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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Feb 4, 2016, 5:35 PM EST for Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Grayson County, Virginia. It took effect at Feb 4, 2016, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2016, 5:35 PM EST (22:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2016, 11:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2016, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Grayson County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
388 WWUS71 KRNK 042235 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 535 PM EST THU FEB 4 2016 ...BECOMING VERY WINDY OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL ENHANCE LOW LEVEL WINDS TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-051500- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0004.160205T0400Z-160205T1500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 535 PM EST THU FEB 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAYSON HIGHLANDS OF VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SMALL TREES AND BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN...AND SOME MAY FALL ON POWER LINES AND POSSIBLY CAUSE ISOLATED 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. && $$ MBS
2 follow-up statements
735 WWUS71 KRNK 050912 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 412 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS THROUGH MID MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL ENHANCE LOW LEVEL WINDS THROUGH MID MORNING. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-051500- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160205T1500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 412 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...NORTH CAROLINA HIGH COUNTRY INTO GRAYSON COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 10 AM TODAY. * IMPACTS...SMALL TREES AND BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN...AND SOME MAY FALL ON POWER LINES POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL LIKELY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS. && $$
853 WWUS71 KRNK 051434 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 934 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...NORTHWEST WINDS TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015-051545- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160205T1500Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 934 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD REMAIN RATHER STRONG THROUGH MIDDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. GUSTS TO 40 OR 45 MPH COULD STILL OCCUR ESPECIALLY ALONG THE RIDGES THROUGH AROUND NOON BEFORE SPEEDS DECREASE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 8:23 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:55 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 34 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:55 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 56 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.