Alert archive / West Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this wind advisory at Nov 28, 2016, 3:56 AM EST for 8 counties in West Virginia; Buchanan County, Dickenson County, Virginia. It took effect at Nov 28, 2016, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2016, 3:56 AM EST (08:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 28, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Buchanan County, VA, Dickenson County, VA, Fayette County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wyoming County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 2426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
163 WWUS71 KRLX 280856 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 356 AM EST MON NOV 28 2016 VAZ003-004-281700- /O.NEW.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.161128T2100Z-161129T0900Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT 356 AM EST MON NOV 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS UP AROUND 45 MPH, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES. * TIMING...MAINLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN OUTAGES. CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
5 follow-up statements
025 WWUS71 KRLX 281545 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1045 AM EST MON NOV 28 2016 VAZ003-004-282345- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.161128T2100Z-161129T0900Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT 1045 AM EST MON NOV 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...MAINLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN OUTAGES. CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
395 WWUS71 KRLX 281851 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 151 PM EST MON NOV 28 2016 VAZ003-004-290300- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.161128T2100Z-161129T0900Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT 151 PM EST MON NOV 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...MAINLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN OUTAGES. CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
596 WWUS71 KRLX 290215 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 915 PM EST MON NOV 28 2016 VAZ003-004-290900- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-161129T0900Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT 915 PM EST MON NOV 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...MAINLY LATER THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN OUTAGES. CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
729 WWUS71 KRLX 290317 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1017 PM EST MON NOV 28 2016 WVZ033-034-515>526-290900- /O.EXA.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-161129T0900Z/ MCDOWELL-WYOMING-NORTHWEST RALEIGH-SOUTHEAST RALEIGH- NORTHWEST FAYETTE-SOUTHEAST FAYETTE-NORTHWEST NICHOLAS- SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS-NORTHWEST WEBSTER-SOUTHEAST WEBSTER- NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS-SOUTHEAST POCAHONTAS-NORTHWEST RANDOLPH- SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WELCH...GARY...WAR...MULLENS...OCEANA... PINEVILLE...BRADLEY...PROSPERITY...SOPHIA...BECKLEY...OAK HILL... FAYETTEVILLE...MONTGOMERY...MEADOW BRIDGE...SUMMERSVILLE... CRAIGSVILLE...BIRCH RIVER...RICHWOOD...HOLLY RIVER STATE... WEBSTER SPRINGS...COWEN...SNOWSHOE...MARLINTON...ELKINS...HARMAN 1017 PM EST MON NOV 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH, PARTICULARLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN OUTAGES. CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ VAZ003-004-290900- /O.CON.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-161129T0900Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT 1017 PM EST MON NOV 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH, PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN OUTAGES. CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
640 WWUS71 KRLX 290858 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 358 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2016 VAZ003-004-WVZ033-034-515>526-291000- /O.EXP.KRLX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-161129T0900Z/ DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-NORTHWEST RALEIGH- SOUTHEAST RALEIGH-NORTHWEST FAYETTE-SOUTHEAST FAYETTE- NORTHWEST NICHOLAS-SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS-NORTHWEST WEBSTER- SOUTHEAST WEBSTER-NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS-SOUTHEAST POCAHONTAS- NORTHWEST RANDOLPH-SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTWOOD...GRUNDY...VANSANT...WELCH... GARY...WAR...MULLENS...OCEANA...PINEVILLE...BRADLEY... PROSPERITY...SOPHIA...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE... MONTGOMERY...MEADOW BRIDGE...SUMMERSVILLE...CRAIGSVILLE... BIRCH RIVER...RICHWOOD...HOLLY RIVER STATE...WEBSTER SPRINGS... COWEN...SNOWSHOE...MARLINTON...ELKINS...HARMAN 358 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE STRONG LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY JET RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS, IS EXITING THE AREA. WINDS ARE DIMINISHING BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. $$
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.