Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 4, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Nov 24, 2005, 3:40 AM EST for 33 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Nov 24, 2005, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2005, 3:40 AM EST (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 24, 2005, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2005, 6:48 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
All 33 counties
Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Elk County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Warren County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 201 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KCTP 240840 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 340 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO DEVELOP TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A FRESH ARCTIC AIRMASS TO THE STATE...AS WELL AS THE LIKELIHOOD FOR GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS. PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-241645- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.051124T1500Z-051125T0300Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 340 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT ENTERING WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE BY MID DAY BRINGING A SURGE OF VERY COLD AIR AND A STRONG WESTERLY WIND. BY MID DAY...THE WIND WILL BE HOWLING AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO POSSIBLY BREAK SMALL LIMBS OFF TREES AS WELL AS BLOW AROUND SMALL LOOSE OUT DOOR OBJECTS LIKE FURNITURE OR GARBAGE CANS. IN ADDITION...SNOW SHOWERS AND LOCALIZED SNOW SQUALLS WILL BE POSSIBLE. COMBINED WITH THE LIGHT SNOWS THAT FELL OVERNIGHT...THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...CAUSING LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS TO HOLIDAY TRAVELERS. 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. $$ LA CORTE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KCTP 241629 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1129 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO DEVELOP TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING A FRESH ARCTIC AIRMASS TO THE STATE...AS WELL AS THE LIKELIHOOD FOR GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS. PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-250300- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051125T0300Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 1129 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A COLD FRONT ENTERING WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING... WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING A SURGE OF VERY COLD AIR AND A STRONG WESTERLY WIND. BY MID DAY...THE WIND WILL BE HOWLING AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO POSSIBLY BREAK SMALL LIMBS OFF TREES AS WELL AS BLOW AROUND SMALL LOOSE OUT DOOR OBJECTS LIKE FURNITURE OR GARBAGE CANS. IN ADDITION...SNOW SHOWERS AND LOCALIZED SNOW SQUALLS WILL BE POSSIBLE. COMBINED WITH THE LIGHT SNOWS THAT FELL OVERNIGHT...THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...CAUSING LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS TO HOLIDAY TRAVELERS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ ONDREJIK
000 WWUS71 KCTP 242024 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 324 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-250300- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051125T0300Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 324 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. A SURGE OF VERY COLD AIR WILL BRING THE ENTIRE REGION A STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WIND THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO POSSIBLY BREAK SMALL LIMBS OFF TREES AS WELL AS BLOW AROUND SMALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS LIKE FURNITURE OR GARBAGE CANS. IN ADDITION...SNOW SHOWERS AND LOCALIZED SNOW SQUALLS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WHEN THE WINDS HIT THE LIGHT SNOWS THAT FELL OVERNIGHT AND EARLIER TODAY...THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...CAUSING LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY PATCHES ON ROADS. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE A BIT LATER THIS EVENING...BUT REMAIN ABOUT 15 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT. 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. $$ DANGELO
000 WWUS71 KCTP 242348 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 648 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-250100- /O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051125T0300Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 648 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIE OFF...AND HAVE ALREADY BECOME MUCH LESS GUSTY. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLACKEN A BIT MORE THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT STAY 10 TO 20 MPH. SOME GUSTS MAY REACH 35 OR 40 MPH...BUT WE NO LONGER EXPECT TO HAVE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 46 MPH. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTS OF SNOW IN THE AREAS THAT STILL HAVE SNOW ON THE GROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TONIGHT...AS PREVIOUSLY WET ROADWAYS MAY BE FROZEN AND COVERED WITH ICE. THE WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT...WHICH WILL BE THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OF THE SEASON SO FAR. BUNDLE UP IF YOU MUST GO OUTSIDE...OR IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT. $$ DANGELO
Nearby
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Sources
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.