Alert archive / Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2021, 1:22 PM EST for Bath County, Virginia; Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 1, 2021, 2:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2021, 1:22 PM EST (18:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2021, 2:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2021, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Bath County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
968 WWUS71 KRNK 011822 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 122 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 VAZ020-WVZ508-020430- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.210301T1900Z-210302T0600Z/ Bath-Western Greenbrier- Including the cities of Hot Springs, Quinwood, Duo, and Rainelle 122 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...In Virginia, Bath County. In West Virginia, Western Greenbrier County. * WHEN...Until 1 AM EST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ VFJ
2 follow-up statements
502 WWUS71 KRNK 012345 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 645 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 VAZ020-WVZ508-020600- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210302T0600Z/ Bath-Western Greenbrier- Including the cities of Hot Springs, Quinwood, Duo, and Rainelle 645 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...In Virginia, Bath County. In West Virginia, Western Greenbrier County. * WHEN...Until 1 AM EST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
407 WWUS71 KRNK 020553 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 1253 AM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 VAZ020-WVZ508-020700- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210302T0600Z/ Bath-Western Greenbrier- Including the cities of Hot Springs, Quinwood, Duo, and Rainelle 1253 AM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... Northwest wind gusts will be under 45 mph this rest of the night, so the advisory is being allowed to expire. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bath | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:41 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Craig, City of Covington | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 1:14 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:20 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 2 min |
| Mar 1, 7:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 11 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:43 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 25 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:49 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Bath | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:13 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 63 min |
| Mar 1, 1:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 31 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 27 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2021Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2021Every wind advisory in 2021
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.