Alert archive / Pennsylvania / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 4, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this high wind warning at Sep 14, 2008, 8:18 PM EDT for 12 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 8 hr. 15 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
- Sep 14, 2008, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 9:00 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Johnstown, PA | TREES/WIRES DOWN |
| Sep 14, 9:10 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Warren, PA | TREES/WIRES DOWN |
| Sep 14, 9:30 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Coudersport, PA | TREES/WIRES DOWN |
| Sep 14, 9:30 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Smethport, PA | WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES COUNTY-WIDE. |
| Sep 14, 9:50 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Austin, PA | TREES/WIRES DOWN |
| Sep 14, 10:00 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Ridgway, PA | TREES BLOWN DOWN ONTO WIRES...COUNTY-WIDE WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES |
| Sep 14, 10:15 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Emporium, PA | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN...SOME ON POWER LINES |
| Sep 14, 10:41 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Clearfield, PA | RECORDED WIND GUST OF 69 MPH. ALSO, WIDESPREAD DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES COUNTY-WIDE. |
| Sep 14, 11:25 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lock Haven, PA | *** 2 INJ *** NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES, SOME ON HOMES AND CARS. TWO PEOPLE WITH MINOR INJURIES AFTER A TREE FELL ON THEIR CAR IN LOCK HAVEN |
| Sep 14, 11:25 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Waterville, PA | SEVERAL REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES |
| Sep 14, 11:30 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Bellefonte, PA | SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Sep 14, 11:30 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Hollidaysburg, PA | TREES DOWN |
| Sep 14, 11:44 PM EDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 50 | 2 Ne State College, PA | MEASURED WIND GUST OF 50 MPH AT NWS CTP |
| Sep 15, 12:40 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Wellsboro, PA | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM AROUND ROUTE 6...SOUTH |
| Sep 15, 12:45 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Warren, PA | WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES...SOME ON HOUSES, CARS, AND POWER LINES |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 579 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 846 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 11.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KCTP 150018 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 818 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION... .THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION TONIGHT. PAZ004-150800- /O.UPG.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080915T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.HW.W.0004.080915T0018Z-080915T0800Z/ WARREN- 818 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH WILL BUFFET THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE PASS TO OUR NORTH. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE HIGH WINDS WILL PULL DOWN TREE LIMBS...LIKELY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES AND PERHAPS MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ PAZ006-010-011-017-024-033-150800- /O.EXA.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080915T0800Z/ POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- 818 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TONIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE PASS TO OUR NORTH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN TREE LIMBS...RESULTING MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. $$ PAZ005-150800- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080915T0800Z/ MCKEAN- 818 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TONIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE PASS TO OUR NORTH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN TREE LIMBS...RESULTING MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KCTP 150053 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 853 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION... .THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION TONIGHT. PAZ005-006-010-011-017-024-150800- /O.UPG.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080915T0800Z/ /O.EXA.KCTP.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080915T0800Z/ MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA- 853 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BUFFET THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE PASS TO OUR NORTH. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE HIGH WINDS WILL PULL DOWN TREE LIMBS... LIKELY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES AND PERHAPS MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ PAZ004-150800- /O.CON.KCTP.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080915T0800Z/ WARREN- 853 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH WILL BUFFET THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE PASS TO OUR NORTH. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE HIGH WINDS WILL PULL DOWN TREE LIMBS... LIKELY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES AND PERHAPS MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ PAZ012-018-019-025>027-034-037-041-042-045-046-150800- /O.EXA.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080915T0800Z/ NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON- MIFFLIN-BEDFORD-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING- 853 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TONIGHT... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE PASS TO OUR NORTH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN TREE LIMBS...RESULTING MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. $$ PAZ033-150800- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080915T0800Z/ SOMERSET- 853 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TONIGHT... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE PASS TO OUR NORTH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN TREE LIMBS...RESULTING MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. $$
000 WWUS71 KCTP 150312 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1112 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION... .THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION TONIGHT. PAZ012-018-019-025-037-041-045-150800- /O.UPG.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080915T0800Z/ /O.EXA.KCTP.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080915T0800Z/ NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-TIOGA- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CLINTON- 1112 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST WINDS OF 20 AND 30 MPH WILL BUFFET THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. EXPECT WINDS TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE PASS TO OUR NORTH. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE HIGH WINDS MAY TOPPLE TREES...DOWN POWER LINES AND DAMAGE SOME STRUCTURES. $$ PAZ004>006-010-011-017-024-150800- /O.CON.KCTP.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080915T0800Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA- 1112 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BUFFET THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE PASS TO OUR NORTH. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THE HIGH WINDS WILL PULL DOWN TREE LIMBS... LIKELY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES AND PERHAPS MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ PAZ028-049>053-150800- /O.EXA.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080915T0800Z/ JUNIATA-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- 1112 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TONIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE PASS TO OUR NORTH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN TREE LIMBS...RESULTING MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. $$ PAZ026-027-033-034-042-046-150800- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080915T0800Z/ HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN LYCOMING- 1112 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH TONIGHT... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST AND DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE PASS TO OUR NORTH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO DOWN TREE LIMBS...RESULTING MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. $$
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.