Alert archive / North Carolina / High Wind Warnings in 2015
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind warning at Feb 12, 2015, 4:18 AM EST for Grayson County, Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at Feb 12, 2015, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2015, 4:18 AM EST (09:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2015, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2015, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 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 09:20 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, 9.3 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
- 1615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
192 WWUS71 KRNK 120918 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 418 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...ARCTIC FRONT TO BRING A PERIOD OF VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING AND BY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL BE SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA INTO FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE WORKS IN FROM THE WEST. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-121800- /O.UPG.KRNK.WI.Y.0007.150212T1700Z-150213T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0001.150212T1700Z-150213T0400Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 418 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY ABOVE 3000 FEET ACROSS WATAUGA...ASHE...AND GRAYSON COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE BLOWN OFF ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS OR IN AREAS WHERE WINDS OFTEN CHANNEL THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-121800- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0007.150212T1700Z-150213T0400Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA 418 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN BLOW DOWN SMALL OR DEAD TREES AND LIMBS. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$ RAB
3 follow-up statements
607 WWUS71 KRNK 121743 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1243 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...ARCTIC FRONT TO BRING A PERIOD OF VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA THIS EVENING... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST...PEAKING THIS EVENING WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...AND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...INTO FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AT TIMES THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE WORKS IN FROM THE WEST. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-130145- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T0400Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 1243 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY ABOVE 3000 FEET ACROSS WATAUGA...ASHE...AND GRAYSON COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE BLOWN OFF ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS OR IN AREAS WHERE WINDS OFTEN CHANNEL THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-130145- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150213T0400Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA 1243 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN BLOW DOWN SMALL OR DEAD TREES AND LIMBS. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$
294 WWUS71 KRNK 122039 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 339 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING... SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...AND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH... ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...INTO FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WINDS MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AT TIMES THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE WORKS IN FROM THE WEST. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-130400- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T0400Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 339 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY ABOVE 3000 FEET ACROSS WATAUGA...ASHE...AND GRAYSON COUNTIES. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE BLOWN OFF ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS OR IN AREAS WHERE WINDS OFTEN CHANNEL THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. 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. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-130400- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150213T0400Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA 339 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN BLOW DOWN SMALL OR DEAD TREES AND LIMBS. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$
040 WWUS71 KRNK 130337 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1037 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINDS CONTINUING TO DIMINISH... NCZ001-018-VAZ015-130445- /O.EXP.KRNK.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T0400Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 1037 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. SOME GUSTS TO 35 OR 40 MPH MAY STILL OCCUR ACROSS THE RIDGES INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BUT WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THUS THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM. $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-130445- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150213T0400Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA 1037 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH MAY STILL OCCUR ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE BUT WIDESPREAD ADVISORY LEVELS SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 4:08 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 30 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2015High Wind Warnings in Virginia, 2015Every high wind warning in 2015
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.