Alert archive / Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2016, 4:04 PM EST for Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Grayson County, Smyth County, Tazewell County, Virginia; Mercer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2016, 4:04 PM EST (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
910 WWUS71 KRNK 022104 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 404 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN INTENSE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS OVER TENNESSEE TONIGHT...WHICH WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...CONSIDERABLE WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST SHOULD SPREAD OVER SMYTH AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA. AS A RESULT...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY OCCUR THAT COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. VAZ007-009-030500- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0003.160202T2104Z-160203T1500Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION 404 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...SMYTH AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AT 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$ PW
3 follow-up statements
844 WWUS71 KRNK 030043 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 743 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN INTENSE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS OVER TENNESSEE TONIGHT...WHICH WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...CONSIDERABLE WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST SHOULD SPREAD OVER SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND GRAYSON COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA...MERCER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. AS A RESULT...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY OCCUR THAT COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-WVZ042-030845- /O.EXA.KRNK.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160203T1500Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP 743 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...MERCER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...AND ASHE AND WATAGUA IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AT 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$ VAZ007-009-030845- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160203T1500Z/ TAZEWELL-SMYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION 743 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...SMYTH AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AT 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$ 07
333 WWUS71 KRNK 030844 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 344 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... .STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 50 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH MID MORNING. NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-031500- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160203T1500Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP 344 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...MERCER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...GRAYSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...AND ASHE AND WATAUGA IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AT 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH MID MORNING. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$
957 WWUS71 KRNK 031400 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 900 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE ENDED... NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-031500- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160203T1500Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP 900 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE MAIN THREAT NOW IS POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. $$
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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.