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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2016, 9:21 AM EDT for Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Grayson County, Virginia. It took effect at Apr 7, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2016, 9:21 AM EDT (13:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 13:25 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, 1.4 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
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
576 WWUS71 KRNK 071321 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 921 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON... .A FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING WINDS TO INCREASE FROM THE WEST AND GUST UP TO 50 MPH OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA...INTO THE GRAYSON HIGHLANDS. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-072130- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0009.160407T1600Z-160408T0000Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 921 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE GRAYSON HIGHLANDS. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...MIDDAY UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME SMALLER TREES AND LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN...WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF MORE THAN 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
353 WWUS71 KRNK 071936 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 336 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS UNTIL EARLY EVENING... ...ANOTHER FREEZE TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS... .STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE GRAYSON HIGHLANDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL AROUND FREEZING. NCZ001-018-080345- /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.W.0006.160408T0600Z-160408T1400Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE 336 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS 27 TO 32. * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES 2 AM UNTIL 10 AM. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS... ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME SMALLER TREES AND LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN...WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF MORE THAN 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ009-080345- /O.NEW.KRNK.FZ.W.0006.160408T0600Z-160408T1400Z/ SMYTH- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MARION 336 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TEMPERATURES...28 TO 32. * TIMING...2AM UNTIL 10AM FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE KILLED IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ015-080000- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/ GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY 336 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE GRAYSON HIGHLANDS. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS... ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME SMALLER TREES AND LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN...WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF MORE THAN 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
845 WWUS71 KRNK 072334 AAA NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 734 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING... ...ANOTHER FREEZE TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS... .STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE GRAYSON HIGHLANDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL AROUND FREEZING. NCZ001-018-080745- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/ /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0006.160408T0600Z-160408T1400Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE 734 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TEMPERATURES...LOWS 27 TO 32. * LOCATIONS...HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THIS EVENING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES 2 AM UNTIL 10 AM. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT VEGETATION. ANY EXPOSED CROPS OR FLOWERS WILL BE KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ015-080045- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/ GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE... VOLNEY 734 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. HOWEVER GUSTS TO 40 MPH COULD STILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE SPEEDS SUBSIDE EVEN MORE BY MIDNIGHT. $$ VAZ009-080745- /O.CON.KRNK.FZ.W.0006.160408T0600Z-160408T1400Z/ SMYTH- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MARION 734 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...SMYTH COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TEMPERATURES...28 TO 32. * TIMING...2AM UNTIL 10AM FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE KILLED IF LEFT EXPOSED TO THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 5:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 57 min |
| Apr 7, 3:36 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 18 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, City of Lynchburg | 42 min |
| Apr 7, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Lynchburg and 2 more | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 17 min |
| Apr 7, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles | 30 min |
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.