Air carrier first officer reported a GPWS event during approach to roa while in visual conditions.

Attributes
ACN	1602060
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ROA.Airport
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach Descent
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 2500 Flight Crew Type 850
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

We were in VMC descending into roa for the RNAV runway 24 approach. We were cleared to descend to 4;000 feet and were receiving radar vectors from approach control. We called the field in sight and approach cleared us for the visual to runway 24. Just as the autopilot was about to level off at 4;000 feet we received the egpws warning for terrain and the subsequent pull up. I responded by disconnecting the autopilot and adding power to climb. After climbing to 4;400 feet the warning subsided and we continued the visual approach with no further issues. I responded to the pull up warning by disconnecting the autopilot and initiating a climb. The warning subsided; and as a crew we determined visually that we were clear of the mountainous terrain.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier First Officer reported a GPWS event during approach to ROA while in visual conditions.

Narrative: We were in VMC descending into ROA for the RNAV Runway 24 Approach. We were cleared to descend to 4;000 feet and were receiving radar vectors from Approach Control. We called the field in sight and approach cleared us for the visual to Runway 24. Just as the autopilot was about to level off at 4;000 feet we received the EGPWS warning for terrain and the subsequent pull up. I responded by disconnecting the autopilot and adding power to climb. After climbing to 4;400 feet the warning subsided and we continued the visual approach with no further issues. I responded to the pull up warning by disconnecting the autopilot and initiating a climb. The warning subsided; and as a crew we determined visually that we were clear of the mountainous terrain.

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