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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2016, 2:02 PM EST for 19 counties in Virginia; Allegany County, Washington County, Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 29, 2016, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2016, 2:02 PM EST (19:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2016, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2016, 5:59 PM EST
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
All 29 counties
Allegany County, MD, Washington County, MD, Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Augusta County, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Pendleton County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
057 WWUS71 KLWX 281902 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 202 PM EST WED DEC 28 2016 MDZ003-502-VAZ025>031-504-507-508-WVZ050>053-055-502-504-506- 290315- /O.NEW.KLWX.WI.Y.0021.161229T1200Z-161229T2300Z/ WASHINGTON-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM- SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-EASTERN HIGHLAND- NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-EASTERN GRANT- EASTERN MINERAL-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...CUMBERLAND...STAUNTON... WAYNESBORO...STUARTS DRAFT...HARRISONBURG...STRASBURG... WOODSTOCK...MOUNT JACKSON...NEW MARKET...WINCHESTER...LURAY... SHENANDOAH...STANLEY...FRONT ROYAL...BERRYVILLE...MONTEREY... BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN...ROMNEY...PAW PAW...MARTINSBURG... CHARLES TOWN...SHEPHERDSTOWN...MOOREFIELD...PETERSBURG... ANTIOCH...KEYSER...NEW CREEK...RIDGEVILLE...RUSSELLDALE... HEADSVILLE...FORT ASHBY...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT... RUDDLE...SUGAR GROVE 202 PM EST WED DEC 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING...DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. HIGHEST GUSTS LIKELY MIDDAY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
9 follow-up statements
191 WWUS71 KLWX 290150 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 850 PM EST WED DEC 28 2016 MDZ003-502-VAZ025>031-504-507-508-WVZ050>053-055-502-504-506- 291000- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0021.161229T1200Z-161229T2300Z/ WASHINGTON-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM- SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-EASTERN HIGHLAND- NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-EASTERN GRANT- EASTERN MINERAL-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...CUMBERLAND...STAUNTON... WAYNESBORO...STUARTS DRAFT...HARRISONBURG...STRASBURG... WOODSTOCK...MOUNT JACKSON...NEW MARKET...WINCHESTER...LURAY... SHENANDOAH...STANLEY...FRONT ROYAL...BERRYVILLE...MONTEREY... BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN...ROMNEY...PAW PAW...MARTINSBURG... CHARLES TOWN...SHEPHERDSTOWN...MOOREFIELD...PETERSBURG... ANTIOCH...KEYSER...NEW CREEK...RIDGEVILLE...RUSSELLDALE... HEADSVILLE...FORT ASHBY...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT... RUDDLE...SUGAR GROVE 850 PM EST WED DEC 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... * TIMING...DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. HIGHEST GUSTS LIKELY MIDDAY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
643 WWUS71 KLWX 290908 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 408 AM EST THU DEC 29 2016 MDZ003-502-VAZ025>031-WVZ050>053-055-504-291015- /O.CAN.KLWX.WI.Y.0021.161229T1200Z-161229T2300Z/ WASHINGTON-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM- SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN- BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-EASTERN MINERAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...CUMBERLAND...STAUNTON... WAYNESBORO...STUARTS DRAFT...HARRISONBURG...STRASBURG... WOODSTOCK...MOUNT JACKSON...NEW MARKET...WINCHESTER...LURAY... SHENANDOAH...STANLEY...FRONT ROYAL...BERRYVILLE...ROMNEY... PAW PAW...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN...SHEPHERDSTOWN... MOOREFIELD...ANTIOCH...KEYSER...NEW CREEK...RIDGEVILLE... RUSSELLDALE...HEADSVILLE...FORT ASHBY 408 AM EST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. $$ VAZ504-507-508-WVZ502-506-291715- /O.EXT.KLWX.WI.Y.0021.161229T1200Z-161230T1100Z/ EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-EASTERN GRANT-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTEREY...BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN... PETERSBURG...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT...RUDDLE... SUGAR GROVE 408 AM EST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGHEST GUSTS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
172 WWUS71 KLWX 291055 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 555 AM EST THU DEC 29 2016 VAZ504-507-508-WVZ502-506-291900- /O.EXT.KLWX.WI.Y.0021.161229T1700Z-161230T1100Z/ EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-EASTERN GRANT-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTEREY...BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN... PETERSBURG...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT...RUDDLE... SUGAR GROVE 555 AM EST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
835 WWUS71 KLWX 291441 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 941 AM EST THU DEC 29 2016 VAZ504-507-508-WVZ502-506-292245- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0021.161229T1700Z-161230T1100Z/ EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-EASTERN GRANT-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTEREY...BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN... PETERSBURG...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT...RUDDLE... SUGAR GROVE 941 AM EST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
907 WWUS71 KLWX 291942 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 242 PM EST THU DEC 29 2016 VAZ504-507-508-WVZ502-506-300345- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-161230T1100Z/ EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-EASTERN GRANT-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTEREY...BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN... PETERSBURG...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT...RUDDLE... SUGAR GROVE 242 PM EST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
060 WWUS71 KLWX 300220 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 920 PM EST THU DEC 29 2016 VAZ504-507-508-WVZ502-506-301030- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-161230T1100Z/ EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-EASTERN GRANT-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTEREY...BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN... PETERSBURG...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT...RUDDLE... SUGAR GROVE 920 PM EST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... * TIMING...TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
263 WWUS71 KLWX 300553 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1253 AM EST FRI DEC 30 2016 VAZ504-507-508-WVZ502-506-301400- /O.EXT.KLWX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-161230T2300Z/ EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-EASTERN GRANT-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTEREY...BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN... PETERSBURG...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT...RUDDLE... SUGAR GROVE 1253 AM EST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
711 WWUS71 KLWX 301445 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 945 AM EST FRI DEC 30 2016 VAZ504-507-508-WVZ502-506-302300- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-161230T2300Z/ EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-EASTERN GRANT-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTEREY...BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN... PETERSBURG...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT...RUDDLE... SUGAR GROVE 945 AM EST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
758 WWUS71 KLWX 302259 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 559 PM EST FRI DEC 30 2016 VAZ504-507-508-WVZ502-506-310000- /O.CAN.KLWX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-161230T2300Z/ EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-EASTERN GRANT-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTEREY...BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN... PETERSBURG...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT...RUDDLE... SUGAR GROVE 559 PM EST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ON THE RIDGES TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 3:24 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 27 hr | |
| Dec 28, 3:27 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Highland | 26 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:01 PM EST | Gale Warning | LWX | 51 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2016Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2016Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016
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.