Alert archive / Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Jan 23, 2012, 8:57 AM EST for Mercer County, Summers County, West Virginia; 5 counties in Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2012, 8:57 AM EST (13:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Bland County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:14 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 388 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 422 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
096 WWUS71 KRNK 231357 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 857 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ON THE RIDGES THROUGH LATER TODAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY AND PASS ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL OCCUR ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHER WESTERN RIDGES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. VAZ007-009-010-WVZ042-043-045-232200- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.120123T1357Z-120123T2300Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 857 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...HIGHER WESTERN RIDGES AND ACROSS THE VALLEYS WHERE WINDS MAY CHANNEL. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES COULD BE DOWNED. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
997 WWUS71 KRNK 231843 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 143 PM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ON THE RIDGES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL OCCUR ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHER WESTERN RIDGES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. VAZ007-009-010-WVZ042-043-045-232300- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120123T2300Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 143 PM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER WESTERN RIDGES AND ACROSS THE VALLEYS WHERE WINDS MAY CHANNEL. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES COULD BE DOWNED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
473 WWUS71 KRNK 231914 AAA NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 214 PM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ON THE RIDGES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL OCCUR ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHER WESTERN RIDGES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ001-018-VAZ012-015-232300- /O.EXA.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120123T2300Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-WYTHE-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...WYTHEVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 214 PM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES COULD BE DOWNED. 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. && $$ VAZ007-009-010-WVZ042-043-045-232300- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120123T2300Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 214 PM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER WESTERN RIDGES AND ACROSS THE VALLEYS WHERE WINDS MAY CHANNEL. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES COULD BE DOWNED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
782 WWUS71 KRNK 232302 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 602 PM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...WINDS DIMINISH THIS EVENING... NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-015-WVZ042-043-045-240015- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120123T2300Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP... TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX... LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 602 PM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. ANY ADDITIONAL WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOWER THAN 30 MPH. $$
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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.