Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 1, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2011, 3:43 AM EST for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 2, 2011, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2011, 3:43 AM EST (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2011, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2011, 10:02 PM EST
- In force
- 13 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 08:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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
- 412 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
664 WWUS71 KCTP 020843 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 343 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 PAZ024-025-033-034-030500- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.110202T1700Z-110203T0500Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...SOMERSET... BEDFORD 343 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ MS
3 follow-up statements
972 WWUS71 KCTP 021143 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 643 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 PAZ024-025-033-034-021945- /O.EXT.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.110202T1400Z-110203T0500Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...SOMERSET... BEDFORD 643 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ MS
522 WWUS71 KCTP 021807 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 107 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 PAZ024-025-033-034-030500- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0500Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...SOMERSET... BEDFORD 107 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
658 WWUS71 KCTP 030302 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1002 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 PAZ024-025-033-034-030415- /O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0500Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...SOMERSET... BEDFORD 1002 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS COULD STILL GUST TO 30 OR 35 MPH EARLY TONIGHT...BUT WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER THAN EARLIER THIS EVENING. $$ DANGELO
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 5:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk | 112 min |
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.