Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 2, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Feb 8, 2011, 4:24 AM EST for 25 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 8, 2011, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2011, 4:24 AM EST (09:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2011, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
All 25 counties
Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Union County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 115 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
551 WWUS71 KCTP 080924 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 424 AM EST TUE FEB 8 2011 PAZ019-024>028-033>036-045-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-081730- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0002.110208T1500Z-110209T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET- BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION- SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL- LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA... HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN...MIFFLINTOWN...SOMERSET... BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG...LOCK HAVEN... WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE...SUNBURY... SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...NEWPORT...HARRISBURG... HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON...CARLISLE...GETTYSBURG...YORK... LANCASTER 424 AM EST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH PEAK GUSTS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ MS
1 follow-up statement
092 WWUS71 KCTP 081718 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1218 PM EST TUE FEB 8 2011 PAZ019-024>028-033>036-045-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-090000- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET- BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION- SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL- LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA... HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN...MIFFLINTOWN...SOMERSET... BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG...LOCK HAVEN... WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE...SUNBURY... SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...NEWPORT...HARRISBURG... HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON...CARLISLE...GETTYSBURG...YORK... LANCASTER 1218 PM EST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE LOWER AND MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER BY 5 TO 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PEAK GUSTS OCCURRING BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ LAMBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2:11 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CTP | Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk and 7 more | 19 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.