Alert archive / Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 22, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Aug 27, 2011, 4:55 AM EDT for 13 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Aug 27, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2011, 4:55 AM EDT (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 27, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2011, 8:59 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, Halifax County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 447 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
522 WWUS71 KRNK 270855 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 455 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED AROUND HURRICANE IRENE... .HURRICANE IRENE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA AND MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. VAZ046-047-058-059-271700- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0022.110827T1000Z-110828T0400Z/ APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 455 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRASH CANS AND OTHER OUTDOORS OBJECTS MAY BE MOVED BY THE WIND. 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. && $$ VAZ024-034-035-044-045-271700- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0022.110827T1000Z-110828T0400Z/ ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...BEDFORD... AMHERST...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG 455 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRASH CANS AND OTHER OUTDOORS OBJECTS MAY BE MOVED BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
086 WWUS71 KRNK 271458 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1058 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED AROUND HURRICANE IRENE... .HURRICANE IRENE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA AND MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. VAZ046-047-058-059-272300- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110828T0400Z/ APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1058 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRASH CANS AND OTHER OUTDOORS OBJECTS MAY BE MOVED BY THE WIND. ISOLATED DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS MAY CAUSE POWER 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. && $$ VAZ024-034-035-044-045-272300- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110828T0400Z/ ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...BEDFORD... AMHERST...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG 1058 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH MAINLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRASH CANS AND OTHER OUTDOORS OBJECTS MAY BE MOVED BY THE WIND. ISOLATED DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
113 WWUS71 KRNK 271732 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 132 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED AROUND HURRICANE IRENE... .HURRICANE IRENE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA AND MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. VAZ046-047-058-059-280145- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110828T0400Z/ APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 132 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS...WHICH MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND BLOCK ROADS. 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. && $$ VAZ024-034-035-044-045-280145- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110828T0400Z/ ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...BEDFORD... AMHERST...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG 132 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS...WHICH MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND BLOCK ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
625 WWUS71 KRNK 280059 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 859 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...WINDS DECREASING ACROSS THE REGION... .AS HURRICANE IRENE HEADS NORTHEAST ALONG THE EAST COAST...WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN SPEED LATER TONIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS...BUT SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. VAZ024-034-035-044>047-058-059-280200- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110828T0400Z/ ROCKBRIDGE-BEDFORD-AMHERST-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX- BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...BEDFORD... AMHERST...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON... KEYSVILLE 859 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WILL GUST MAINLY IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...SOME GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. $$ DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 3:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 79 min |
| Aug 27, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Halifax | 90 min |
| Aug 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 3 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.