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Wind Advisory 7, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2012, 2:17 PM EST for 8 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 3, 2012, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 2:17 PM EST (19:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2012, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
305 WWUS71 KCTP 021917 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 217 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT AND COULD GUST NEAR 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND WEST-FACING SLOPES. PAZ004>006-010-011-017-024-033-030330- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.120303T0900Z-120304T0000Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 217 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BRANCHES WILL BREAK WHICH COULD CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND IF NOT SECURED. 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. && $$ DANGELO
3 follow-up statements
956 WWUS71 KCTP 030224 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 924 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 .WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND COULD GUST NEAR 50 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND WEST-FACING SLOPES. PAZ004>006-010-011-017-024-033-040000- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.120303T0900Z-120304T0000Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 924 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BRANCHES WILL BREAK WHICH COULD CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$
836 WWUS71 KCTP 031052 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 552 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 .GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL TODAY...WITH GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH LIKELY. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND WEST-FACING SLOPES. PAZ004>006-010-011-017-024-033-040000- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120304T0000Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 552 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...BRANCHES WILL BREAK WHICH COULD CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND IF NOT SECURED. 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. && $$ MARTIN
360 WWUS71 KCTP 031120 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 620 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 .GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL TODAY...WITH GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH LIKELY. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND WEST- FACING SLOPES. PAZ004>006-010-011-017-024-033-040000- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120304T0000Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 620 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...TODAY...INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...BRANCHES WILL BREAK WHICH COULD CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ MARTIN
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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.