Alert archive / Pennsylvania / High Wind Warnings in 2007
High Wind Warning 1, NWS State College, PA
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 7:45 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Westmont, PA | TREES/WIRES DOWN |
| Dec 16, 8:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Martinsburg, PA | TREE 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 4:10 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more | 31 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:12 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | CTP | McKean, Warren | 27 hr |
| Dec 16, 11:25 AM EST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 19 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.