Emb-145 flight crew reported a GPWS terrain alert on a night visual approach into roa.

Attributes
ACN	1648352
Time
Date	201905
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ROA.Airport
State Reference	VA
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Received a GPWS aural alert during our descent into roa while complying with tower assigned heading and altitude changes in VMC; while visually clear of all terrain.out of an overabundance of caution; I leveled the wings; increased power; and brought the nose above the horizon; at which point the aural alert immediately subsided.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-145 flight crew reported a GPWS terrain alert on a night visual approach into ROA.

Narrative: Received a GPWS aural alert during our descent into ROA while complying with Tower assigned heading and altitude changes in VMC; while visually clear of all terrain.Out of an overabundance of caution; I leveled the wings; increased power; and brought the nose above the horizon; at which point the aural alert immediately subsided.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.