Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 2, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2009, 4:16 AM EST for 6 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 19, 2009, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2009, 4:16 AM EST (09:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2009, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2009, 10:25 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Potter County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 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 190916 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 416 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009 PAZ006-011-012-018-025-034-192215- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0002.090219T1600Z-090220T1200Z/ POTTER-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-BEDFORD- 416 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY. AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...COMBINED WITH THE ARRIVAL OF AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BEACHLER/LAMBERT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KCTP 192214 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 514 PM EST THU FEB 19 2009 PAZ006-011-012-018-025-034-201015- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090220T1200Z/ POTTER-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-BEDFORD- 514 PM EST THU FEB 19 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY. AN INTENSIFYING STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL CREATE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL BUFFET THE AREA...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING TONIGHT. $$
000 WWUS71 KCTP 200325 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1025 PM EST THU FEB 19 2009 PAZ006-011-012-018-025-034-200430- /O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090220T1200Z/ POTTER-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-BEDFORD- 1025 PM EST THU FEB 19 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BUFFET THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THE WINDS SHOULD NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANY DAMAGE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 4:22 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | Cambria, Clearfield, Elk, McKean, Somerset, Warren | 31 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.