Strong south to southeast winds behind a fast moving cold front downed trees.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Strong south to southeast winds behind a fast moving cold front downed trees.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 23, 11:51 AM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1151 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND OFFSHORE THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN
BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
WEDGE CONTINUES TO SLOWLY SHRINK ATTM IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENING
WARM ADVECTION AND PRES FALLS. HOWEVER SLUG OF PREFRONTAL HEAVIER
SHRA STARTING TO MOVE OVERTOP COOL POOL WHICH MAY DELAY EXODUS
UNTIL LATE IN SLITHER RIGHT ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE. OTRW COLD FRONT
NOW JUST WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS SHOULD PIVOT QUICKLY EAST THIS
AFTERNOON WITH BEST LIFT/SHRA COVERAGE REACHING THE BLUE RIDGE
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE PIEDMONT SHORTLY THEREAFTER PER
12Z NAM/LOCAL WRF. THUS SPEEDING UP EASTWARD ADVANCE OF HIGHER POPS
THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGH LIKELYS TO CAT MOST SPOTS. OTHER THAN THE
FAR WESTERN SLOPES...STRONGER WINDS SEEN ON 12Z RAOBS HAVE
REMAINED ABOVE THE INVERSION AND EXPECT WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME
MIXING DOWN A LOT THRU THE COOL POOL. APPEARS BETTER WIND
POTENTIAL MAY COME WITH NARROW LINE AHEAD OF THE FRONT PER
ELEVATED INSTABILITY AS THE NEW NAM HAS LOWER LIS WELL TO THE SE.
THUS PLAN TO KEEP GOING WARNINGS/ADVISORIES IN PLACE AND SEE HOW
MUCH THE WEDGE ERODES OUT EAST WHERE MORE CONVECTIVE CONCERNS
COULD DEVELOP ON THE FAR EASTERN FRINGE. HIGH TEMPS QUITE TRICKY
GIVEN LAV MOS RUNNING QUITE COLD IN THE WEDGE AT ROA/LYH WITH
HIGHS NEVER MAKING 50 WHILE SHOWING LOW/MID 50S WESTERN SLOPES.
FOR NOW PLAN TO LOWER HIGHS SOME BASED ON CURRENT OBS...AND WORD
CENTRAL/NE ZONES AS LATE DAY HIGHS WHEN THE FRONT SCOURS OUT THE
COOL POOL AT LEAST BRIEFLY PRIOR TO MORE COLD ADVECTION.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
COLD AIR ADVECTION KICKS IN LATE IN THE DAY IN THE WEST ALTHOUGH
THIS WILL BE A GLANCING BLOW OF COLDER AIR THAT WILL STRUGGLE TO
MOVE EAST OF THE MTNS AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE QUICKLY BUILDS BACK IN
FROM THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. AS A RESULT WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS
BEHIND THE FRONT...ALTHOUGH QUITE GUSTY...WILL LIKELY NOT REACH
ADVISORY CRITERIA. BENIGN WEATHER RETURNS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT
AS THE SFC HIGH FROM THE SOUTHWEST BUILDS OVERHEAD.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
MEAN H5 PATTERN WILL FEATURE RIDGING ON BOTH COASTS...SPECIFICALLY
WITH AN UPPER HIGH OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN...WITH A TROUGH
IN THE MIDWEST. FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK...DISTURBANCES WILL RIDE SW
TO NE THROUGH THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS ALONG THE
SOUTHEASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE MEAN TROUGH...WHICH WILL SLOWLY
REDUCE HEIGHTS IN THE EAST. INITIALLY...THESE SHRTWVS WILL BE
MOISTURE STARVED...AND ITS TOUGH TO FIGURE WHY THE GFS IS SO
BULLISH ON PRECIP LATER TUESDAY. SIMPLY...THIS MEANS THAT PRECIP
CHCS WILL SLOWLY INC BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK...WHILE TEMPERATURES
WILL BE COOLER AT THE END OF WEEK AS CLOUDS SPILL EAST.
ALSO...THE PREFERRED MODEL...WHICH AGAIN IS THE ECMWF....HAS BEEN
HINTING FOR A FEW DAYS THAT A WEDGE WILL DEVELOP THURS OR
FRIDAY...COOLING TEMPS EVEN MORE...ALTHOUGH THEY WILL STILL BE
CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. ATTM...TEMPS SHOULD BE WARM
ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE SNOW FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE CWA.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SURGE TOWARD THE WESTERN SITES AND SHOULD
CROSS BLF/LWB EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF
LOCATIONS BETWEEN 19-22Z. LLWS WILL REMAIN A PROBLEM AT SPOTS
STILL IN THE WEDGE LIKE LYH AND ROA BEFORE MIXING OUT WITH THE
FRONT. OTRW WIDESPREAD MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER
THRU LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AS BANDS OF SHRA WORK NE
AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ONCE THE BOUNDARY CROSSES...GOOD DRYING
SUPPORTS QUICK CLEARING OVERNIGHT UNDER A RESIDUAL GUSTY WESTERLY
BREEZE. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN DURING MONDAY RESULTING IN VFR
WEATHER WITH JUST SOME INCREASE IN HIGH CLOUDS BY MIDDAY INTO THE
AFTERNOON.
HIGH PRES SHOULD LINGER INTO MIDWEEK PROVIDING MAINLY VFR
CONDITIONS INTO THU ALTHO A COUPLE MID LEVEL IMPULSES MOVING THRU
THE RIDGE WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED FOR MORE CLOUDS/PRECIP THAN
EXPECTED ON TUE AND WED. ANOTHER STRONGER COLD FRONT MAY BRING MORE
CLOUDS/SHRA BY WEEKS END.
&&
.EQUIPMENT...
THE KFCX 88D RADAR REMAINS DOWN DUE TO PROBLEMS AT THE RDA SITE.
ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS ARE HEADED TO THE SITE FOR REPAIRS. TIME OF
POSSIBLE RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATIONS IS UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT.
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR VAZ010>014-
016>020-022>024.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR VAZ007-009-
015.
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NCZ001-002-018.
WV...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WVZ043>045.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WVZ042.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JH/JS
NEAR TERM...JH/JS
SHORT TERM...JS
LONG TERM...KM
AVIATION...JH/JS/KM
EQUIPMENT...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 329 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ032>035-043-240830- SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- 329 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ010>014-016>020-022>024-WVZ043>045-240830- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY- CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 329 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NCZ005-006-VAZ044>047-058-059-240830- ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 329 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THESE STORMS COMES A SLIGHT RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-240830- TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER- 329 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds downed trees on Rock River Road in Montcalm.
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