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Wind Advisory 4, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Feb 11, 2012, 2:42 PM EST for 6 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 11, 2012, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2012, 2:42 PM EST (19:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2012, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Somerset County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
247 WWUS71 KCTP 111942 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 242 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 PAZ024-025-033>036-120345- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.120212T0000Z-120212T1800Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...SOMERSET... BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG 242 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LARGE BRANCHES COULD FALL. COULD LOCALLY BE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
184 WWUS71 KCTP 120103 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 803 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 PAZ024-025-033>036-121100- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120212T1800Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...SOMERSET... BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG 803 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY... * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TONIGHT...SHIFTING MORE TO THE WEST SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LARGE BRANCHES COULD FALL. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDING...SUCH AS SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ LAMBERT/GARTNER/MACH
255 WWUS71 KCTP 121001 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 501 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012 PAZ024-025-033>036-121800- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120212T1800Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...SOMERSET... BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG 501 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LARGE BRANCHES COULD FALL. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDING...SUCH AS SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 4:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming, Northumberland, Union | 69 min |
| Feb 11, 5:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and 1 more | 63 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.