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Wind Chill Advisory 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 19, 2021, 1:47 PM EST for Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 20, 2021, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2021, 1:47 PM EST (18:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2021, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2021, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
County Greenbrier County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 110 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
852 WWUS41 KRNK 191847 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 147 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 WVZ508-200300- /O.NEW.KRNK.WC.Y.0004.210220T0500Z-210220T1500Z/ Western Greenbrier- Including the cities of Quinwood, Duo, and Rainelle 147 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 10 below zero. * WHERE...Western Greenbrier County. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 10 AM EST Saturday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Chill Advisory is issued when strong winds will combine with cold temperatures for several hours to create dangerously cold conditions for exposed skin. Use caution while outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$
3 follow-up statements
810 WWUS41 KRNK 200203 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 903 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 WVZ508-201015- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0004.210220T0500Z-210220T1500Z/ Western Greenbrier- Including the cities of Quinwood, Duo, and Rainelle 903 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 10 below zero. * WHERE...Western Greenbrier County. * WHEN...overnight until 10 AM EST Saturday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Chill Advisory is issued when strong winds will combine with cold temperatures for several hours to create dangerously cold conditions for exposed skin. Use caution while outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$ 07
025 WWUS41 KRNK 201006 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 506 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021 ...Cold Wind Chill This Morning... WVZ508-201400- /O.CON.KRNK.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210220T1500Z/ Western Greenbrier- Including the cities of Quinwood, Duo, and Rainelle 506 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 10 below zero. * WHERE...Western Greenbrier County. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST today. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could result in hypothermia if precautions are not taken. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Scattered snow showers will continue this morning with less than one inch additional accumulation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Chill Advisory is issued when strong winds will combine with cold temperatures for several hours to create dangerously cold conditions for exposed skin. Use caution while outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$
923 WWUS41 KRNK 201525 WSWRNK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 1025 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021 WVZ508-201630- /O.EXP.KRNK.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210220T1500Z/ Western Greenbrier- 1025 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Temperatures will gradually increase to the low to mid 20s today. $$
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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.