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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at May 15, 2013, 3:09 AM EDT for Grayson County, Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2013, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2013, 10:01 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 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 07:14 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 505 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
531 WWUS71 KRNK 150709 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 309 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013 ...STRONG WEST WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING... .THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING WEST WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE AND WARM AIR FLOODING INTO THE REGION WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET AND ALONG HIGHER WEST FACING PEAKS. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-151515- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.130515T0709Z-130515T1600Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 309 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. * LOCATIONS...HIGHER RIDGES ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HIGH COUNTRY AS WELL AS GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
035 WWUS71 KRNK 151132 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 732 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013 ...STRONG WEST WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS MORNING... .THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING WEST WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE AND WARM AIR FLOODING INTO THE REGION WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET AND ALONG HIGHER WEST FACING PEAKS MAINLY EARLY THIS MORNING. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-151600- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130515T1600Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 732 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER RIDGES ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HIGH COUNTRY AS WELL AS GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
380 WWUS71 KRNK 151401 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1001 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013 ...WIND SPEEDS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING... NCZ001-018-VAZ015-151515- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130515T1600Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 1001 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS INTO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
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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.