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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this wind advisory at Oct 19, 2025, 1:04 PM EDT for Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; 5 counties in Virginia; Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It took effect at Oct 19, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2025, 1:04 PM EDT (17:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Bath County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, Floyd County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
932 WWUS71 KRNK 191704 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 104 PM EDT Sun Oct 19 2025 VAZ020-WVZ507-508-200300- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.251019T2100Z-251020T1200Z/ Bath-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier- Including the cities of Quinwood, Hot Springs, Lewisburg, Alderson, Rainelle, White Sulphur Springs, and Duo 104 PM EDT Sun Oct 19 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...In Virginia, Bath County. In West Virginia, Eastern Greenbrier and Western Greenbrier Counties. * WHEN...From 5 PM this afternoon to 8 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015>017-200300- /O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.251020T0000Z-251020T1100Z/ Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd- Including the cities of West Jefferson, Galax, Volney, Troutdale, Sparta, Floyd, Whitetop, Independence, and Boone 104 PM EDT Sun Oct 19 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Alleghany NC, Ashe, and Watauga Counties. In Virginia, Carroll, Floyd, and Grayson Counties. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 7 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ SH
2 follow-up statements
032 WWUS71 KRNK 192306 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 706 PM EDT Sun Oct 19 2025 VAZ020-WVZ507-508-201200- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-251020T1200Z/ Bath-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier- Including the cities of White Sulphur Springs, Duo, Hot Springs, Lewisburg, Quinwood, Rainelle, and Alderson 706 PM EDT Sun Oct 19 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...In Virginia, Bath County. In West Virginia, Eastern Greenbrier and Western Greenbrier Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015>017-201100- /O.CON.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.251020T0000Z-251020T1100Z/ Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd- Including the cities of Volney, Whitetop, West Jefferson, Galax, Independence, Sparta, Floyd, Troutdale, and Boone 706 PM EDT Sun Oct 19 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...In North Carolina, Alleghany NC, Ashe, and Watauga Counties. In Virginia, Carroll, Floyd, and Grayson Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ AS
612 WWUS71 KRNK 201217 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 817 AM EDT Mon Oct 20 2025 VAZ020-WVZ507-508-201330- /O.EXP.KRNK.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-251020T1200Z/ Bath-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier- Including the cities of Rainelle, Duo, Quinwood, Hot Springs, Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs, and Alderson 817 AM EDT Mon Oct 20 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... The threat has ended. $$ EB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 25 min |
| Oct 19, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 31 min |
| Oct 19, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 35 min |
| Oct 19, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 34 min |
| Oct 19, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell | 32 min |
| Oct 19, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Grayson, Pulaski, Smyth, Tazewell and 1 more | 56 min |
| Oct 19, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath | 61 min |
| Oct 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bland, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski and 2 more | 60 min |
| Oct 19, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 33 min |
| Oct 19, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 31 min |
| Oct 19, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt, Craig | 25 min |
| Oct 19, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 24 min |
| Oct 19, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig, Giles, Roanoke | 34 min |
| Oct 19, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 32 min |
| Oct 19, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Pittsylvania | 30 min |
| Oct 19, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell | 32 min |
| Oct 19, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 36 min |
| Oct 19, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 32 min |
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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.