Alert archive / West Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Jan 29, 2012, 3:34 AM EST for Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia; Alleghany County, Bath County, City of Covington, Virginia. It took effect at Jan 29, 2012, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2012, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2012, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2012, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, City of Covington, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1298 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
946 WWUS71 KRNK 290834 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 334 AM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY...CROSSING THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS LATE IN THE DAY. A PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. VAZ019-020-WVZ042>045-291645- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0006.120129T2100Z-120130T0300Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 334 AM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND THE HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND UPSET UNSECURED OBJECTS. 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 WHEN DRIVING. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS. && $$ 11
4 follow-up statements
922 WWUS71 KRNK 291432 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 932 AM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY...CROSSING THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS LATE IN THE DAY. A PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. VAZ019-020-WVZ042>045-292245- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0006.120129T2100Z-120130T0300Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 932 AM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND THE HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND UPSET UNSECURED OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS. && $$ RCS
977 WWUS71 KRNK 291736 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1236 PM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY...CROSSING THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS LATE IN THE DAY. A PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. VAZ019-020-WVZ042>045-300145- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0006.120129T2100Z-120130T0300Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1236 PM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND THE HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND UPSET UNSECURED OBJECTS. 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 WHEN DRIVING. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS. && $$
628 WWUS71 KRNK 292056 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 356 PM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS INTO THIS EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CROSSING THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. VAZ019-020-WVZ042>045-300300- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0006.120129T2100Z-120130T0300Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 356 PM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND THE HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND UPSET UNSECURED OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS. && $$ RCS
368 WWUS71 KRNK 300250 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 950 PM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS LATE THIS EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. VAZ019-020-WVZ042>045-300600- /O.EXT.KRNK.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120130T0600Z/ ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 950 PM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND THE HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND UPSET UNSECURED OBJECTS. 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 WHEN DRIVING. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS. && $$
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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.