000 WWUS71 KRNK 270916 NPWRNK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 416 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG HIGHER RIDGES... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AND EVEN STRENGTHEN TODAY AND TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST COAST. THE STRONG WINDS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. NCZ001-018-VAZ015-271730- /O.EXT.KRNK.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091128T1100Z/ ASHE-WATAUGA-GRAYSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY 416 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. SOME WEAKENING MAY BRIEFLY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL STRENGTHEN AGAIN TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHEST RIDGES. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE WET SOIL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHEST WEST FACING RIDGES THROUGH THIS MORNING ...WHICH WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS AND LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ VAZ010>014-018>020-271730- /O.EXB.KRNK.WI.Y.0018.091127T2300Z-091128T1100Z/ BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE... PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE... HOT SPRINGS 416 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AT AROUND 20 TO 30 MPH... AND WILL INCREASE SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT...WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. THUS A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR TONIGHT WHEN THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ002-VAZ016-017-022-271730- /O.EXT.KRNK.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091128T1100Z/ ALLEGHANY NC-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARTA...GALAX...FLOYD...ROANOKE... SALEM 416 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY. WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. THE WINDS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG OVERNIGHT...THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$