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Wind Advisory 4, NWS State College, PA

December 2, 200733 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Dec 2, 2007, 2:44 AM EST for 33 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 3, 2007, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2007, 2:44 AM EST (07:44 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2007, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 4, 2007, 4:00 AM EST
In force
21 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 07:45 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, 7.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2007-12-02Temperature 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2007-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
2365 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 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 020744
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
244 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ON MONDAY...

.COLDER AIR WRAPPING AROUND A DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE
ON STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS MONDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY FROM 7 AM MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH 7 PM MONDAY EVENING.

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-022030-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.071203T1200Z-071204T0000Z/
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-
244 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF A
DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY MONDAY.

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.

$$

DEVOIR
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KCTP 021627
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1127 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ON MONDAY...

.COLDER AIR WRAPPING AROUND A DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE
ON STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEGINNING EARLY MONDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS
FROM THE WEST WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT
MONDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY FROM 7 AM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH 7 PM MONDAY EVENING.

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-030300-
/O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.071203T1200Z-071204T0000Z/
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-
1127 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING...IN THE WAKE
OF A DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE AREA AND SOUTHWARD TRAILING COLD
FRONT.

SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH DURING THE
MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH
LIKELY POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY MONDAY.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED
LOCATIONS. THE GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE...DOWNED TREE LIMBS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

$$

LAMBERT/TYBURSKI/CRUZ
000 
WWUS71 KCTP 030046
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
746 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ON MONDAY...

.COLDER AIR WRAPPING AROUND A DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE
ON STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEGINNING EARLY MONDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS
FROM THE WEST WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT
MONDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY
INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-030915-
/O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.071203T1200Z-071204T0000Z/
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-
746 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING...IN THE WAKE
OF A DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE AREA AND SOUTHWARD TRAILING COLD
FRONT.

SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH DURING THE MID TO
LATE MORNING HOURS...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH COMMON DURING
THE DAY MONDAY.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED
LOCATIONS. THE GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE...DOWNED TREE LIMBS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

$$

LA CORTE
000 
WWUS71 KCTP 030713
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
213 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TODAY...

.SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE WEST WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT
MUCH OF THE DAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-031630-
/O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.071203T1200Z-071204T0000Z/
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-
213 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
EST THIS EVENING. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A
DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE AREA COLD FRONT.

SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH DURING THE MID TO
LATE MORNING HOURS...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH COMMON
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED
LOCATIONS. THE GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE...DOWNED TREE LIMBS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

$$

DEVOIR
000 
WWUS71 KCTP 031627
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1127 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TODAY...

.SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE WEST WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT
MUCH OF THE DAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-040000-
/O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/
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-
1127 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING
IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE AREA COLD FRONT.

SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN
45 AND 50 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE PEAK GUSTS SHOULD DIMINISH BY 5 TO 10
MPH TONIGHT...AVERAGE WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED
LOCATIONS. THE GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE...DOWNED TREE LIMBS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

$$

LAMBERT/TYBURSKI
000 
WWUS71 KCTP 032021
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
321 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATE TODAY
THROUGH TONIGHT...

.SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35
MPH THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND
50 MPH.

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-040900-
/O.EXT.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071204T0900Z/
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-
321 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT
AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFIES OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST.

SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN
40 AND 50 MPH.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED
LOCATIONS. THE GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE...DOWNED TREE LIMBS...AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

$$

LAMBERT/TYBURSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 3:01 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WatchCTPMcKean, Warren23 hr
Dec 2, 4:37 PM ESTSnow AdvisoryCTPCambria, Somerset29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.