A strong cold front associated with low pressure moving into the Ohio Valley brought west to northwest winds gusting to near 60 mph to parts of the area.
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The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
A strong cold front associated with low pressure moving into the Ohio Valley brought west to northwest winds gusting to near 60 mph to parts of the area.
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 Feb 2, 7:02 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
702 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EAST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC
REGION DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ALLOWING WINDS TO SLOWLY
DIMINISH AND BRINGING A RETURN TO SEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES.
THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF
THE GULF COAST STATES FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY
WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN...WITH SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. COLD AND WINDY
WEATHER WILL FOLLOW THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
INTO SUNDAY...ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
UPDATE TO ALLOW THE GOING WIND ADVISORY OVER THE FAR WEST TO
EXPIRE AT 7 PM AS GUSTS OVER THAT REGION REMAIN WELL BELOW
CRITERIA. ELSW WINDS ALSO RUNNING BELOW WARNING/ADVISORY LEVELS
GIVEN BEST PRES RISES TO THE NORTH...BUT STILL EXPECTING A
NOCTURNAL TYPE SURGE THIS EVENING AS BETTER COLD ADVECTION PUSHES
ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE AND THE INVERSION LOWERS. WILL TAKE ANOTHER
LOOK LATER THIS EVENING AS EXPECT MAY BE ABLE TO TRIM BACK A LOT
OF THE ADVISORY AREA AND DROP THE WARNING PENDING WINDS AFTER 9-10
PM. OTRW ALSO CUT BACK ON POPS NW WITH MOST SIG -SHSN STAYING JUST
NW OF THE CWA ATTM WHILE THINGS REMAIN QUITE DRY AND WELL MIXED AT
THIS POINT. MID LEVEL WAVE ALONG THE SOUTHERN JET ALSO PULLING
MORE HIGH CLDNS NORTH AS IT SHEARS OUT ACROSS THE SE STATES SO
ALSO UPPER CLOUD COVER SOME AS WELL ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN CWA.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
BACKLASH FROM WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH NEW ENGLAND WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT IN THE FORM OF BLUSTERY WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS. PRESSURE RISES
IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM WILL RESULT IN STRONG CROSS BARRIER FLOW
OVERNIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE MTNS.
PRESSURE RISES PEAK BETWEEN 6-10PM...SO THINK THE STRONGEST WIND
GUSTS WILL OCCUR ABOUT THIS TIME...ESP ALONG THE RIDGE CRESTS.
WIND FLOW AT 85H IS PROGGED AROUND 50 KTS...SO THE WIND ADVISORIES
LOOK OK. THE WARNING IN THE NC MTNS LOOKS A BIT MARGINAL HOWEVER
AND THINK IF THERE ARE ANY WARNING THRESHOLD GUSTS IT WOULD BE AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. THAT SAID...TEMPTED TO DOWNGRADE THE
WARNING TO AN ADVISORY...BUT FOR THE SAKE OF RISKING A FLIP/FLOP
FORECAST WILL HOLD ONTO THE WARNING HEADLINE INTO THE EVENING TO SEE
IF WINDS CAN TEST 50 KTS AT WEST JEFFERSON OR BOONE.
ASIDE FROM THE WIND...THE ONLY OTHER BACKLASH TEASE WILL BE SOME
WINDWARD CLOUDINESS AND SNOW SHOWERS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A
DUSTING TO A FEW INCHES IN OUR NORMAL UPSLOPE SNOW PRONE AREAS OF
THE WESTERN CWA. THE COLD AIR THAT IS ENTRENCHED MID CONUS LOOKS
IMPRESSIVE ON THE WEATHER MAP...BUT IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE COLDEST
OF THIS AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS. OUR
MOUNTAINS WILL PARTAKE IN A NIGHT OR TWO WHERE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
MAY DIP INTO THE TEENS...BUT THE OVERALL IMPACT WILL BE NOTHING
WE HAVE NOT ALREADY ENDURED THIS WINTER SEASON. TEMPS EAST OF THE
MTNS WILL ALSO GET TRIMMED...THE OVERALL OUTCOME CLOSER TO THE
SEASONAL NORM.
AFTER TONIGHT...WINDS WILL DIMINISH...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING
OVERHEAD THURSDAY. ANY LOW CLOUDINESS IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD
WANE...BEING REPLACED BY HIGH THIN CIRRUS THAT WILL BEGIN TO STREAM
UP FROM THE SOUTH AHEAD OF OUR NEXT WEATHER EVENT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
BEGINNING OF SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL BE DOMINATED BY A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS EAST INTO
THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. COLD AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL
ONCE AGAIN WEDGE ITSELF INTO THE BLACKSBURG FORECAST AREA THROUGH
FRIDAY...SETTING THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER P-TYPE THREAT AS UPSTREAM
NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE KICKER DRIVES SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE
NORTHERN PLAINS AND DISLODGES SOUTHERN STREAM CUT-OFF SYSTEM
CURRENTLY DRIFTING EAST THROUGH THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE
NATION.
ABUNDANT MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHEAST IN ADVANCE
OF THE SOUTHERN SYSTEM SHOULD MINIMIZE EXTENT OF RADIATIVE COOLING
ON THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL ALSO SUPPRESS DAYTIME RISE ON FRIDAY.
GUIDANCE QUITE CONSISTENT IN DRIVING LEADING EDGE OF VIRGINA TO JUST
SOUTH OF THE BLACKSBURG FORECAST AREA SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK ON
FRIDAY...GRADUALLY SATURATING LOWER LEVELS AS ISENTROPIC LIFT
INCREASES THROUGH AN INCREASINGLY DEEP MOIST LAYER TO WRING OUT SOME
GROUND-BASED PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
BLACKSBURG FORECAST AREA BY DAYS END...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
460.
THERMAL PROFILE WILL NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF A SNOW EVENT...BUT WARM
NOSE OF LESS THAN 2C INITIALLY...COUPLED WITH LOW WET BULBS...SHOULD
SUPPORT COLD RAIN/SLEET EVENT...GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING
RAIN/RAIN EVENT ON FRIDAY NIGHT AS ISENTROPIC LIFT/WARM ADVECTION
FURTHER INTENSIFIES OVER AREA. AT THE PRESENT TIME...ANY ICE
ACCRETION SHOULD BE LIGHT...GENERALLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR
LESS...AND MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS...BUT CAN NOT ENTIRELY RULE OUT
SOME SPOTTY FREEZING PRECIPITATION IN THE FOOTHILLS IMMEDIATELY EAST
OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND SOME OF THE LOWER SHELTERED SPOTS ACROSS THE
PIEDMONT IF WET BULBING CAN DRIVE SURFACE TEMPERATURES DOWN ENOUGH.
DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG IN-SITU WEDGE SUPPORTS COLDER METMOS VALUES
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A NON-DIURNAL TEMPERATURE
CURVE...AND EVEN UNDERCUT THESE NUMBERS IN SOME LOCALS BASED ON
LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL/TOPOGRAPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS.
ANY LINGERING STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION SHOULD QUICKLY COME TO AND
END BY MID TO LATE SATURDAY MORNING AS SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...FOLLOWED
BY DOWNSLOPE DRYING AND BREEZY CONDITIONS EAST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE...WITH UPSLOPING SNOW/RAIN SHOWERS PERSISTING ACROSS THE
WESTERN FLANKS OF THE APPALACHIANS. WITH COLD ADVECTION INCREASING
AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL LIKELY
OCCUR DURING THE MORNING WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...AND FLAT-LINE
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS FURTHER EAST.
SQUEEZE PLAY BETWEEN EXITING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING NORTHEAST
ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING EAST
INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL KEEP UPSLOPING SNOW SHOWERS GOING
ACROSS THE WEST ON SATURDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH LOWER TROPOSPHERIC
WIND VECTORS DO NOT ORIGINATE FROM OFF THE GREAT LAKES...SO A
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION EVENT IS NOT EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORMALLY
FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS. CLOUDS AND MIXING ACROSS THE WEST...WITH
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND SOME DECOUPLING OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER EAST OF
THE BLUE RIDGE SHOULD RESULT IN FAIRLY UNIFORM LOW
TEMPERATURES...WITH READINGS SHORTLY BEFORE DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY
LIKELY TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 20S ACROSS THE WEST...TO UPPER 20S
ACROSS THE EAST.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES...AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHEAST RIDGES NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE REGION IN ITS WAKE. HELD ON TO SOME LIGHT POPS ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST SUNDAY MORNING SUPPORTED BY THE GFS. BUT FLOW BECOMES
SOUTHWEST AS A COLD FRONT FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE MIDWEST.
WITH THE TREND OF THE MODELS SLOWER ELECTED TO HOLD OFF ON CHC POPS
FOR THE WEST UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. ON MONDAY NIGHT...THE FRONT
ENTERS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND MOVES ACROSS CWA ON TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TURNING COLDER AND
BECOMING WINDY TUESDAY NIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW ON WEDNESDAY
WILL RESULT IN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. LEANED POPS TOWARDS
THE SLOWER SOLUTION OF HPC EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE LOW PROGRESSION
THROUGH THE EAST SIMILAR TO 00Z CANADIAN/00Z ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEAN.
IN GENERAL...USED A BLEND OF HPCGUIDE AND GMOS FOR TEMPERATURES AND
DEW POINT TEMPERATURES DURING THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL HINDER AVIATION OPERATIONS TONIGHT.
SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY TONIGHT. SFC GUSTS OF
25-35KTS ARE LIKELY. LCL WIND GUSTS OF 40-45KTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
VCNTY OF THE MTN RIDGES. AT ROA...WATCH FOR CROSSWINDS TONIGHT ON
RUNWAY 06/24.
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE EAST OF THE MTNS THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD. IN THE MTNS...BLF AND LWB WILL SEE LOWERING CIGS...LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY BANKING UP AGAINST THE WINDWARD SLOPES.
KRLX WSR-88D SHOWED LIGHT SNOW ACROSS WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA . IN THE
WESTERN MOUNTAINS...CIGS WILL BECOME MVFR...THEN POSSIBLY DROPPING
TO IFR TONIGHT WITH LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. TIMING OF LOWER CLOUDS MAY
BE A LITTLE SLOWER...RESULTING IN BETTER CONDITIONS PREVAILING
LONGER IN FORECAST.
SURFACE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVERHEAD. LOW CLOUDS IN THE MTNS SHOULD THIN
DURING THE AFTERNOON...TRANSITIONING TO MAINLY CLEARS SKIES FOR
THURSDAY NIGHT.
ANOTHER STORM WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN GULF AND APPROACH FROM
THE SOUTH FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE THE
THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD MVFR OR IFR. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR
SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER COLD FRONT ON MONDAY.
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY FOR VAZ011>014-016>020-
022>024-032>035.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY FOR VAZ015.
NC...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ002-003-019.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY FOR NCZ001-018.
WV...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...WERT
NEAR TERM...JH/PM
SHORT TERM...WERT
LONG TERM...KK
AVIATION...KK/PMHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 700 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 WVZ042-043-045-040000- MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- 700 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE GULF COAST STATES MAY BRING A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING ON SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM LIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. AT THE PRESENT TIME...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT... GENERALLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION...AND BE MINDFUL OF THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ007-009-010-WVZ044-040000- TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-MONROE- 700 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE GULF COAST STATES MAY BRING A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING ON SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM LIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. AT THE PRESENT TIME...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT... GENERALLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION...AND BE MINDFUL OF THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ011>014-018>020-040000- GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- 700 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE GULF COAST STATES MAY BRING A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING ON SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM LIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. AT THE PRESENT TIME...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT... GENERALLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION...AND BE MINDFUL OF THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-040000- ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- 700 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE GULF COAST STATES MAY BRING A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING ON SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM LIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. AT THE PRESENT TIME...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT... GENERALLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION...AND BE MINDFUL OF THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-040000- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 700 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE GULF COAST STATES MAY BRING A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING ON SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM LIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. AT THE PRESENT TIME...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT... GENERALLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION...AND BE MINDFUL OF THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ002-003-019-VAZ016-017-022>024-032>035-040000- ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WILKES-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE- PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- 700 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... 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...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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE GULF COAST STATES MAY BRING A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING ON SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM LIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. AT THE PRESENT TIME...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT... GENERALLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER...MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION...AND BE MINDFUL OF THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds blew a tree down on top of a truck along Route 421 near Boone.
A tree was blown down by high winds along Will Vannoy Road near Idlewild.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 284949, 284950.