3 products issued by NWS for: Roanoke VA
High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 122 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ007-009>014-016>020-022>024-032>035-043>047- WVZ042>045-100230- /O.UPG.KRNK.HW.A.0001.100210T0500Z-100211T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KRNK.HW.W.0003.100210T0500Z-100211T1000Z/ SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY- PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...WILKESBORO... YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD... NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD... AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG... QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 122 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 65 MPH...AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH OR STRONGER CAN OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. STRONG WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY AS CLEARING OCCURS THROUGH THE NEW RIVER VALLEY AND THE BLUE RIDGE. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES...POWER LINES AND WEAK STRUCTURES. HOWEVER WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES AND POWER LINES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN TOPPLE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS. && $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 641 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 VAZ022-101145- ROANOKE- 641 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. HIGH WIND WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. $$
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 640 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... ...ADDITIONAL UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE MOUNTAINS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. COLD AIR IN PLACE FROM HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX DURING THE DAY...MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT... WITH A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR WITH ANOTHER FRONT WEDNESDAY MORNING. VAZ022-091945- /O.UPG.KRNK.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100210T1000Z/ /O.EXA.KRNK.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100210T1000Z/ ROANOKE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ROANOKE 640 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BECOMING MIXED WITH SLEET BY MIDDAY. * 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. * STRONG GUSTY WINDS LATER TONIGHT WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS AROUND ZERO...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$