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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Jan 31, 2017, 3:59 AM EST for 11 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Jan 31, 2017, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2017, 3:59 AM EST (08:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2017, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2017, 3:54 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
444 WWUS71 KRNK 310859 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 359 AM EST TUE JAN 31 2017 ...STRONG, GUSTY WIND THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WIND ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON. VAZ018>020-022>024-312100- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0003.170131T1600Z-170131T2100Z/ CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NEW CASTLE, CLIFTON FORGE, COVINGTON, HOT SPRINGS, ROANOKE, SALEM, FINCASTLE, LEXINGTON, AND BUENA VISTA 359 AM EST TUE JAN 31 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...ROANOKE VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS, INCLUDING ROANOKE, SALEM, HOT SPRINGS, LEXINGTON, BUENA VISTA AND COVINGTON. * HAZARDS...STRONG GUSTY WIND. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
613 WWUS71 KRNK 311549 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1049 AM EST TUE JAN 31 2017 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. VAZ018>020-022>024-312100- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0003.170131T1600Z-170131T2100Z/ CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NEW CASTLE, CLIFTON FORGE, COVINGTON, HOT SPRINGS, ROANOKE, SALEM, FINCASTLE, LEXINGTON, AND BUENA VISTA 1049 AM EST TUE JAN 31 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...ROANOKE VALLEY AND ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS, INCLUDING ROANOKE, SALEM, HOT SPRINGS, LEXINGTON, BUENA VISTA, AND COVINGTON. * HAZARDS...GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ PW
179 WWUS71 KRNK 312054 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 354 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2017 VAZ018>020-022>024-312200- /O.CAN.KRNK.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170131T2100Z/ CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NEW CASTLE, CLIFTON FORGE, COVINGTON, HOT SPRINGS, ROANOKE, SALEM, FINCASTLE, LEXINGTON, AND BUENA VISTA 354 PM EST TUE JAN 31 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL EVENTUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. $$ PW
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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.