Alert archive / North Carolina / High Wind Watches in 2012
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind watch at Oct 27, 2012, 3:56 PM EDT for Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Grayson County, Virginia. It took effect at Oct 29, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2012, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2012, 3:35 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Grayson County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
271 WWUS71 KRNK 271956 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 356 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012 ...A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK... .THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE SANDY AND AN UPPER LOW MOVING INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION FROM THE WEST WILL COMBINE TO FORM A LARGE INTENSE CYCLONE. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING VERY STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-280400- /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.A.0002.121029T0400Z-121031T0000Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 356 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON HIGHLANDS. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...UPROOTED AND DOWNED TREES COULD LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. HEAVY SNOW ON TREES COULD COMPOUND THE THREAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ RCS
2 follow-up statements
164 WWUS71 KRNK 280159 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 959 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012 ...A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK... .THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE SANDY AND AN UPPER LOW MOVING INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION FROM THE WEST WILL COMBINE TO FORM A LARGE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING VERY STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-281100- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.A.0002.121029T0400Z-121031T0000Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 959 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON HIGHLANDS. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...UPROOTED AND DOWNED TREES COULD LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. HEAVY SNOW ON TREES COULD COMPOUND THE THREAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
265 WWUS71 KRNK 280735 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 335 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK... .THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE SANDY AND AN UPPER LOW MOVING INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION FROM THE WEST WILL COMBINE TO FORM A LARGE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING VERY STRONG...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-281545- /O.UPG.KRNK.HW.A.0002.121029T0400Z-121031T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0004.121029T0400Z-121031T0400Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 335 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON HIGHLANDS. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...UPROOTED AND DOWNED TREES COULD LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. HEAVY SNOW ON TREES COULD COMPOUND THE THREAT. 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. && $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-032>035-281545- /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0004.121029T0400Z-121031T0400Z/ SURRY-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...TAZEWELL... MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI... BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST 335 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELAVTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ESPECAILLY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...BEGINNING MONDAY AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...UPROOTED AND DOWNED TREES COULD LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. && $$ 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 4:20 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 25 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.