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Wind Advisory 1, NWS State College, PA

February 2, 20114 counties in Pennsylvania

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

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2011-02-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2011-02-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 5:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCameron, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk112 min

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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.