Wind Advisory 3, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Nov 16, 2005, 4:07 AM EST (09:07 UTC)

Expired

Nov 16, 2005, 4:00 PM EST

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Counties Cambria County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Warren County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
WWUS71 KCTP 160907
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
407 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...PRECEDED
BY STRONG SOUTH WIND GUSTS AND FOLLOWED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM
THE WEST.

PAZ004-005-010-017-024-033-161715-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0003.051116T0907Z-051116T2100Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS...
RIDGWAY...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET
407 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM
THIS MORNING. PRIOR TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...SOUTH OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WILL GUST AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS COULD TOP OUT AROUND 50
MPH ON THE RIDGE TOPS.

A NARROW LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY A RUMBLE OF
THUNDER...WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT. ALONG AND BEHIND THE
FRONT LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON...WEST WINDS
WILL BLOW AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS WILL BEGIN
TO SLACKEN DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED
LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE. SECURE ANY LIGHTWEIGHT...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH
CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE THAT WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY THE
STRONGER WIND GUSTS.

$$

LAMBERT/RADZANOWSKI

000 
WWUS71 KCTP 161553
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1053 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...
PRECEDED BY STRONG SOUTH WIND GUSTS AND FOLLOWED BY STRONG WIND
GUSTS FROM THE WEST.

PAZ004-005-010-017-024-033-162100-
/O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051116T2100Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
1053 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED THE REGION EARLY TODAY...BRINGING WIND
GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGE
TOPS.

GUSTY WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE BEGINNING
TO ABATE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED
LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO TOPPLE SOME TREES OR CAUSE MINOR
PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE ANY LIGHTWEIGHT...OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS
TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE THAT WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY
THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS.

$$

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.