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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2013, 5:36 AM EST for 4 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Surry County, Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2013, 5:36 AM EST (10:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2013, 11:23 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, Floyd County, VA, Patrick County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:33 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 1950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 96 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
882 WWUS71 KRNK 241036 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 536 AM EST THU JAN 24 2013 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND WILL BRING COLDER AIR BACK INTO THE AREA. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-241700- /O.UPG.KRNK.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130124T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0001.130124T1036Z-130124T1700Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 536 AM EST THU JAN 24 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS GRAYSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. * HAZARDS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. * TIMING...UNTIL NOON. * IMPACTS...EXERCISE CAUTION OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES THAT HAVE FALLEN ACROSS ROADS. 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. && $$ NCZ002-003-019-VAZ016-017-032-241700- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0002.130124T1036Z-130124T1700Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WILKES-CARROLL-FLOYD-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...GALAX... FLOYD...STUART 536 AM EST THU JAN 24 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE SOUTH OF ROANOKE AND INTO NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...DOWNED TREES LIMBS AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...UNTIL NOON. * IMPACTS...EXERCISE CAUTION OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT FOR DEBRIS IN THE ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
573 WWUS71 KRNK 241623 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1123 AM EST THU JAN 24 2013 NCZ001-018-VAZ015-241730- /O.CAN.KRNK.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130124T1700Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 1123 AM EST THU JAN 24 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. GUSTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL STILL APPROACH 40 MPH OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...BUT THE STRONGER WINDS OVER 50 MPH HAVE ENDED. $$ NCZ002-003-019-VAZ016-017-032-241730- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130124T1700Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WILKES-CARROLL-FLOYD-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...GALAX... FLOYD...STUART 1123 AM EST THU JAN 24 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL STILL OCCUR...BUT THE STRONGER GUSTS OVER 45 MPH HAVE ENDED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 5:36 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Grayson | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:52 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 30 more | 41 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.