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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Jan 5, 2014, 4:23 AM EST for 23 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 6, 2014, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2014, 4:23 AM EST (09:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2014, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2014, 6:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 29 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1330 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
080 WWUS71 KRNK 050923 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 423 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN STRONG PRESSURE RISES AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...ESPECIALLY WITH A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLD AIR MONDAY EVENING. GUSTS WILL OCCASIONALLY REACH 50 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>045-051730- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0002.140106T0500Z-140107T1800Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 423 AM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...AREAS FROM THE BLUE RIDGE WESTWARD. * HAZARDS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES. VERY COLD WIND CHILLS MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING MAY CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN. 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
980 WWUS71 KRNK 052110 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 410 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT... RESULTING IN STRONG PRESSURE RISES AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...ESPECIALLY WITH A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLD AIR MONDAY EVENING. GUSTS WILL OCCASIONALLY REACH 50 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHEST RIDGES. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>045-060915- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0002.140106T0500Z-140107T1800Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 410 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...AREAS FROM THE BLUE RIDGE WESTWARD. * HAZARDS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ON THE HIGHEST RIDGES. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES. VERY COLD WIND CHILLS MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING MAY CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN. SEE THE WIND CHILL WARNING PRODUCT FOR MORE DETAILS. 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. && $$
475 WWUS71 KRNK 060416 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1116 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT... RESULTING IN STRONG PRESSURE RISES AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...ESPECIALLY WITH A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLD AIR MONDAY EVENING. GUSTS WILL OCCASIONALLY REACH 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHEST RIDGES. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>045-061230- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0002.140106T0500Z-140107T1800Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1116 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...AREAS FROM THE BLUE RIDGE WESTWARD. * HAZARDS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ON THE HIGHEST RIDGES. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES. VERY COLD WIND CHILLS MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING MAY CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT. 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. && $$
685 WWUS71 KRNK 061100 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 600 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS... NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-WVZ042>045-061200- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T1800Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 600 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THE BIGGEST IMPACT FROM THE WINDS WILL BE THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. THIS WIND CHILL HAZARD IS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL IN THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 7:17 PM EST | Wind Chill Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:04 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 66 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:04 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 30 more | 66 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:04 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 44 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2014Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2014Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2014Every wind advisory in 2014
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.