Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 1, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Feb 22, 2007, 3:14 PM EST for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 22, 2007, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2007, 3:14 PM EST (20:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2007, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 15 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 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 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 222014 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 314 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA... .AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. PAZ024-025-033-034-230415- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.070223T0000Z-070223T1500Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD- 314 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A POTENT ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM AND OCCLUDED FRONT. SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 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. $$ STEINBUGL/MARTIN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KCTP 230233 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 933 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA... .AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. PAZ024-025-033-034-231045- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070223T1500Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD- 933 PM EST THU FEB 22 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE A LITTLE MORE OVERNIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A POTENT ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM AND OCCLUDED FRONT. SUSTAINED WEST- NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL ALSO BLOW THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW AROUND...WHICH WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE ROADS CLEARED. PLEASE USE CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING OVER THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ DANGELO
000 WWUS71 KCTP 230954 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 454 AM EST FRI FEB 23 2007 PAZ024-025-033-034-231500- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070223T1500Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD- 454 AM EST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. THE WINDS WILL ALSO BLOW THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW AROUND...WHICH WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE ROADS CLEARED. PLEASE USE CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING OVER THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 3:15 PM EST | Snow Advisory | CTP | Cambria, McKean, Somerset, Warren | 16 hr |
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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.