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High Wind Warning 3, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this high wind warning at May 11, 2008, 3:23 PM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr. 4 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
- May 11, 2008, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Somerset County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:30 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Treasure Lake, PA | TREES REPORTED DOWN. |
| May 11, 3:40 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Friedens, PA | TREES DOWNED BY STRONG WINDS |
| May 11, 4:38 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Altoona, PA | TREES REPORTED DOWN. |
| May 11, 4:40 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Vinco, PA | TREES DOWN IN JACKSON TWP. |
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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 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 111923 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 323 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 PAZ017-024-025-033-034-120000- /O.NEW.KCTP.HW.W.0003.080511T1923Z-080512T0000Z/ CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD- 323 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...AS SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASE AHEAD OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE ARE EXPECTED...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 PM. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE HIGH WINDS MAY TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. $$ DEVOIR
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 4:17 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Dauphin and 9 more | 32 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008Every high wind warning in 2008
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.