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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Oct 2, 2015, 4:16 PM EDT for 9 counties in North Carolina; 34 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 68 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2015, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 43 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Wythe County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
248 WWUS71 KRNK 022016 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 416 PM EDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL COMBINE WITH A STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE COAST TO GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WITH GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY UPROOT TREES THAT ARE NOW VULNERABLE TO FALLING OVER IN WATERLOGGED SOIL. NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ012>020-022>024-032>035-043-045>047-030900- /O.UPG.KRNK.HW.A.0002.151003T0000Z-151004T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.151002T2016Z-151004T1200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- HENRY-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...WYTHEVILLE... RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP... TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX 416 PM EDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS...ROANOKE VALLEY...NEW RIVER VALLEY...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...GUSTY WINDS BLOWING TREES OVER IN WATERLOGGED SOIL. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE EXCESSIVELY WET SOIL. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TYPICALLY...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. HOWEVER...IN THIS CASE...LESSER WINDS SPEEDS COULD UPROOT TREES WITH THE GROUND BEING SATURATED AND WET FOLIAGE FROM HEAVY RAIN. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ NCZ005-006-VAZ011-044-058-059-030900- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.151002T2016Z-151004T1200Z/ ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-GILES-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...PEARISBURG... DANVILLE...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 416 PM EDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA...AND PORTIONS OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY. * HAZARDS...GUSTY WINDS BLOWING TREES OVER IN WATERLOGGED SOIL. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE EXCESSIVELY WET SOIL. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TYPICALLY...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. HOWEVER...IN THIS CASE...LESSER WINDS SPEEDS COULD UPROOT TREES WITH THE GROUND BEING SATURATED AND WET FOLIAGE FROM HEAVY RAIN. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MBS
10 follow-up statements
524 WWUS71 KRNK 030141 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 941 PM EDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL COMBINE WITH A STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE COAST TO GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WITH GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY UPROOT TREES THAT ARE NOW VULNERABLE TO FALLING OVER IN WATERLOGGED SOIL. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ011>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 031200- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151004T1200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 941 PM EDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS...ROANOKE VALLEY...NEW RIVER VALLEY...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...GUSTY WINDS BLOWING TREES OVER IN WATERLOGGED SOIL. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE EXCESSIVELY WET SOIL. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TYPICALLY...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. HOWEVER...IN THIS CASE...LESSER WINDS SPEEDS COULD UPROOT TREES WITH THE GROUND BEING SATURATED AND WET FOLIAGE FROM HEAVY RAIN. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MBS
376 WWUS71 KRNK 030751 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 351 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL COMBINE WITH A STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE COAST TO GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY UPROOT TREES THAT ARE NOW VULNERABLE TO FALLING OVER IN WATERLOGGED SOIL. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ011>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 031600- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151004T1200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 351 AM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS...ROANOKE VALLEY...NEW RIVER VALLEY...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...GUSTY WINDS BLOWING TREES OVER IN WATERLOGGED SOIL. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE EXCESSIVELY WET SOIL. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TYPICALLY...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. HOWEVER...IN THIS CASE...LESSER WINDS SPEEDS COULD UPROOT TREES WITH THE GROUND BEING SATURATED AND WET FOLIAGE FROM HEAVY RAIN. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ RCS
187 WWUS71 KRNK 031946 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 346 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY. DUE TO THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY UPROOT TREES THAT ARE NOW VULNERABLE TO FALLING OVER DUE TO THE WATERLOGGED SOIL. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ011>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 040900- /O.EXT.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 346 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS...ROANOKE VALLEY...NEW RIVER VALLEY...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...UPROOTED TREES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND POTENTIAL FOR BLOCKED ROADS DUE TO TREES FALLING OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TYPICALLY...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. HOWEVER...IN THIS CASE...LESSER WINDS SPEEDS COULD UPROOT TREES WITH THE GROUND BEING SATURATED AND WET FOLIAGE FROM THE RAIN. && $$ 11
682 WWUS71 KRNK 040126 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 926 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY. DUE TO THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY UPROOT TREES THAT ARE NOW VULNERABLE TO FALLING OVER DUE TO THE WATERLOGGED SOIL. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ011>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 040930- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 926 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS...ROANOKE VALLEY...NEW RIVER VALLEY...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...UPROOTED TREES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 OR 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND POTENTIAL FOR BLOCKED ROADS DUE TO TREES FALLING OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TYPICALLY...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. HOWEVER...IN THIS CASE...LESSER WINDS SPEEDS COULD UPROOT TREES WITH THE GROUND BEING SATURATED AND WET FOLIAGE FROM THE RAIN. && $$
396 WWUS71 KRNK 040801 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 401 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. DUE TO THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY UPROOT TREES THAT ARE NOW VULNERABLE TO FALLING OVER DUE TO THE WATERLOGGED SOIL. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ011>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 041615- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 401 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS...ROANOKE VALLEY...NEW RIVER VALLEY...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...UPROOTED TREES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 OR 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND POTENTIAL FOR BLOCKED ROADS DUE TO TREES FALLING OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TYPICALLY...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. HOWEVER...IN THIS CASE...LESSER WINDS SPEEDS COULD UPROOT TREES WITH THE GROUND BEING SATURATED AND WET FOLIAGE FROM THE RAIN. && $$
691 WWUS71 KRNK 041453 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1053 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. DUE TO THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY UPROOT TREES THAT ARE NOW VULNERABLE TO FALLING OVER DUE TO THE WATERLOGGED SOIL. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ011>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 042300- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1053 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS...ROANOKE VALLEY...NEW RIVER VALLEY...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...UPROOTED TREES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 OR 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND POTENTIAL FOR BLOCKED ROADS DUE TO TOPPLED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TYPICALLY...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. HOWEVER...IN THIS CASE...LESSER WINDS SPEEDS COULD UPROOT TREES WITH THE GROUND BEING SATURATED AND WET FOLIAGE FROM THE RAIN. && $$
176 WWUS71 KRNK 041923 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 323 PM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS. DUE TO THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY UPROOT TREES THAT ARE NOW VULNERABLE TO FALLING OVER DUE TO THE WATERLOGGED SOIL. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ011>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 050330- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 323 PM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS...ROANOKE VALLEY...NEW RIVER VALLEY...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...UPROOTED TREES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 OR 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND POTENTIAL FOR BLOCKED ROADS DUE TO TOPPLED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TYPICALLY...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. HOWEVER...IN THIS CASE...LESSER WINDS SPEEDS COULD UPROOT TREES WITH THE GROUND BEING SATURATED AND WET FOLIAGE FROM THE RAIN. && $$
533 WWUS71 KRNK 050326 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1126 PM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OVERNIGHT. DUE TO THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...THESE GUSTY WINDS MAY UPROOT TREES THAT ARE NOW VULNERABLE TO FALLING OVER DUE TO THE WATERLOGGED SOIL. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ011>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 051200- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1126 PM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS...ROANOKE VALLEY...NEW RIVER VALLEY...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...UPROOTED TREES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND POTENTIAL FOR BLOCKED ROADS DUE TO TOPPLED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TYPICALLY...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. HOWEVER...IN THIS CASE...LESSER WINDS SPEEDS COULD UPROOT TREES WITH THE GROUND BEING SATURATED AND WET FOLIAGE FROM THE RAIN. && $$
482 WWUS71 KRNK 050807 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 407 AM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 ...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA AND LOW PRESSURE JUST OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. DUE TO THE SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...THESE GUSTY WINDS MAY UPROOT TREES THAT ARE NOW VULNERABLE TO FALLING OVER DUE TO THE WATERLOGGED SOIL. THE LOW CENTER WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST TODAY DECREASING WIND SPEEDS FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. VAZ011>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-050915- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151005T1200Z/ GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST... MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON... KEYSVILLE 407 AM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN ENOUGH THIS MORNING AND ALLOW WIND SPEEDS TO DECREASE THIS MORNING. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES HAS ENDED. $$ NCZ001>006-018>020-051600- /O.EXT.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151005T1600Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE 407 AM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...UPROOTED TREES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND POTENTIAL FOR BLOCKED ROADS DUE TO TOPPLED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TYPICALLY...A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. HOWEVER...IN THIS CASE...LESSER WINDS SPEEDS COULD UPROOT TREES WITH THE GROUND BEING SATURATED AND WET FOLIAGE FROM THE RAIN. && $$
684 WWUS71 KRNK 051608 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1208 PM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 NCZ001>006-018>020-051715- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151005T1600Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE 1208 PM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 4:27 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and 1 more | 12 hr |
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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.