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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Jan 25, 2014, 5:17 AM EST for Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; 12 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Jan 25, 2014, 11:20 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2014, 5:17 AM EST (10:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2014, 11:20 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2014, 4:51 AM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Bland County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Radford, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 2413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
507 WWUS71 KRNK 251017 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 517 AM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 5O TO 55 MPH EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .AN ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING WEST AND INCREASING IN SPEED THIS EVENING...REMAINING STRONG THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-251830- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0004.140125T1800Z-140126T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 517 AM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...WATAUGA...ASHE...GRAYSON...AND THE WESTERN PARTS OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY. * HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON...AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BLOW DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO STRONG WEST WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ RAB
4 follow-up statements
140 WWUS71 KRNK 251620 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1120 AM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 5O TO 55 MPH EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .AN ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING WEST AND INCREASING IN SPEED THIS EVENING...REMAINING STRONG THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. VAZ007-009>014-016-017-260030- /O.EXB.KRNK.WI.Y.0004.140125T1620Z-140126T1100Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...FLOYD 1120 AM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BLOW DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO STRONG WEST WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-260030- /O.EXT.KRNK.WI.Y.0004.140125T1620Z-140126T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 1120 AM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...WATAUGA...ASHE...GRAYSON...AND THE WESTERN PARTS OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY. * HAZARDS...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON...AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BLOW DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO STRONG WEST WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
683 WWUS71 KRNK 260000 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 700 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 5O TO 55 MPH EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT... .MAINLY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING OVER 30 KTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN FURTHER LATE THIS EVENING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS MAY SHIFT TO SLIGHTLY SOUTHWEST AT TIMES. GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET OVERNIGHT. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>017-260800- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140126T1100Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD 700 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...WATAUGA...ASHE...GRAYSON...AND THE WESTERN PARTS OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY. * HAZARDS...STRONG WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BLOW DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO STRONG WEST WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$
510 WWUS71 KRNK 260343 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1043 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT... NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-261100- /O.UPG.KRNK.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140126T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0002.140126T0343Z-140126T1000Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 1043 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...WATAUGA...ASHE...GRAYSON...AND THE WESTERN PARTS OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY. MAINLY ABOVE 3500 FEET. * HAZARDS...STRONG WEST AND NORTH WEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * TIMING...TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES OVERNIGHT. 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. && $$ VAZ007-009>014-016-017-261100- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140126T1100Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...FLOYD 1043 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY... * HAZARDS...STRONG WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BLOW DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO STRONG WEST WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$
977 WWUS71 KRNK 260951 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 451 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ....WEST WINDS DIMINISHING...BUT REMAINING STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH DAYBREAK... .YET ANOTHER ALBERTA CLIPPER HAD MOVED THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. IN ITS WAKE...STRONG...GUSTY WEST WINDS DEVELOPED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE GRAYSON HIGHLANDS AND THE NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. WINDS EARLIER WERE GUSTING TO 60 MPH IN PARTS OF FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. HOWEVER...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY DURING HOURS SINCE 2 AM EST...AND HAVE DROPPED BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA IN ALL AREAS. THUS...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WIND ADVISORY. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-261200- /O.CAN.KRNK.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140126T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.140126T0951Z-140126T1200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 451 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...WATAUGA...ASHE...GRAYSON...AND THE WESTERN PARTS OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY. MAINLY ABOVE 3500 FEET. * HAZARDS...STRONG WEST AND NORTH WEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...MAIN IMPACT WILL BE TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH- SOUTH ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WINDS CAN 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. && $$ VAZ007-009>014-016-017-261100- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140126T1100Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...FLOYD 451 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THESE AREAS...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER NEEDED. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH MAY CONTINUE UNTIL DAYBREAK...THEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH OR LESS. $$ RAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 5:12 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 27 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:25 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 13 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 35 min |
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.