Alert archive / West Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2012, 3:13 AM EST for Grant County, Mineral County, Pendleton County, West Virginia; Highland County, Virginia; Allegany County, Maryland. It took effect at Mar 3, 2012, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2012, 3:13 AM EST (08:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2012, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
Counties Allegany County, MD, Highland County, VA, Grant County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Pendleton County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 436 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 799 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
429 WWUS71 KLWX 030813 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 313 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 MDZ501-502-VAZ503-504-WVZ501>506-031615- /O.NEW.KLWX.WI.Y.0009.120303T1100Z-120303T2200Z/ EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY- WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON- EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FROSTBURG...CUMBERLAND...HIGHTOWN... MONTEREY...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM...PETERSBURG...ELK GARDEN... KEYSER...FORT ASHBY...CIRCLEVILLE...FRANKLIN 313 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 50 MPH ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
486 WWUS71 KLWX 031629 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1129 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 MDZ501-502-VAZ503-504-WVZ501>506-032200- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120303T2200Z/ EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY- WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON- EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FROSTBURG...CUMBERLAND...HIGHTOWN... MONTEREY...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM...PETERSBURG...ELK GARDEN... KEYSER...FORT ASHBY...CIRCLEVILLE...FRANKLIN 1129 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
626 WWUS71 KLWX 032220 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 520 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 MDZ501-502-VAZ503-504-WVZ501>506-032330- /O.EXP.KLWX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120303T2200Z/ EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY- WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON- EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FROSTBURG...CUMBERLAND...HIGHTOWN... MONTEREY...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM...PETERSBURG...ELK GARDEN... KEYSER...FORT ASHBY...CIRCLEVILLE...FRANKLIN 520 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:41 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton | 2 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:55 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Hardy, Pendleton | 2 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria and 4 more | 79 min |
| Mar 2, 11:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 53 min |
| Mar 3, 1:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Nelson | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 3:39 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 14 hr | |
| Mar 3, 3:39 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 48 hr | |
| Mar 3, 2:41 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Anne Arundel | 32 min |
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.