Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 8, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Oct 30, 2012, 4:18 AM EDT for 33 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2012, 4:18 AM EDT (08:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2012, 9:55 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
All 33 counties
Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Elk County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Warren County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1823 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
500 WWUS71 KCTP 300818 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 418 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS... .WINDS AROUND THE CENTER OF FORMER HURRICANE SANDY CONTINUE TO DECREASE BUT WILL STILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE SPORADIC DOWNED TREES...MAINLY IN AREAS OF SATURED SOIL. PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>035-037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-301600- /O.CAN.KCTP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121030T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0008.121030T0818Z-121030T1800Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON... MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN...MIFFLINTOWN...SOMERSET...BEDFORD... MCCONNELLSBURG...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...TROUT RUN...LAPORTE... LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE... SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK 418 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND INTO EARLY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...ISOLATED DOWNED TREES IN SATURATED SOIL IF YOU EXPERIENCE A POWER OUTAGE...DO NOT USE GENERATORS... GRILLS OR OTHER GASOLINE...PROPANE OR CHARCOAL BURNING DEVICES INSIDE YOUR HOME OR GARAGE. THEY PRODUCE CARBON MONOXIDE...AN ODORLESS...COLORLESS GAS THAT KILLS MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED AMERICANS EACH YEAR. GENERATORS SHOULD BE PLACED OUTSIDE...AWAY FROM DOORS WINDOWS AND VENTS THAT COULD ALLOW CARBON MONOXIDE TO SEEP INSIDE. DO NOT LET YOUR CAR IDLE INSIDE THE GARAGE...EVEN IF THE GARAGE DOOR IS OPEN. 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. && $$ PAZ036-056>059-063>066-301600- /O.CAN.KCTP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121030T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0008.121030T0818Z-121030T1600Z/ FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK- LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMBERSBURG...NEWPORT...HARRISBURG... HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON...CARLISLE...GETTYSBURG...YORK... LANCASTER 418 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED DOWNED TREES IN SATURATED SOIL. IF YOU EXPERIENCE A POWER OUTAGE...DO NOT USE GENERATORS... GRILLS OR OTHER GASOLINE...PROPANE OR CHARCOAL BURNING DEVICES INSIDE YOUR HOME OR GARAGE. THEY PRODUCE CARBON MONOXIDE...AN ODORLESS...COLORLESS GAS THAT KILLS MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED AMERICANS EACH YEAR. GENERATORS SHOULD BE PLACED OUTSIDE...AWAY FROM DOORS WINDOWS AND VENTS THAT COULD ALLOW CARBON MONOXIDE TO SEEP INSIDE. DO NOT LET YOUR CAR IDLE INSIDE THE GARAGE...EVEN IF THE GARAGE DOOR IS OPEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ DEVOIR/STEINBUGL
1 follow-up statement
054 WWUS71 KCTP 301355 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 955 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELED... PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>035-037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-301500- /O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121030T1800Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON... MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN...MIFFLINTOWN...SOMERSET...BEDFORD... MCCONNELLSBURG...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...TROUT RUN...LAPORTE... LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE... SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK 955 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. AS SANDY WEAKENS OVER PENNSYLVANIA TODAY...THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. IT WILL STAY BREEZY WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES...BUT WE NO LONGER EXPECT WINDS TO MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ PAZ036-056>059-063>066-301500- /O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121030T1600Z/ FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK- LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMBERSBURG...NEWPORT...HARRISBURG... HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON...CARLISLE...GETTYSBURG...YORK... LANCASTER 955 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. AS SANDY WEAKENS OVER PENNSYLVANIA TODAY...THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. IT WILL STAY BREEZY WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES...BUT WE NO LONGER EXPECT WINDS TO MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 8:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Elk and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 30, 4:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata, Perry and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 30, 1:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 23 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.