Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind warning at Nov 28, 2011, 11:52 AM EST for Mercer County, West Virginia; Bland County, Smyth County, Tazewell County, Virginia. It took effect at Nov 28, 2011, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr. 2 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
- Nov 28, 2011, 11:52 AM EST (16:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 28, 2011, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2011, 4:07 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Bland County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 6:40 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Mechanicsburg, VA | POWER OUTAGES DUE TO TREES DOWN IN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY...MOST IN MECHANICSBURG AREA. |
| Nov 29, 12:16 AM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Athens, WV | TREES DOWN ON BENT MOUNTAIN ROAD IN LERONA. |
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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
617 WWUS71 KRNK 281652 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1152 AM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH GEORGIA WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL PRODUCE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND RESULT IN PERIODS OF SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. VAZ007-009-010-WVZ042-290100- /O.UPG.KRNK.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111129T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0009.111128T2100Z-111129T1100Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP 1152 AM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTHWEST DOWNSLOPE SIDES OF THE THE HIGHER RIDGES SUCH AS THE SUGAR GROVE...TAZEWELL AND BLUEFIELD AREAS. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN 600 PM AND MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES LIKELY. POSSIBLE DOWNED POWER LINES AND OTHER WIND DAMAGE. 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. && $$ VAZ011-013-014-017>020-WVZ044-290100- /O.EXB.KRNK.WI.Y.0027.111128T2100Z-111129T1100Z/ GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...RADFORD...PULASKI... BLACKSBURG...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...UNION 1152 AM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...MAINLY ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ012-015-016-290100- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111129T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-WYTHE-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... WYTHEVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX 1152 AM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA BORDER AREAS. * HAZARDS...STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH MAINLY ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
146 WWUS71 KRNK 282039 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 339 PM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL KEEP A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND RESULT IN PERIODS OF SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. VAZ007-009-010-WVZ042-290445- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0009.111128T2100Z-111129T1100Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP 339 PM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTHWEST DOWNSLOPE SIDES OF THE THE HIGHER RIDGES SUCH AS THE SUGAR GROVE...TAZEWELL AND BLUEFIELD AREAS. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN 600 PM AND MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES LIKELY. POSSIBLE DOWNED POWER LINES AND OTHER WIND DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ012-015-016-290445- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111129T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-WYTHE-GRAYSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... WYTHEVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX 339 PM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA BORDER AREAS. * HAZARDS...STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH MAINLY IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$ VAZ011-013-014-017>020-WVZ044-290445- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0027.111128T2100Z-111129T1100Z/ GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...RADFORD...PULASKI... BLACKSBURG...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...UNION 339 PM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH MAINLY IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET...AND DOWNSLOPE NORTHWEST SIDES OF THE HIGHER RIDGE LINES. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
187 WWUS71 KRNK 290322 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1022 PM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL KEEP A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND RESULT IN PERIODS OF SOUTHEASTERLY WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. VAZ007-009-010-WVZ042-291100- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111129T1100Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP 1022 PM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTHWEST DOWNSLOPE SIDES OF THE THE HIGHER RIDGES SUCH AS THE SUGAR GROVE...TAZEWELL AND BLUEFIELD AREAS. * HAZARDS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN 600 PM AND MIDNIGHT...DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES LIKELY. POSSIBLE DOWNED POWER LINES AND OTHER WIND DAMAGE. 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. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ011>020-WVZ044-291100- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111129T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...UNION 1022 PM EST MON NOV 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH MAINLY IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET...AND DOWNSLOPE NORTHWEST SIDES OF THE HIGHER RIDGE LINES. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...DIMINISHING OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND DIMINISHING OVER SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AFTER 300 AM. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
116 WWUS71 KRNK 290907 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 407 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING. VAZ007-009-010-WVZ042-291015- /O.CAN.KRNK.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111129T1100Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP 407 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH RESULTING IN LOWER WIND SPEEDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ011>017-291015- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111129T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON- CARROLL-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD 407 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH...RESULTING IN LOWER WIND SPEEDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. $$ VAZ018>020-WVZ044-291100- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111129T1100Z/ CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...UNION 407 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...POSSIBLE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 11:42 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin and 13 more | 18 hr |
| Nov 28, 5:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, City of Galax | 84 min |
| Nov 28, 5:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax | 12 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Virginia, 2011High Wind Warnings in West Virginia, 2011Every high wind warning 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.