 2:54 PM EDT (18:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
All 31 counties
Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
410 WWUS72 KRAH 011854 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 254 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-020930- /O.NEW.KRAH.WI.Y.0004.110402T1300Z-110402T2200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 254 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATION...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING 10 AM THROUGH 5 PM. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL TOPPLE TREES AND SOME POWER POLES. THIS WILL RESULT IN A FEW POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. && $$
6 follow-up statements
579 WWUS72 KRAH 020221 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1021 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-021000- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0004.110402T1300Z-110402T2200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1021 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATION...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING 10 AM THROUGH 5 PM. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...WHICH COULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING...MAINLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... WILL ALSO BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. && $$ MWS
016 WWUS72 KRAH 020732 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 332 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-022100- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0004.110402T1300Z-110402T2200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO... ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 332 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE BY 9 AM THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING BETWEEN 11 AM AND 4 PM. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL FROM RECENT RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES OR SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 95 WHERE CROSS WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. && $$ VINCENT
531 WWUS72 KRAH 020750 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 350 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>077-083>086-022100- /O.NEW.KRAH.FR.Y.0002.110403T0500Z-110403T1200Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0004.110402T1300Z-110402T2200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD 350 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATION...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE BY 9 AM THIS MORNING... WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING BETWEEN 11 AM AND 4 PM. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL FROM RECENT RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES OR SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 95 WHERE CROSS WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST. WINDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING...AND LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID 30S. THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED FROST DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OUTLYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NCZ078-088-089-022100- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0004.110402T1300Z-110402T2200Z/ WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 350 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE BY 9 AM THIS MORNING... WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING BETWEEN 11 AM AND 4 PM. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL FROM RECENT RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES OR SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 95 WHERE CROSS WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. $$ VINCENT
970 WWUS72 KRAH 021456 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1056 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... ...SCATTERED FROST LIKELY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY EARLY EVENING. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S WILL CAUSE PATCHY FROST TO DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>077-083>086-022200- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110402T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.FR.Y.0002.110403T0500Z-110403T1200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD 1056 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATION...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS OCCURRING BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL FROM RECENT RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES AND SOME POWER OUTAGES. ALSO THESE STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 95 WHERE CROSS WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST. WINDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING...AND LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID 30S. THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED FROST DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OUTLYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NCZ078-088-089-022200- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110402T2200Z/ WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1056 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS OCCURRING BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL FROM RECENT RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. ALSO...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 95 WHERE CROSS WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. $$
874 WWUS72 KRAH 021929 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 329 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET... ...SCATTERED FROST LIKELY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY EARLY EVENING. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S WILL CAUSE PATCHY FROST TO DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>077-083>086-030330- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110402T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.FR.Y.0002.110403T0500Z-110403T1200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD 329 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATION...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE QUICKLY WITH SUNSET. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 5 PM. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL FROM RECENT RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES AND SOME POWER OUTAGES. ALSO THESE STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 95 WHERE CROSS WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST. * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 30S. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW PATCHY FROST TO DEVELOP TOWARDS DAYBREAK...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OUTLYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND BLOSSOMS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NCZ078-088-089-022200- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110402T2200Z/ WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 329 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE QUICKLY WITH SUNSET. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 5 PM. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL FROM RECENT RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. ALSO...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 95 WHERE CROSS WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. $$ JO
939 WWUS72 KRAH 022201 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 601 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THROUGH 8 AM... .CLEARING SKIES AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATCHY FROST. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>077-083>086-030615- /O.EXP.KRAH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110402T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRAH.FR.Y.0002.110403T0500Z-110403T1200Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON- RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY... SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...WADESBORO...ROCKINGHAM... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD 601 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...AREAS ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN AND PIEDMONT WILL EXPERIENCE PATCHY FROST...ESPECIALLY IN OUTLYING AREAS. * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 30S. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW PATCHY FROST TO DEVELOP TOWARDS DAYBREAK...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OUTLYING AREAS. * IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION ALONG WITH EARLY BLOSSOMS COULD BE DAMAGED BY DEVELOPING FROST. SENSITIVE PLANTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS AND PROTECTED IF POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND BLOSSOMS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NCZ078-088-089-022315- /O.EXP.KRAH.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110402T2200Z/ WAYNE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDSBORO...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 601 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... WINDS ARE SLOWLY DECREASING WITH SUNSET AND GUSTS EARLY THIS EVENING AREA ALL UNDER 40 MPH. THE WIND ADVISORY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011
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.