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High Wind Warning 1, NWS State College, PA

December 16, 20074 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this high wind warning at Dec 16, 2007, 10:43 AM EST for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 16, 2007, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2007, 10:43 AM EST (15:43 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 16, 2007, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 17, 2007, 2:00 AM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Somerset County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 16, 7:45 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGWestmont, PATREES/WIRES DOWN
Dec 16, 8:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGMartinsburg, PATREE ON HOME

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2007-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2007-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 409 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
452 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KCTP 161543
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1043 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY AS A STORM SYSTEM
MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION...

PAZ024-025-033-034-170400-
/O.NEW.KCTP.HW.W.0001.071216T1800Z-071217T0700Z/
/O.EXT.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.071217T0700Z-071217T1800Z/
CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-
1043 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL
2 AM EST MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1
PM EST MONDAY.

LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFYING JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF NEW YORK CITY
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST LATE TODAY.

WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS
COLDER AIR SURGES INTO THE REGION AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. 
WIND GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH THROUGH THE FIRST HALF
OF TONIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING SLIGHTLY INTO THE 40 TO 50 MPH
RANGE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

THE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES
FROM THE FREEZING RAIN OF THE PAST 18 HOURS...WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE
TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE DIFFICULT
DUE TO THE WIND.


$$

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-026>028-035>037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-170400-
/O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.071216T2100Z-071217T1800Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-FULTON-
FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-
SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-
PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
1043 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 PM EST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 PM EST MONDAY. 

LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFYING JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF NEW YORK CITY
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST LATE TODAY.

WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS
COLDER AIR SURGES INTO THE REGION AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. WIND
GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS IN AREAS WHERE
SIGNIFICANT ICING OCCURRED AND CONTINUES TO CLING TO TREES AND
POWER LINES.

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.

$$

LAMBERT/STEINBUGL/EVANEGO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KCTP 170120
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
820 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY AS A STORM SYSTEM
MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION...

PAZ024-025-033-034-170930-
/O.CON.KCTP.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071217T0700Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.071217T0700Z-071217T1800Z/
CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-
820 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST MONDAY. A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. 

LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFYING OVER EASTERN NEW ENGLAND WILL CREATE
STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT AND
EARLY MONDAY. WIND GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH THROUGH
THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING SLIGHTLY INTO THE 40
TO 50 MPH RANGE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

THE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES
FROM THE FREEZING RAIN OF THE PAST 18 HOURS...WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE ACTION TO
SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.

DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE DIFFICULT
DUE TO THE WIND.

$$

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-026>028-035>037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-170930-
/O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071217T1800Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-FULTON-
FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-
SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-
PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
820 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST MONDAY. 

LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFYING OVER EASTERN NEW ENGLAND WILL CREATE
STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT AND
EARLY MONDAY.

WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 55 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE
REGION EARLY TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH SLIGHTLY TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50
MPH EARLY MONDAY. 

THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICING OCCURRED AND
CONTINUES TO CLING TO TREES AND POWER LINES.

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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 16, 4:10 AM ESTWind AdvisoryCTPAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more31 hr
Dec 16, 4:12 AM ESTLake Effect Snow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryCTPMcKean, Warren27 hr
Dec 16, 11:25 AM ESTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryCTPCambria, Somerset19 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.