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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Oct 9, 2016, 4:46 AM EDT for 34 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 9, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2016, 4:46 AM EDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 9, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 43 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Wythe County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
096 WWUS71 KRNK 090846 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 446 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .WINDS WILL GUST FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT TODAY. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ009-012>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 091800- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0011.161009T0900Z-161009T2200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-SMYTH-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... MARION...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 446 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE ALLEGHNAY HIGHLANDS, THE ROANOKE AND NEW RIVER VALLEYS, DANVILLE AND LYNCHBURG, AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. I-77 FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INTO NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING FANCY GAP IS ALSO WITHIN THE WIND ADVISORY. * HAZARDS...STRONG, GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 4PM. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREED ARE LIKELY DUE TO THE SOAKED GROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
844 WWUS71 KRNK 091503 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1103 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...STRONGER GUSTS ANTICIPATED INTO THIS AFTERNOON... .WINDS WILL GUST FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ009-012>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 092200- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-161009T2200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-SMYTH-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... MARION...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 1103 AM EDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE ALLEGHNAY HIGHLANDS... THE ROANOKE AND NEW RIVER VALLEYS... DANVILLE AND LYNCHBURG... AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. I-77 FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INTO NORTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING FANCY GAP IS ALSO WITHIN THE WIND ADVISORY. * HAZARDS...STRONG... GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 4PM. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREED ARE LIKELY DUE TO THE SOAKED GROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS WIND ADVISORY WAS ISSUED BASED ON WET GROUNDS AND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH COMBINING TO POSSIBLY LEAD TO DOWNED TREES. && $$
113 WWUS71 KRNK 092145 AAA NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 545 PM EDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...WINDS TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING... NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ009-012>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- 092245- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-161009T2200Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES- YADKIN-SMYTH-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... DANBURY...EDEN...YANCEYVILLE...BOONE...WILKESBORO...YADKINVILLE... MARION...WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE... SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE... LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE 545 PM EDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO GUST TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH PRIOR TO SUNSET BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 11:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 47 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2016Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.