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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this heat advisory at Jun 29, 2012, 3:33 PM EDT for 18 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 30, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2012, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 30, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 23 counties
Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Campbell County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Franklin County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
128 WWUS71 KRNK 291933 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 333 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AND HEAT ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... NCZ006-VAZ047-058-059-300345- /O.NEW.KRNK.EH.W.0001.120630T1800Z-120701T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120630T0000Z/ CASWELL-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YANCEYVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 333 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 112 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100... AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 70. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ NCZ004-005-020-VAZ022>024-033>035-043>046-300345- /O.NEW.KRNK.HT.Y.0002.120630T1800Z-120701T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120630T0000Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...YADKINVILLE... ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 333 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 109 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ032-300345- /O.NEW.KRNK.HT.Y.0002.120630T1800Z-120701T0000Z/ SURRY-WILKES-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...STUART 333 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 108 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$
5 follow-up statements
803 WWUS71 KRNK 300004 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 804 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AND HEAT ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... NCZ006-VAZ047-058-059-300815- /O.CAN.KRNK.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120630T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.EH.W.0001.120630T1800Z-120701T0000Z/ CASWELL-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YANCEYVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 804 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HEAT ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 112 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 90... AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 70. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ NCZ004-005-020-VAZ022>024-033>035-043>046-300815- /O.CAN.KRNK.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120630T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HT.Y.0002.120630T1800Z-120701T0000Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...YADKINVILLE... ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 804 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HEAT ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 109 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ032-300815- /O.CON.KRNK.HT.Y.0002.120630T1800Z-120701T0000Z/ SURRY-WILKES-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...STUART 804 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 108 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$
382 WWUS71 KRNK 300927 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 527 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AND HEAT ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... VAZ044-046-301730- /O.UPG.KRNK.HT.Y.0002.120630T1800Z-120701T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KRNK.EH.W.0001.120630T1800Z-120701T0000Z/ PITTSYLVANIA-APPOMATTOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANVILLE...APPOMATTOX 527 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 112 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 AND DEWPOINTS NEAR 70 DEGREES. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. * HAZARDS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ NCZ006-VAZ047-058-059-301730- /O.CON.KRNK.EH.W.0001.120630T1800Z-120701T0000Z/ CASWELL-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YANCEYVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 527 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH CONTINUES THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 112 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100... AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 70. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ NCZ003>005-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043-045-301730- /O.CON.KRNK.HT.Y.0002.120630T1800Z-120701T0000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-CAMPBELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST... MARTINSVILLE...LYNCHBURG 527 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH CONTINUES A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 109 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$
536 WWUS71 KRNK 301549 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1149 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AND HEAT ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY... NCZ006-VAZ044-046-047-058-059-010000- /O.CON.KRNK.EH.W.0001.120630T1800Z-120701T0000Z/ CASWELL-PITTSYLVANIA-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YANCEYVILLE...DANVILLE...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1149 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 112 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100...AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 70. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ NCZ003>005-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043-045-010000- /O.CON.KRNK.HT.Y.0002.120630T1800Z-120701T0000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-CAMPBELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST... MARTINSVILLE...LYNCHBURG 1149 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 109 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$
324 WWUS71 KRNK 301906 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 306 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...VERY HOT WEATHER PERSISTS... NCZ006-VAZ044-058-059-010315- /O.NEW.KRNK.HT.Y.0003.120701T1800Z-120702T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120701T0000Z/ CASWELL-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YANCEYVILLE...DANVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON... KEYSVILLE 306 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 112 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100...AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 70 THROUGH LATE TODAY. BETWEEN 105 AND 108 AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ VAZ046-047-010000- /O.CON.KRNK.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120701T0000Z/ APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...APPOMATTOX 306 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 112 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100... AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 70. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ NCZ004-005-VAZ043-010315- /O.NEW.KRNK.HT.Y.0003.120701T1800Z-120702T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120701T0000Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...MARTINSVILLE 306 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 108 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$ NCZ003-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-045-010000- /O.CON.KRNK.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120701T0000Z/ SURRY-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-CAMPBELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...LYNCHBURG 306 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 109 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOTTEST AND HEAT INDICIES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK IN ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1. && $$
030 WWUS71 KRNK 302340 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 740 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...VERY HOT WEATHER PERSISTS... NCZ006-VAZ044-058-059-010745- /O.EXP.KRNK.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120701T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HT.Y.0003.120701T1800Z-120702T0000Z/ CASWELL-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YANCEYVILLE...DANVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON... KEYSVILLE 740 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 108 SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDICES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE USUALLY THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION...CRAMPS...OR IN EXTREME CASES HEAT STROKE CAN RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ VAZ046-047-010045- /O.EXP.KRNK.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120701T0000Z/ APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...APPOMATTOX 740 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HEAT INDICES HAVE DROPPED BELOW 105 DEGREES. THEREFORE THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NCZ004-005-VAZ043-010745- /O.EXP.KRNK.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120701T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HT.Y.0003.120701T1800Z-120702T0000Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...MARTINSVILLE 740 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA... SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 108 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDICES WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES LIKE HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE CAN OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE USUALLY THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION...CRAMPS...OR IN EXTREME CASES HEAT STROKE CAN RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ NCZ003-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-045-010045- /O.EXP.KRNK.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120701T0000Z/ SURRY-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-CAMPBELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...LYNCHBURG 740 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HEAT INDICES HAVE DROPPED BELOW 105 DEGREES. THEREFORE THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Jun 29, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
149 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD EAST TOWARD THE
MID APPALACHIAN AND MID ATLANTIC REGION INTO THE WEEKEND
..BRINGING RECORD HEAT TO THE REGION.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 130 PM EDT FRIDAY...
EXPANDED THE HEAT ADVISORY WESTWARD WITH DEW POINTS AND
TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO CLIMB THIS AFTERNOON. ADJUSTED
TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINT ACCORDING TO LAST MODEL AND OBS TREND.
WILL BE ADDING SOME POPS TO TONIGHT FORECAST WITH MCS TO OUR WEST
PROGGED TO DROP SOUTHEAST.
AS OF 930 AM EDT FRIDAY...
CHECK LASTEST PNS ON POSSIBLE NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
THIS MORNING AT ROA...BLF AND BCB. IT IS ALREADY AT 90 DEGREES AT
ROANOKE THIS MORNING.
UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OVER OUR REGION TODAY WILL RESULT IN RECORD
WARMTH ACROSS OUR AREA. SEE CLIMATE SECTION. HEAT ADVISORY OUT FOR
LOCATIONS WHICH WILL REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 105 TO 110 THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS MAY BE EXPANDED WESTWARD DEPENDING ON TEMPERATURE
TRENDS.
COOLING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. NSSL WRF AND ARW WRF GENERATE A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS
ENTERING THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST EARLY THIS
LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK WAVE ACROSS
THE MS VALLEY. SWODY1 HAS EXTENDED SLIGHT RISK SOUTHEAST INTO
OUR CWA. MOST OF THE STORMS LAST NIGHT STAYED NORTH OF CWA...WILL
MONITOR AS DAY PROGRESS FOR ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS. ADJUSTED
TEMPERATURES AND CLOUD COVER(ADDITIONAL CLOUDS ACROSS NORTH) FOR
THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. MORE ADJUSTMENT LATER TODAY.
AS OF 330 AM EDT FRIDAY...
RARE LATE JUNE HEAT WAVE GAINS STRENGTH OVER THE FORECAST AREA TODAY
AS 850MB TEMPS WARM TO OVER 3 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL...PER
THE GEFS. IN ADDITION...A DEEP DOWNSLOPING NORTHWEST FLOW AND
COMPRESSIONAL WARMING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT TO OUR NORTH WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO THE RECORD WARMTH. WITH PRE-DAWN TEMPERATURES STILL
AOA 80 DEGREES AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS...EXPECT SEVERAL RECORD HIGHS TO
FALL TODAY (SEE CLIMATE SECTION FOR 6/29 RECORDS). AS GUIDANCE
CONTINUES TO TREND UPWARD WITH EACH RUN...PUSHED UP HIGHS ANOTHER
DEGREE OR SO FOR MOST LOCATIONS TODAY.
THE DEW POINT FORECAST TODAY WILL BE THE KEY ON WHETHER HEAT
ADVISORY CRITERIA (HI VALUES OF 105-110) IS REACHED. WITH DEEP
MIXING...UNDERCUT GUIDANCE DEW POINT FORECAST BY A COUPLE OF
DEGREES...WHICH STILL RESULTS IN FORECAST HEAT INDICIES AROUND 105
FOR THE FAR EASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. THEREFORE...WILL
ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON. IF DEW POINTS
DO NOT FALL TO FORECAST LEVELS...THIS AREA MAY NEED TO BE
EXPANDED.
TO PUT INTO CONTEXT HOW IMPRESSIVE THIS WARMTH IS...IF ROANOKE
REACHES OR EXCEEDS 100 TODAY...IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS
HAPPENED IN JUNE SINCE 1959. IN 100 YEARS OF RECORDS AT ROANOKE...A
100 DEGREE DAY IN JUNE HAS ONLY BEEN DOCUMENTED 13 TIMES (TWICE IN
JUNE IN 1930, 1931, 1934 AND 1936)
KFCX VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWS 35-40KT WINDS 2K FT OFF THE SFC WHICH
HAS GENERATED SOME IMPRESSIVE WIND GUSTS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATION
SITES. THE LOCAL WRF MODEL HAS CAPTURED THIS WELL...AND SHOWS THESE
WIND WEAKENING IN THE AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS AND DEW POINTS
IN THE MID-UPPER 60S WILL GENERATE RH VALUES AS LOW AS 25-30 PERCENT
IN SOME AREAS.
THE NEXT CONCERN IS THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON/TONIGHT. SEVERAL HIGH-RES MODELS INCLUDING THE NSSL WRF
AND ARW WRF GENERATE A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING THE
FORECAST AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST EARLY THIS EVENING/LATE AFTERNOON
ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK WAVE ACROSS THE MS VALLEY. THE NAM AND RNK
WRF KEEP ANY PRECIP EAST OF THE REGION SIMILIAR TO WHERE SOME LIGHT
RETURNS WERE SEEN ON RADAR EARLY THIS MORNING WITH A WAVE MOVING
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE. FOR NOW WILL
FOLLOW THE DRIER NAM/LOCAL WRF SOLUTION...BUT THIS WILL ALSO NEED TO
BE MONITORED CLOSELY.
WITH LIGHTER WINDS ANTICIPATED TONIGHT...TEMPS SHOULD BE COOLER
SATURDAY MORNING...BUT STILL LEANED TOWARD THE WARMER NAM MOS AND
LOCALLY DERVIED MOS FOR LOWS TONIGHT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 330 AM EDT FRIDAY...
THIS VERY WELL COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE HEAT WAVES FOR
THE AREA IN A GENERATION. MANY YEARS FROM NOW...CAN IMAGINE MOST
PEOPLE SAYING THAT AROUND THE 4TH OF JULY 2012 WAS THE HOTTEST I
COULD EVER REMEMBER. CURRENTLY...OUR FORECAST HAS ROANOKE CROSSING
100F THE FINAL TWO DAYS OF JUNE. STORMS MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL THE
EVENING SATURDAY AND ONLY SCATTERED AT BEST SUCH THAT THEY WON'T
INTERFERE WITH HISTORY. THE LAST TIME ROANOKE RECORDED TWO 100F DAYS
IN JUNE WAS 1936! WITH VERY DEEP MIXING AND A DOWNSLOPING
WIND...DEWPOINTS WILL BE HELD DOWN SUCH THAT A HEAT ADVISORY WILL
ONLY BE VALID SOUTH AND EAST BASED ON CRITERIA OF 105F+ FOR 3 HOURS.
BOTH THE NAM/GFS HAVE COME INTO GOOD AGREEMENT REGARDING A WAVE
DROPPING THROUGH WEST VA...LEADING TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS SE WEST VA. BASED UPON SPC'S
SLT RISK...AND SLAM DUNK HIGH INSTABILITY...WENT AHEAD AND PUT A
SEVERE MENTION IN THE WX GRIDS FOR PARTS OF SE WEST VA SAT NIGHT.
H85 TEMPS ARE ABOUT 3C COOLER ON SUNDAY AND EVEN MORE SO ON MONDAY.
SO IT DOES APPEAR AS SATURDAY WILL BE THE HOTTEST DAY. ALSO A BETTER
CHANCE OF STORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL KEEP TEMPS OFF THE 100F
PACE...EXCEPT FOR PERHAPS THE SOUTHSIDE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 150 PM EDT THURSDAY...
LONG TERM PERIOD WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY STRONG UPPER RIDGING
EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS EAST AND SOUTHEAST
INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. BLACKSBURG FORECAST AREA EXPECTED
TO RESIDE ALONG NORTHEASTERN PERIPHERY OF HEAT DOME...MAKING IT
SUCCEPTABLE TO RIDGE RUNNERS RIDING ALONG NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF
UPPER RIDGE BEFORE TURNING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC REGION.
INTENSITY AND EXTENT OF UPPER RIDGE WILL BE CRITICAL IN DETERMINING
WHETHER FORECAST AREA ENCOUNTERS WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH
LOW THREAT FOR MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN MOUNTAIN SHOWERS/STORMS...OR
WHETHER RIDGE AXIS NUDGES EVEN FURTHER NORTH AND EAST THAN CURRENT
INDICATIONS...RESULTING IN PROLONGED PERIOD OF RECORD HEAT WITH NO
RAINFALL THREAT DUE TO AUGMENTED WARM CAP BETWEEN 850 AND 700
MILLIBARS.
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SUFFICIENT PACIFIC TROFFING WILL
EXIST TO PUMP UP DOWNSTREAM RIDGE OVER CENTRAL PORTION OF THE
NATION TO INCREASE SUCCEPTABILITY OF NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF
NATION FOR DOWNSTREAM TROFFING WITH PASSAGE OF EACH SHORT WAVE TROF.
THIS WOULD KEEP BLACKSBURG AREA INBETWEEN AREA WHERE PROLONGED
RECORD HEAT IS EXPECTED AND RELATIVELY COOLER TEMPERATURES TO OUR
NORTH. MATTER OF FACT...REAMPLIFICATION OF UPPER RIDGE OVER THE
CENTRAL PORTION OF THE NATION MAY BECOME SO PRONOUNCED BY MID TO
LATE WEEK THAT EASTERN RIDGE AXIS IS SHUNTED TOWARD THE GULF
COAST...OPENING THE DOOR TO INTRUSION OF MODIFIED AIR VIA BACKDOOR
COLD FRONT...MOST NOTABLY ON THURSDAY.
AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE...WILL CONTINUE TO RUN WITH THREAT FOR
DIURNALLY DRIVEN ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS...
MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS...THROUGH THE PERIOD SINCE CAP ALONG
NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF HEAT DOME MAY VERY WELL BE BROKEN ON A DAILY
BASIS...ESPECIALLY IF ANY NORTHERN STREAM WAVES CAN DRIVE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES SOUTH INTO THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND WITH THREAT
OF AN ACTUAL FRONTAL PASSAGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY.
ASSUMING NO SIGNIFICANT INTRUSION OF STRONG NORTHERN STREAM OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES UNTIL FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL BE WELL
ABOVE NORMAL...PERHAPS FLIRTING WITH RECORDS IN SOME LOCATIONS
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MAINLY 80S TO LOWER 90S IN THE MOUNTAINS TO A
COUPLE OF DEGREES EITHER SIDE OF 100F ACROSS THE PIEDMONT...THEN
APPROXIMATELY 5F COOLER FOLLOWING COOL FRONT ON THURSDAY. OVERNIGHT
LOWS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 60S IN THE
MOUNTAINS...WITH LOWER TO MID 70S EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
DEW POINT TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN JUST
ENOUGH TO PREVENT APPARENT TEMPERATURES FROM TRIPPING THE 105F HEAT
ADVISORY LEVEL...BUT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY WATCHED ON A DAILY
BASIS SINCE IT WILL BE CLOSE...AT LEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
COUNTIES.
HPC GUIDANCE USED TO POPULATE LONG RANGE GRIDDED FIELDS...WITH ONLY
SUBTLE TWEAKS TO REFLECT TOPOGRAPHICALLY DRIVEN LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL
BIASES AS/WHERE APPROPRIATE.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 140 PM EDT FRIDAY...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD
WITH PERIODS OF HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ANTICIPATED INTO TONIGHT. MCS
OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS MAY POSE A THREAT FOR NORTHERN TAF SITES
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AT LWB. WILL LEAVE OUT MENTION IN TAF UNTIL
WORK OUT TIMING AND TRACK OF STORMS.
THE UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA FOR MUCH OF THE
WEEKEND...BUT SLOWLY WEAKEN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK ALLOWING FOR
MOISTURE TO INCREASE ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF BRIEF SUB-VFR IN
SCATTERED CONVECTION SATURDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORD HIGHS:
FRIDAY SATURDAY
BLACKSBURG 92/1966 92/1966
BLUEFIELD 86/1991 88/1969
DANVILLE 100/1986 103/1959
LYNCHBURG 104/1934 103/1936
ROANOKE 101/1934 104/1936
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR VAZ022>024-
033>035-043>047-058-059.
NC...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ004>006-020.
WV...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...PH
NEAR TERM...KK/PH
SHORT TERM...KM
LONG TERM...WERT
AVIATION...KK/PH
CLIMATE...Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 1:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 116 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 NCZ003-019-VAZ032-301730- SURRY-WILKES-PATRICK- 116 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES AND MODERATE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100 TO 105 THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE END OF THE WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>018-WVZ042-044-301730- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI- MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-MERCER-MONROE- 116 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ019-020-WVZ043-045-301730- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- 116 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY EVENING COULD BE SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ035-043>047-058-059-301730- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 116 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES AND MODERATE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100 TO 105 THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES COULD APPROACH TRIPLE DIGITS IN THE PIEDMONT EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 105 DEGREES AT TIMES DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ022>024-033-034-301730- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- 116 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES AND MODERATE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100 TO 105 THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE END OF THE WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:46 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 14 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:33 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 28 hr |
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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.