Alert archive / North Carolina / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind warning at Feb 3, 2013, 5:44 PM EST for Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Grayson County, Virginia. It was in force for 10 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2013, 5:44 PM EST (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2013, 3:45 AM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Grayson County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 7:35 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Boone, NC | WIND GUST MEASURED AT KTNB |
| Feb 3, 8:17 PM EST | SNOW 12 | Beech Mountain, NC | |
| Feb 3, 11:47 PM EST | SNOW 9 | Sugar Grove, NC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
085 WWUS71 KRNK 032244 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 544 PM EST SUN FEB 3 2013 NCZ001-018-VAZ015-040645- /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0003.130203T2244Z-130204T1200Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 544 PM EST SUN FEB 3 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...WINDS GUSTING TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM NOW TO MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE TOPPLED. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
110 WWUS71 KRNK 032244 CCA NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 544 PM EST SUN FEB 3 2013 NCZ001-018-VAZ015-040645- /O.COR.KRNK.HW.W.0003.130203T2244Z-130204T1200Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 544 PM EST SUN FEB 3 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...WINDS GUSTING TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM NOW TO MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE TOPPLED. LOW VISIBILITIES AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. && $$
957 WWUS71 KRNK 040610 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 110 AM EST MON FEB 4 2013 NCZ001-018-VAZ015-041200- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130204T1200Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 110 AM EST MON FEB 4 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...WINDS GUSTING TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE TOPPLED. LOW VISIBILITIES AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. 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. && $$ 07
266 WWUS71 KRNK 040845 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 345 AM EST MON FEB 4 2013 NCZ001-018-VAZ015-040945- /O.CAN.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130204T1200Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 345 AM EST MON FEB 4 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 11:46 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 16 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 10 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2013High Wind Warnings in Virginia, 2013Every high wind warning in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.