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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2014, 4:26 AM EDT for Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; 8 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Apr 15, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2014, 4:26 AM EDT (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Floyd County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Roanoke County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
008 WWUS71 KRNK 150826 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 426 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY EVENING BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL QUICKLY TUESDAY NIGHT...NEARING FREEZING BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY THE COLD FRONT...FROM MID-AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BLUE RIDGE...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. VAZ022-152100- /O.UPG.KRNK.FZ.A.0001.140416T0700Z-140416T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.W.0001.140416T0700Z-140416T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.140415T1800Z-140416T0400Z/ ROANOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE...SALEM 426 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS FROM MID-AFTERNOON TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...VEGETATION SENSITIVE TO FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE DAMAGED. STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME WEAK OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ023-024-032>035-043>047-058-059-152100- /O.UPG.KRNK.FZ.A.0001.140416T0700Z-140416T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.W.0001.140416T0700Z-140416T1300Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 426 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VEGETATION SENSITIVE TO FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ014>017-152100- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.140415T1800Z-140416T0400Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... GALAX...FLOYD 426 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS FROM WATAUGA COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA NORTHEASTWARD TO ROANOKE COUNTY VIRGINIA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...FROM MID-AFTERNOON TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME WEAK OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
523 WWUS71 KRNK 151924 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 324 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WINDY THIS EVENING WITH FREEZING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT... .NORTHWEST WINDS ARE GOING TO INCREASE THROUGH EVENING WITH SOME GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...FROM ROANOKE SOUTH TO BOONE. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST TO THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES SLIP TO BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT LEADING TO A FREEZE. WITH HIGH PRESSURE SITUATED OVER THE REGION...TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN FALL BELOW FREEZING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. VAZ022-160330- /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.A.0002.140417T0600Z-140417T1300Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0001.140416T0700Z-140416T1300Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140416T0400Z/ ROANOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE...SALEM 324 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO THE MID 20S LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...VEGETATION SENSITIVE TO FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE DAMAGED. STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME WEAK OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ023-024-032>035-043>047-058-059-160330- /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.A.0002.140417T0600Z-140417T1300Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0001.140416T0700Z-140416T1300Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 324 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...MID 20S TO AROUND 30. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VEGETATION SENSITIVE TO FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ014>017-160330- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140416T0400Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... GALAX...FLOYD 324 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS FROM WATAUGA COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA NORTHEASTWARD TO ROANOKE COUNTY VIRGINIA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME WEAK OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$
716 WWUS71 KRNK 160121 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 921 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WINDY THIS EVENING WITH FREEZING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 OR 55 MPH AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ALONG THE RIDGES...FROM ROANOKE SOUTH TO BOONE. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AFTER MIDNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST TO THE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES SLIP TO BELOW FREEZING BY DAYBREAK LEADING TO FREEZING CONDITIONS. WITH HIGH PRESSURE SITUATED OVER THE REGION...TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN FALL BELOW FREEZING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. VAZ022-160930- /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0001.140416T0700Z-140416T1300Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140416T0400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.A.0002.140417T0600Z-140417T1300Z/ ROANOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE...SALEM 921 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO THE UPPER 20S LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...VEGETATION SENSITIVE TO FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE DAMAGED. STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME WEAK OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ023-024-032>035-043>047-058-059-160930- /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0001.140416T0700Z-140416T1300Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.A.0002.140417T0600Z-140417T1300Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 921 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...MID 20S TO AROUND 30. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VEGETATION SENSITIVE TO FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ014>017-160400- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140416T0400Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... GALAX...FLOYD 921 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS FROM WATAUGA COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA NORTHEASTWARD TO FLOYD COUNTY VIRGINIA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME WEAK OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$
676 WWUS71 KRNK 160336 AAA NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1136 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WINDS DIMINISHING WITH FREEZING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST TO THE MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO SLIP BELOW FREEZING BY DAYBREAK LEADING TO FREEZING CONDITIONS. WITH HIGH PRESSURE SITUATED OVER THE REGION...TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN FALL BELOW FREEZING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. VAZ022-161145- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140416T0400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0001.140416T0700Z-140416T1300Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.A.0002.140417T0600Z-140417T1300Z/ ROANOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE...SALEM 1136 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO THE UPPER 20S OVERNIGHT. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VEGETATION SENSITIVE TO FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ014>017-160445- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140416T0400Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... GALAX...FLOYD 1136 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AND BECOME LIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK. THUS THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ023-024-032>035-043>047-058-059-161145- /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0001.140416T0700Z-140416T1300Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.A.0002.140417T0600Z-140417T1300Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE... DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1136 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...MID 20S TO AROUND 30. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VEGETATION SENSITIVE TO FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 4:26 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 29 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 91 min |
| Apr 15, 3:24 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 13 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 6:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 10:06 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 64 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.