Alert archive / Virginia / Freeze Warnings in 2016
Freeze Warning 7, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this freeze warning at Apr 8, 2016, 5:12 AM EDT for Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; 8 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Apr 9, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Apr 8, 2016, 5:12 AM EDT (09:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Botetourt County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
145 WWUS71 KRNK 080912 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 512 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND UNSEASONABLY COLD WELL BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THIS COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND A SURGE OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES FOR EARLY APRIL THAT ARE EXPECTED TO LAST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST OVER 50 MPH ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA INTO FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH EXPECTED ELSEWHERE WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING SATURDAY EVENING. EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING GENERALLY WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. BY SUNDAY MORNING...A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH SOME LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...WITH MOSTLY 20 TO 25 ELSEWHERE. NCZ001-018-082000- /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160408T1400Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE 512 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S THIS MORNING...MID TO UPPER 20S SATURDAY MORNING...18 TO 22 SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES 2 AM UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ009-082000- /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160408T1400Z/ SMYTH- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MARION 512 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S THIS MORNING...MID TO UPPER 20S SATURDAY MORNING...AND 19 TO 22 SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES UNTIL NEAR 10 AM THIS MORNING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ002-082000- /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ALLEGHANY NC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPARTA 512 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...ALLEGHANY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S SATURDAY MORNING...THEN 20 TO 24 SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 4O TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ022>024-082000- /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 512 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...ROANOKE...BOTETOURT...AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S SATURDAY MORNING...THEN 20 TO 25 SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ015-082000- /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY 512 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...GRAYSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ032>035-082000- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ SURRY-WILKES-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 512 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INTO NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...WELL BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TEMPERATURES...20 TO 25 LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ007-010>014-016>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-082000- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 512 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AS WELL AS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 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. && $$ NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-082000- /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... YADKINVILLE...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 512 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ RAB
7 follow-up statements
209 WWUS71 KRNK 081142 CCA NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 742 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND UNSEASONABLY COLD WELL BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THIS COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND A SURGE OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES FOR EARLY APRIL THAT ARE EXPECTED TO LAST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST OVER 50 MPH ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA INTO FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH EXPECTED ELSEWHERE WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING SATURDAY EVENING. EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING GENERALLY WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. BY SUNDAY MORNING...A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH SOME LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...WITH MOSTLY 20 TO 25 ELSEWHERE. NCZ001-018-082345- /O.COR.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.COR.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.COR.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.COR.KRNK.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160408T1400Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE 742 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S THIS MORNING...MID TO UPPER 20S SATURDAY MORNING...18 TO 22 SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES 2 AM UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT TO 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ009-082345- /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160408T1400Z/ SMYTH- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MARION 742 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S THIS MORNING...MID TO UPPER 20S SATURDAY MORNING...AND 19 TO 22 SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES UNTIL NEAR 10 AM THIS MORNING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ002-082345- /O.COR.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.COR.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.COR.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ALLEGHANY NC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPARTA 742 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...ALLEGHANY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S SATURDAY MORNING...THEN 20 TO 24 SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 58 MPH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ022>024-082345- /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 742 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...ROANOKE...BOTETOURT...AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S SATURDAY MORNING...THEN 20 TO 25 SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ015-082345- /O.COR.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY 742 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...GRAYSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ032>035-082345- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ SURRY-WILKES-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 742 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. A HARD FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INTO NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...WELL BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TEMPERATURES...20 TO 25 LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ007-010>014-016>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-082345- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 742 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AS WELL AS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 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. && $$ NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-082345- /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... YADKINVILLE...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 742 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ RAB
535 WWUS71 KRNK 081357 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 957 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND WELL BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THIS COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND A SURGE OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES FOR EARLY APRIL THAT ARE EXPECTED TO LAST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST OVER 55 MPH ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE GRAYSON HIGHLANDS...WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH EXPECTED ELSEWHERE WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING SATURDAY EVENING. EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING GENERALLY WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. BY SUNDAY MORNING...A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH SOME LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...WITH MOSTLY 20 TO 25 ELSEWHERE. NCZ001-018-082200- /O.EXP.KRNK.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160408T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE 957 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S TONIGHT. IN THE LOWER 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND VERY STRONG WINDS. * TIMING...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ009-082200- /O.EXP.KRNK.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160408T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ SMYTH- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MARION 957 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S FRIDAY NIGHT. IN THE LOWER 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS...SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TIMING...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AND SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ002-082200- /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ALLEGHANY NC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPARTA 957 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...ALLEGHANY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S FRIDAY NIGHT. IN THE LOWER 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ022>024-082200- /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 957 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...ROANOKE...BOTETOURT...AND ROCKBRIDGE COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S FRIDAY NIGHT. IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ015-082200- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY 957 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...GRAYSON HIGHLANDS AND OTHER HIGHER RIDGES OF GRAYSON COUNTY. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ032>035-082200- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ SURRY-WILKES-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 957 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INTO NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...WELL BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ007-010>014-016>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-082200- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 957 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AS WELL AS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 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. && $$ NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-082200- /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... YADKINVILLE...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 957 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
801 WWUS71 KRNK 081434 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1034 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND WELL BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT BRINGS STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND A SURGE OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES FOR EARLY APRIL THAT ARE EXPECTED TO LAST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST OVER 55 MPH ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE GRAYSON HIGHLANDS...WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH EXPECTED ELSEWHERE WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING SATURDAY EVENING. SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BOTH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. NCZ001-002-018-082245- /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE 1034 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S FRIDAY NIGHT. IN THE LOWER 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ009-022>024-082245- /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ SMYTH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 1034 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S FRIDAY NIGHT. IN THE LOWER 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS...SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA...AND THE ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARDS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ015-082245- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY 1034 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...GRAYSON HIGHLANDS AND OTHER HIGHER RIDGES OF GRAYSON COUNTY. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ032>035-082245- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ SURRY-WILKES-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 1034 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. WELL BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ007-010>014-016>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-082245- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1034 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 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. && $$ NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-082245- /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... YADKINVILLE...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1034 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
225 WWUS71 KRNK 081959 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 359 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HIGH WINDS AND SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... .LOOK FOR A COLD FRONT TO SWEEP ACROSS LATE TONIGHT. A SURGE OF COLDER WILL BRING TEMPERATURES TO BELOW FREEZING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...THE TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN THE LOW MOVING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND THE COLD HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL ENHANCE WIND SPEEDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NCZ001-002-018-090400- /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE 359 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT. IN THE LOWER 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ009-022>024-090400- /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ SMYTH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 359 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT. IN THE MID 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS...SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA...AND THE ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARDS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ015-090400- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY 359 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...GRAYSON HIGHLANDS AND OTHER HIGHER RIDGES OF GRAYSON COUNTY. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ032>035-090400- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ SURRY-WILKES-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 359 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WELL BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ007-010>014-016>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-090400- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 359 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 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. && $$ NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-090400- /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... YADKINVILLE...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 359 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
391 WWUS71 KRNK 090343 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1143 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HIGH WINDS AND SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... .LOOK FOR A COLD FRONT TO SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. A SURGE OF COLDER WILL BRING TEMPERATURES TO BELOW FREEZING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...THE TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN A LOW MOVING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND COLD HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL ENHANCE WIND SPEEDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NCZ001-002-018-091145- /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE 1143 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT. IN THE LOWER 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREE FLOWERS AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ009-022>024-091145- /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.160409T0400Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ SMYTH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 1143 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT. IN THE MID 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS...SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA...AND THE ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARDS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREE FLOWERS AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ015-091145- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY 1143 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...GRAYSON COUNTY. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ032>035-091145- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ SURRY-WILKES-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 1143 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WELL BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREE FLOWERS AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ007-010>014-016>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-091145- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.160409T0600Z-160409T2200Z/ TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1143 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 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. && $$ NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-091145- /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... YADKINVILLE...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1143 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREE FLOWERS AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
801 WWUS71 KRNK 090903 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 503 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING...WITH A HARD FREEZE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC TODAY FOLLOWED BY A SIGNIFICANT SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR FOR EARLY APRIL. STRONG...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS BETWEEN AN ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND THE CLIPPER SYSTEM LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC. TEMPERATURES WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COLD TODAY...REMAINING BELOW FREEZING IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND GENERALLY ONLY REACHING THE 30S WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE TO THE 40S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. AS THE ARCTIC HIGH SETTLES OVER THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING...A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER TEENS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID 20S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. NCZ001-002-018-092000- /O.UPG.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.W.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE 503 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG...VERY STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREE FLOWERS AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WEST WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 THIS MORNING...UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ009-022>024-092000- /O.UPG.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.W.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ SMYTH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 503 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA...AND THE ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARDS...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TIMING...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG...STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREE FLOWERS AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S THIS MORNING...20 TO 25 LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ032>035-092000- /O.UPG.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.W.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ SURRY-WILKES-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 503 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING....SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREE FLOWERS AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. * TEMPERATURES...20 TO 25 LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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. && $$ NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-092000- /O.UPG.KRNK.HZ.A.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HZ.W.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.EXA.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... YADKINVILLE...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 503 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT. * HAZARDS...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TIMING...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG...STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREE FLOWERS AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. * TEMPERATURES...MIDDLE 20S LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ VAZ015-092000- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY 503 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...GRAYSON COUNTY. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ VAZ007-010>014-016>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-092000- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 503 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAB
006 WWUS71 KRNK 091406 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1006 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A HARD FREEZE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC TODAY FOLLOWED BY A SIGNIFICANT SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR FOR EARLY APRIL. STRONG...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS BETWEEN AN ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND THE CLIPPER SYSTEM LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC. TEMPERATURES WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COLD TODAY...REMAINING BELOW FREEZING IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND GENERALLY ONLY REACHING THE 30S WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE TO THE 40S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. AS THE ARCTIC HIGH SETTLES OVER THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING...A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER TEENS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MID 20S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. NCZ001-002-018-092215- /O.EXP.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.W.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE 1006 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. * HAZARDS...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING...STRONG...VERY STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREE FLOWERS AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WEST WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. 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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ009-022>024-092215- /O.EXP.KRNK.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.W.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ SMYTH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA 1006 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * LOCATIONS...SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA...AND THE ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARDS...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREE FLOWERS AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-092215- /O.CON.KRNK.HZ.W.0001.160410T0400Z-160410T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE... WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1006 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING....STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL FRUIT TREE FLOWERS AND OTHER VEGETATION IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 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. && $$ VAZ015-092200- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY 1006 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...GRAYSON COUNTY. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ VAZ007-010>014-016>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-092200- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160409T2200Z/ TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1006 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS AND WEAKER TREES AND WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH- SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. 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. && $$ MBS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Apr 8, 2:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 2:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 230 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 .SYNOPSIS... SPOKES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO PIVOT EAST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AS A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BECOMES ESTABLISHED OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. A MUCH STRONGER CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM SHOULD PASS JUST NORTH OF THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR ON STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS. COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW THIS FEATURE AND BUILD ABOUT OVERHEAD BY SUNDAY RESULTING IN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES BY SUNDAY MORNING. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... AS OF 1105 PM EDT THURSDAY... SECONDARY COLD FRONT CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS EVENING CONTINUES TO SUPPORT INCREASING UPSLOPE RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS IN ITS WAKE OVER THE WEST ATTM. SOME OF THESE BANDS EVEN BLEEDING OUT TO THE BLUE RIDGE GIVEN THE STRONG/UNIFORM NW FLOW ALOFT SO KEPT LOW POPS GOING OUT TO NEAR ROANOKE FOR A WHILE LONGER BEFORE SHIFTING COVERAGE BACK TO WEST OF BCB/PSK AFTER MIDNIGHT. ALSO BEEFED UP POPS TO LOW LIKELYS ACROSS THE FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS OVER THE NW AND BUMPED UP ACCUMULATIONS WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OR SO POSSIBLE WESTERN GREENBRIER. ALSO A COATING POSSIBLE AT ELEVATION DOWN TO BLF AND PERHAPS MTN LAKE...POTTS MTN AND HSP. SATELLITE PICS ALSO SHOWING DOWNSLOPE CLEARING TAKING PLACE EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS BEHIND THE FRONT WITH ONLY SOME CLOUDS EXPECTED THERE OVERNIGHT. WINDS REMAIN GUSTY BUT HAVE DIMINISHED QUITE A BIT FROM JUST A FEW HOURS AGO SO THINKING WILL STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ALTHOUGH SOME CHANNELING OVERNIGHT AT TNB/GEV MAY PUSH SPEEDS BACK UP ESPCLY LATE. BUMPED UP LOWS SOME ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE WHERE LATEST MOS HAS EDGED VALUES UP WHILE KEEPING MUCH OF THE WEST CLOSE TO IF NOT BELOW FREEZING BY MORNING ESPCLY WHERE HAVE GOING HEADLINES. PREVIOUS UPDATE AS OF 745 PM EDT THURSDAY... UPDATING TO LET THE GOING WIND ADVISORY EXPIRE AT 8 PM AS OVERALL WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW CRITERIA OVER THE ADVISORY AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER AS COLDER AIR ALOFT WORKS IN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS CANT RULE OUT SOME INCREASE BACK CLOSE TO ADVISORY LEVELS BEFORE SPEEDS FINALLY SUBSIDE MORE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS LOOKS MOSTLY CONFINED TO HIGHER WEST FACING SLOPES AND IN SPOTS WHERE WINDS TO CHANNEL MORE SO WONT EXTEND THE HEADLINE SINCE APPEARS ADDED HIGHER SPEEDS WILL BE ISOLATED. OTRW FINALLY SEEING SOME DOWNWARD TRENDS IN ONGOING CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION WITH GRADUAL LOSS OF HEATING AND DECREASING LAPSES OVER 100-300 J/KG ML CAPE. ALSO EXPECT A LITTLE MORE OF A DOWNSLOPING COMPONENT TO TAKE SHAPE OUT EAST WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE 850 MB TROF AXIS AFTER 00Z. THEREFORE WILL KEEP MORE WIDELY SCATTERED COVERAGE ONGOING FOR A FEW MORE HOURS MOUNTAINS BEFORE TRENDING TO MORE UPSLOPE NATURE RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS FAR WEST OVERNIGHT. DID BOUNCE SNOWFALL UP A BIT NW GREENBRIER GIVEN LINGERING BANDS WHERE ALREADY COLD ENOUGH BUT STILL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR NOW. REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK WITH POPS DECREASING TO MAINLY CHANCE COVERAGE FAR WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WONT ADJUST ONGOING FREEZE WARNING HEADLINES ALTHOUGH SOME CONCERN WITH THE WINDS STAYING UP THAT MUCH OF THE REGION WILL STAY NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. MAY TWEAK LOWS A LITTLE BUT STILL POTENTIAL FOR AN ADVECTION TYPE FREEZE GIVEN FALLING TEMPS ALOFT THROUGH DAYBREAK. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AS OF 300 PM EDT THURSDAY... EXPECT GUSTS OVER ADVISORY LEVELS IN THE NC MTNS/GRAYSON HIGHLANDS THROUGH 7-8PM. SOME GUST TO ADVISORY LEVELS POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS BUT NOT ENOUGH TO EXPAND ADVISORY. OVERALL LOOKING AT COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT WITH UPPER TROUGH PIVOTING ACROSS. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE AROUND THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BUT LOOKING AT A DUSTING ON GRASSY SURFACES...WITH POSSIBLE 1 INCH AMOUNTS HIGHER TERRAIN OF GREENBRIER COUNTY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WEST...THEREFORE WHERE THE GROWING SEASON HAS STARTED WILL HAVE A FREEZE WARNING. FURTHER EAST WILL SEE TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S AS WESTERLY FLOW KEEP AIR MIXED WITH SOME DOWNSLOPE WARMING. FRIDAY...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS TO OUR SOUTH. EXPECT ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE TO ARRIVE INTO THE MTNS OF NC BY MIDDAY/EARLY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NEWD TOWARD THE VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANYS BY THE END OF THE DAY. HIGHS WILL HELD IN CHECK FOR THE MOUNTAINS RANGING IN THE 40S...WITH SOME 30S HIGHEST TERRAIN ABOVE 4000FT. WEST WINDS SHOULD WARM IT INTO THE 50S TO NEAR 60S EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. LOOK FOR MAINLY RAIN SHOWERS THOUGH SOME SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING MAY BRING A DUSTING TO THE MTNS OF SE WV. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 250 PM EDT THURSDAY... A DEEP UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN ACROSS OUR REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...THEN LIFT NORTHEAST SUNDAY AND REACH THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN SUNDAY NIGHT. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND ANTICYCLONIC FLOW ACROSS OUR REGION...KEEPING AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN...ESPECIALLY FOR THE MOUNTAINS. IN GENERAL...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED WITH PERIODS OF CLOUDS AND SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS OR SNOW SHOWERS DEPENDING ON TIMING OF SHORTWAVES. AS AN UPPER DISTURBANCE ROTATES EAST ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED BY THE WARM GROUND...GENERALLY AMOUNTS FROM A COATING TO 2 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...MAINLY WESTERN GREENBRIER AND PERHAPS WESTERN GRAYSON. NORTHWEST WINDS MAY APPROACHING HIGH WIND CRITERIA TO THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS...WITH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE WELL BELOW FREEZING FOR MOST AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. IN THE EAST...LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MID 30S. FREEZE HEADLINES FOR THOSE COUNTIES ALREADY IN THE GROWING SEASON WILL BE NEEDED. SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL VARY FROM THE MID 20S IN THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS TO THE UPPER 40S IN THE PIEDMONT. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS FROM A COATING TO 2 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...THE ARCTIC/CANADIAN HIGH WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE REGION WITH UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES...A GOOD 15-20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGH CENTER WILL PUSH EAST INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN SUNDAY NIGHT. ALL OF THE COUNTIES WHERE THE FREEZE WARNINGS ARE TURNED ON WILL REQUIRE A FREEZE HEADLINES. MENTION OF COLD WILL BE ADDED TO HWO. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 230 PM EDT THURSDAY... MONDAY WILL FEATURE TWO MAIN SYSTEMS. FIRST...LOW PRESSURE WHICH DEVELOPS AROUND ARKANSAS AND LIFTS NORTHWARD ALONG WITH A WARM FRONT. THE SECOND SYSTEM IS A COLD FRONT AND SHORTWAVE WHICH TRAVELS INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST BY LATE MONDAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY IN THE WEST. RAIN WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING...THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOW END CAPE/INSTABILITY INDICATED. ELECTED TO ADD THE MENTION ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. BEYOND TUESDAY NIGHT...MEDIUM RANGE SOLUTIONS DIFFER WITH THE SERIES OF PERTURBATIONS AND TIMING. THE 00Z ECMWF CLOSES OFF A LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF...WHILE THE GFS IS MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH LOW IN SOUTHEAST. THE LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE ACTUAL POSITION OF THE SOUTHEAST LOW PRESSURE WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE IN OUR FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL LARGELY BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD...ALBEIT A MINOR COOLING CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE SHORTWAVE TUESDAY. && .AVIATION /06Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 115 AM EDT FRIDAY... UPSLOPE -SHRA/-SHSN CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION WITH ASSOCIATED MVFR VSBY/CIGS EASTERN WV. THIS SHOULD ABATE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS THE GRADIENT RELAXES AND THE SFC WINDS BACK TO A MORE WSW DIRECTION. CLOUDS ARE DISSIPATING EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND WOULD EXPECT THIS CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WINDS GENERALLY W-WNW AT THIS HOUR WITH SPEEDS IN THE 8-12KT GUSTING TO 20KT RANGE. WOULD NOT EXPECT ANY WORSE OVERNIGHT. MAIN FOCUS THROUGH THE TAF VALID PERIOD WILL BE ON A STRONG CLIPPER ROTATING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. THIS WILL PUSH AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE EVENING HOURS TODAY...ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS...SIMILAR TO THE PAST SEVERAL EVENTS. THERE IS ALSO GOOD SUPPORT FOR -SHRA WITH THE FRONT...EVEN INTO THE PIEDMONT. LOCAL WIND ANALYSIS SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR WINDS IN THE 15-20KT RANGE GUSTING TO 30-35KTS AFT 04Z FROM WEST TO EAST. CIGS SHOULD GENERALLY BE VFR THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS...BECOMING VFR TO LOCALLY IFR WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE TOWARD 06Z SAT. VSBYS WILL REMAIN MOSTLY VFR...WITH BRIEF MVFR IN -SHRA AFT 22Z FRI IN THE WEST. MEDIUM TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IN CIGS AND VSBYS THROUGH THE TAF VALID PERIOD. MEDIUM TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IN WIND SPD/DIR THROUGH THE TAF VALID PERIOD. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE SATURDAY BEFORE LIFTING OUT SUNDAY. A STRONG DISTURBANCE CROSSING TO THE NORTH BY EARLY SATURDAY WILL COMBINE WITH UPSLOPE FLOW TO BRING MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. SOME CLOUDS MAY ALSO SPILL EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WHERE PERIODS OF MVFR COULD OCCUR ESPCLY AROUND KBCB-KROA ALONG WITH PASSING RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS. HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD RETURN TO PROVIDE VFR CONDITIONS FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. BY TUESDAY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN AND PERHAPS SUB-VFR CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE AREA. && .FIRE WEATHER... WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT SATURDAY IS LOOKING LIKE A CRITICAL FIRE WX DAY FOR MOST OF THE AREA...BUT ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...AS WINDS GUST TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH MIN RH FALLING INTO THE 20S. WILL BE COORDINATING WITH FOREST OFFICIALS FRIDAY ABOUT ANY POSSIBLE FIRE WEATHER HEADLINES. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR VAZ009. NC...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR NCZ001-018. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JH/WP NEAR TERM...JH/WP SHORT TERM...KK LONG TERM...KK AVIATION...JH/RAB/WP FIRE WEATHER...WP
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 10:24 PM EDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1024 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 WVZ508-090230- WESTERN GREENBRIER- 1024 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT BRINGING WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MILES PER HOUR IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS COULD REACH LOW END ADVISORY CRITERIA OF THREE INCHES BY SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ009-090230- SMYTH- 1024 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THIS FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING...WITH A HARD FREEZE LIKELY BOTH MORNINGS. A FREEZE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR EACH OF THESE MORNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-090230- SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 1024 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SUB-FREEZING CONDITIONS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A HARD FREEZE IS ANTICIPATED BY SUNDAY MORNING IN MOST AREAS...WHICH WILL REQUIRE A FREEZE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ002-VAZ007-010>014-016>020-WVZ042>044-507-090230- ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL- FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- EASTERN GREENBRIER- 1024 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT BRINGING WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MILES PER HOUR IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001-018-090230- ASHE-WATAUGA- 1024 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WARNING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THIS FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING...WITH A HARD FREEZE LIKELY BOTH MORNINGS. A FREEZE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR EACH OF THESE MORNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ015-090230- GRAYSON- 1024 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THIS FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 5:12 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 35 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:12 AM EDT | Hard Freeze Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:42 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 32 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:22 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Yadkin | 28 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:04 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Tazewell | 20 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.