Alert archive / North Carolina / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind warning at Mar 1, 2016, 2:50 PM EST for Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Grayson County, Virginia. It took effect at Mar 1, 2016, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 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
- Mar 1, 2016, 2:50 PM EST (19:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2016, 7:49 AM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Grayson County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
519 WWUS71 KRNK 011950 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 250 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT PRODUCING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT...AND WILL BE ESPECIALLY GUSTY ALONG THE RIDGE CRESTS. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-020400- /O.UPG.KRNK.WI.Y.0006.160302T0200Z-160302T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0001.160302T0000Z-160302T1700Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 250 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING GRAYSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...BEGINNING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS EVENING... WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS OCCURRING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON HIGHER MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS AND IN LOCATIONS WHERE WINDS ARE CHANNELED. 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. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-WVZ042>044-507-508-020400- /O.EXT.KRNK.WI.Y.0006.160302T0000Z-160302T1700Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 250 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...PART OF THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA...HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE GREENBRIER...NEW RIVER...ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEYS. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET. * TIMING...BEGINNING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS EVENING... WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS OCCURRING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. CROSS WINDS ALONG INTERSTATE 77 AND 81 WILL MAKE DRIVING A CHALLENGE...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
897 WWUS71 KRNK 020255 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 955 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... .WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT... AND WILL BE ESPECIALLY GUSTY ALONG THE RIDGE CRESTS FROM THE BLUE RIDGE WESTWARD. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-021200- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160302T1700Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 955 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING GRAYSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON HIGHER MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS AND IN LOCATIONS WHERE WINDS ARE CHANNELED. 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. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-WVZ042>044-507-508-021200- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160302T1700Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 955 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...PART OF THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA... HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE GREENBRIER...NEW RIVER...ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEYS. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. CROSS WINDS ALONG INTERSTATE 77 AND 81 WILL MAKE DRIVING A CHALLENGE...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MBS
465 WWUS71 KRNK 021032 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 532 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE THIS MORNING... .IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE RIDGE CRESTS FROM THE BLUE RIDGE WESTWARD. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-021700- /O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160302T1700Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 532 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING GRAYSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON HIGHER MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS AND IN LOCATIONS WHERE WINDS ARE CHANNELED. 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. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-WVZ042>044-507-508-021700- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160302T1700Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 532 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...PART OF THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA... HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE GREENBRIER...NEW RIVER...ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEYS. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. CROSS WINDS ALONG INTERSTATE 77 AND 81 WILL MAKE DRIVING A CHALLENGE...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
042 WWUS71 KRNK 021249 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 749 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 NCZ001-018-VAZ015-021400- /O.CAN.KRNK.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160302T1700Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 749 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ARE STILL GUSTY IN THE WAKE OF LAST NIGHTS FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT GUSTS SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN 45 MPH AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS...WITH GUSTS BELOW 35 MPH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. $$ NCZ002-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-WVZ042>044-507-508-021400- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160302T1700Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- ROCKBRIDGE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER- WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND... PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON... HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON... BUENA VISTA...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 749 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ARE STILL GUSTY IN THE WAKE OF LAST NIGHTS FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT GUSTS SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN 45 MPH AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS...WITH GUSTS BELOW 35 MPH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. $$ 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 4:42 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 27 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 64 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2016High Wind Warnings in Virginia, 2016Every high wind warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.