Alert archive / Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2016, 3:52 PM EDT for 26 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in West Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 2, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2016, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2016, 5:13 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 33 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1209 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
492 WWUS71 KRNK 011952 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 352 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...STRONG COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH SATURDAY AND BRING WIND AND UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...AND BRING STRONG AND VERY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ009-022>024-033>035-021200- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0007.160402T2200Z-160403T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.A.0003.160403T0600Z-160403T1400Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-SMYTH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... MARION...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 352 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...STRONG WINDS WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. FOR THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA...THE SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND PARTS OF THE ROANOKE VALLEY. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...PERHAPS 55 TO 60 MPH AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING...FOR WIND...6 PM SATURDAY EVENING TO 8 AM SUNDAY MORNING. FOR SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES...2 AM SUNDAY MORNING TO 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION...INCLUDING BUDDING FRUIT TREES. POTTED PLANTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS. STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BRING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES COULD RESULT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. 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 FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ007-010>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-021200- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0007.160402T2200Z-160403T1200Z/ TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL- FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP... HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 352 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. * HAZARDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...PERHAPS 55 TO 60 MPH AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING...6 PM SATURDAY EVENING TO 8 AM SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BRING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES COULD RESULT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RAB
1 follow-up statement
284 WWUS71 KRNK 020913 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 513 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING IN VERY GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. VAZ022-023-033-034-022030- /O.CAN.KRNK.FZ.A.0003.160403T0600Z-160403T1400Z/ /O.UPG.KRNK.WI.Y.0007.160402T2200Z-160403T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0002.160402T2200Z-160403T1200Z/ ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE...SALEM...FINCASTLE... ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD 513 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...FROM THE FOOTHILLS TO WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INCLUDING THE ROANOKE VALLEY. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG TO DAMAGING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE SHARPLY THIS EVENING AND WILL BE VERY GUSTY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES COULD RESULT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ009-024-035-022030- /O.UPG.KRNK.WI.Y.0007.160402T2200Z-160403T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0002.160402T2200Z-160403T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KRNK.FZ.A.0003.160403T0600Z-160403T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.W.0003.160403T0600Z-160403T1400Z/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-SMYTH-ROCKBRIDGE-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... MARION...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...AMHERST 513 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. A FREEZE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND ROCKBRIDGE...AMHERST AND SMYTH COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG TO DAMAGING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE SHARPLY THIS EVENING AND WILL BE VERY GUSTY OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AFTER 2AM. * IMPACTS...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION...INCLUDING BUDDING FRUIT TREES. POTTED PLANTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS IF POSSIBLE...SINCE KEEPING PLANTS COVERED DURING THE HIGH WINDS WILL BE CHALLENGING. VERY STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES COULD RESULT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S TO LOWER 30S. 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 FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ007-010>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-022030- /O.UPG.KRNK.WI.Y.0007.160402T2200Z-160403T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0002.160402T2200Z-160403T1200Z/ TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL- FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP... HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... ALDERSON...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 513 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...INCLUDING I-77 THOUGH FANCY GAP. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG TO DAMAGING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE SHARPLY THIS EVENING AND WILL BE VERY GUSTY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES COULD RESULT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ032-022030- /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0002.160402T2200Z-160403T1200Z/ SURRY-WILKES-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...STUART 513 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE...INCLUDING I-77. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * HAZARDS...VERY STRONG TO DAMAGING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE SHARPLY THIS EVENING AND WILL BE VERY GUSTY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES COULD RESULT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-022030- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0008.160402T2200Z-160403T1200Z/ 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 513 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE SHARPLY THIS EVENING AND WILL BE VERY GUSTY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND MAY BRING DOWN TREES LIMBS. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES COULD RESULT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE STRONG CROSSWINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 36 min |
| Apr 1, 3:52 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, Rockbridge and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 4:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 53 min |
| Apr 1, 5:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 62 min |
| Apr 1, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 62 min |
| Apr 1, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 45 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2016Wind Advisories in West 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.