Alert archive / West Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2011, 4:48 PM EST for 24 counties in West Virginia; Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia. It took effect at Feb 25, 2011, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2011, 4:48 PM EST (21:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2011, 2:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2011, 4:13 PM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
All 26 counties
Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Cabell County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wayne County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
510 WWUS71 KRLX 242148 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 448 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN REGION FRIDAY... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PULL A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION FIRST THING FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES. WVZ035>038-046-047-250600- /O.NEW.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.110225T1100Z-110225T2300Z/ RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE... MONTGOMERY...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN... MARLINTON...ELKINS 448 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...GUSTS TO 50 MPH MOST LIKELY FRIDAY MORNING...BUT GUSTS OVER 40 MPH PERSISTING WELL INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD DO SOME TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN SPORADIC OUTAGES 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. && $$ VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-008-013>020-024>034-039-040-250600- /O.NEW.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.110225T1100Z-110225T1900Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-JACKSON-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY- BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-UPSHUR- BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...KENOVA... CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...HARTS... ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...WEST HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SPENCER...ELIZABETH... GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON... GILBERT CREEK...CHATTAROY...AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...LOGAN... CHAPMANVILLE...MALLORY...SWITZER...HOLDEN...MAN...MADISON... CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...FLATWOODS...GLENVILLE... WESTON...CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH...GARY...WAR... MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON 448 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MUCH OF THE LOWLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING...WITH DIMINISHING WINDS DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD DO SOME TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN SPORADIC OUTAGES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TRM
5 follow-up statements
652 WWUS71 KRLX 250241 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 941 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN REGION FRIDAY... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PULL A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION FIRST THING FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES. WVZ035>038-046-047-251045- /O.EXT.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.110225T0700Z-110225T2300Z/ RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE... MONTGOMERY...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN... MARLINTON...ELKINS 941 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...GUSTS TO 50 MPH MOST LIKELY FRIDAY MORNING...BUT GUSTS OVER 40 MPH PERSISTING WELL INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD DO SOME TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN SPORADIC OUTAGES 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. && $$ VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-008-013>020-024>034-039-040-251045- /O.EXT.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.110225T0700Z-110225T1900Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-JACKSON-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY- BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-UPSHUR- BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...KENOVA... CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...HARTS... ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...WEST HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SPENCER...ELIZABETH... GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON... GILBERT CREEK...CHATTAROY...AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...LOGAN... CHAPMANVILLE...MALLORY...SWITZER...HOLDEN...MAN...MADISON... CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...FLATWOODS...GLENVILLE... WESTON...CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH...GARY...WAR... MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON 941 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EST FRIDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MUCH OF THE LOWLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING...WITH DIMINISHING WINDS DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD DO SOME TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN SPORADIC OUTAGES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
806 WWUS71 KRLX 250911 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 411 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN REGION FRIDAY... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PULL A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION FIRST THING FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES. WVZ035>038-046-047-251715- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T2300Z/ RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE... MONTGOMERY...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN... MARLINTON...ELKINS 411 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTH TURNING WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...GUSTS TO 50 MPH MOST LIKELY FRIDAY MORNING...BUT GUSTS OVER 40 MPH PERSISTING WELL INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN SPORADIC OUTAGES. 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. && $$ VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-008-013>020-024>034-039-040-251715- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T1900Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-JACKSON-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY- BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-UPSHUR- BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...KENOVA... CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...HARTS... ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...WEST HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SPENCER...ELIZABETH... GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON... GILBERT CREEK...CHATTAROY...AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...LOGAN... CHAPMANVILLE...MALLORY...SWITZER...HOLDEN...MAN...MADISON... CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...FLATWOODS...GLENVILLE... WESTON...CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH...GARY...WAR... MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON 411 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MUCH OF THE LOWLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTH TURNING WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING...WITH DIMINISHING WINDS DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN SPORADIC OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
247 WWUS71 KRLX 251556 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1056 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...STRONG WINDS AFFECTING THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA CONTINUES TO BRING STRONG WINDS...IN THE WAKE OF ITS COLD FRONT HAVING BLOWN THROUGH THIS MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS...GUSTING TO 45 TO 50 MPH...WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THIS AFTERNOON. WVZ035>038-046-047-252300- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T2300Z/ RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE... MONTGOMERY...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN... MARLINTON...ELKINS 1056 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...MORNING GUSTS TO 50 MPH...BUT GUSTS OVER 40 MPH PERSISTING WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN SPORADIC OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-008-013>020-024>034-039-040-251900- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T1900Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-JACKSON-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY- BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-UPSHUR- BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...KENOVA... CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...HARTS... ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...WEST HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SPENCER...ELIZABETH... GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON... GILBERT CREEK...CHATTAROY...AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...LOGAN... CHAPMANVILLE...MALLORY...SWITZER...HOLDEN...MAN...MADISON... CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...FLATWOODS...GLENVILLE... WESTON...CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH...GARY...WAR... MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON 1056 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND MUCH OF THE LOWLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST GUSTS CONTINUING THROUGH ABOUT NOON...FOLLOWED BY DIMINISHING WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN SPORADIC OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TRM
614 WWUS71 KRLX 251901 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 201 PM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...STRONG WINDS AFFECTING THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA. THE STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WERE STARTING TO DIMINISH..AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. VAZ003-004-WVZ005-006-008-013>020-024>034-039-040-252015- /O.EXP.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T1900Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-JACKSON-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA- ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY- BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-UPSHUR- BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...KENOVA... CEREDO...WAYNE...HUNTINGTON...RAVENSWOOD...RIPLEY...HARTS... ALUM CREEK...HAMLIN...WEST HAMLIN...TEAYS VALLEY...HURRICANE... CHARLESTON...SOUTH CHARLESTON...SPENCER...ELIZABETH... GRANTSVILLE...HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...WILLIAMSON... GILBERT CREEK...CHATTAROY...AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE...LOGAN... CHAPMANVILLE...MALLORY...SWITZER...HOLDEN...MAN...MADISON... CLAY...SUTTON...GASSAWAY...BURNSVILLE...FLATWOODS...GLENVILLE... WESTON...CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...WELCH...GARY...WAR... MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON 201 PM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRES AT 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 30 MPH OR LESS...AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ WVZ035>038-046-047-252300- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T2300Z/ RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE... MONTGOMERY...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN... MARLINTON...ELKINS 201 PM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...GUSTS TO 50 MPH EARLY ON WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON......BUT GUSTS OVER 40 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...BEFORE DIMINISHING FURTHER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN SPORADIC OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TRM
039 WWUS71 KRLX 252113 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 413 PM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS IS CANCELED... .THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT CAUSED THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE AREA EARLIER CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS A RESULT. WVZ035>038-046-047-252215- /O.CAN.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T2300Z/ RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE... MONTGOMERY...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN... MARLINTON...ELKINS 413 PM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. AS THE STRONG WINDS OF EARLIER CONTINUE TO DIMINISH...THE WIND ADVISORY IS ENDED EARLY. $$ TRM
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.