Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 10, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Dec 26, 2012, 2:41 PM EST for 9 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 27, 2012, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2012, 2:41 PM EST (19:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 27, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2012, 3:43 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Somerset County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
958 WWUS71 KCTP 261941 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 241 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 PAZ024>026-033>036-064-065-270345- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0010.121227T1200Z-121227T2200Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-ADAMS- YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON... MOUNT UNION...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG... CHAMBERSBURG...GETTYSBURG...YORK 241 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS WHERE STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL OCCUR. 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. && $$ CR
5 follow-up statements
648 WWUS71 KCTP 270252 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 952 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 PAZ024>026-033>036-064-065-271300- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0010.121227T1200Z-121227T2200Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-ADAMS- YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON... MOUNT UNION...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG... CHAMBERSBURG...GETTYSBURG...YORK 952 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS WHERE STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ DEVOIR
847 WWUS71 KCTP 270438 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1138 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 PAZ024>026-033>036-064-065-271245- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0010.121227T1200Z-121227T2200Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-ADAMS- YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON... MOUNT UNION...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG... CHAMBERSBURG...GETTYSBURG...YORK 1138 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY... * WINDS...WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS WHERE STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL OCCUR. 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. && $$ LA CORTE
487 WWUS71 KCTP 270831 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 331 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 PAZ024>026-033>036-064-065-271645- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0010.121227T1200Z-121227T2200Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-ADAMS- YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON... MOUNT UNION...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG... CHAMBERSBURG...GETTYSBURG...YORK 331 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS WHERE STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
605 WWUS71 KCTP 271649 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1149 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 PAZ024>026-033>036-064-065-272200- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121227T2200Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-ADAMS- YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON... MOUNT UNION...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG... CHAMBERSBURG...GETTYSBURG...YORK 1149 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS WHERE STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL OCCUR. 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. && $$
956 WWUS71 KCTP 272043 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 343 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 PAZ024>026-033>036-064-065-272145- /O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121227T2200Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-ADAMS- YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON... MOUNT UNION...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG... CHAMBERSBURG...GETTYSBURG...YORK 343 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE GUSTY WEST WIND WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. $$
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.