Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 1, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2014, 3:19 PM EST for 6 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 21, 2014, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2014, 3:19 PM EST (20:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2014, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2014, 4:59 PM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Cambria County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 2545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
814 WWUS71 KCTP 202019 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 319 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY FRIDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY AS COLDER AIR RUSHES BACK INTO THE REGION. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH... AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RIDGE TOPS. PAZ004-005-010-017-024-033-210430- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.140221T0900Z-140221T2200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS... RIDGWAY...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 319 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TREES LIMBS COULD FALL ON POWER LINES AND CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. SMALL OUTSIDE ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH BARRELS COULD ALSO BE TOSSED ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER AVOIDING AREAS EXPOSED TO STRONG CROSS-WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT STORED OR TIED DOWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ GARTNER/RXR
7 follow-up statements
544 WWUS71 KCTP 210243 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 943 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY FRIDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY AS COLDER AIR RUSHES BACK INTO THE REGION. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH... AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RIDGE TOPS. PAZ004-005-010-017-024-033-211800- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.140221T0900Z-140221T2200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS... RIDGWAY...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 943 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TREES LIMBS COULD FALL ON POWER LINES AND CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. SMALL OUTSIDE ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH BARRELS COULD ALSO BE TOSSED ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER AVOIDING AREAS EXPOSED TO STRONG CROSS-WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT STORED OR TIED DOWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ DEVOIR
983 WWUS71 KCTP 210742 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 242 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE GUSTY. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT SHOULD SUBSIDE AS THE DAY ENDS. PAZ004-005-010-017-024-033-211800- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.140221T0900Z-140221T2200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS... RIDGWAY...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 242 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TREES LIMBS COULD FALL ON POWER LINES AND CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. SMALL OUTSIDE ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH BARRELS COULD ALSO BE TOSSED ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER AVOIDING AREAS EXPOSED TO STRONG CROSS-WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT STORED OR TIED DOWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ DANGELO
925 WWUS71 KCTP 211157 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 657 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 .WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE GUSTY. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT SHOULD SUBSIDE AS THE DAY ENDS. PAZ004-005-010-017-024-033-212200- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T2200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS... RIDGWAY...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 657 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TREES LIMBS COULD FALL ON POWER LINES AND CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. SMALL OUTSIDE ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH BARRELS COULD ALSO BE TOSSED ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER AVOIDING AREAS EXPOSED TO STRONG CROSS-WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT STORED OR TIED DOWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$
112 WWUS71 KCTP 211452 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 952 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 .WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE GUSTY. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT SHOULD SUBSIDE AS THE DAY ENDS. WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT...OVER THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY...WINDS ARE CALM AND ALLOWING DENSE FOG TO LINGER. PAZ057>059-065-066-211700- /O.NEW.KCTP.FG.Y.0004.140221T1452Z-140221T1700Z/ DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE... LEBANON...YORK...LANCASTER 952 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY WILL MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN...KEEP HEADLIGHTS ON TO ALLOW OTHERS TO BETTER SEE YOU. ALSO...LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ PAZ004-005-010-017-024-033-212200- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T2200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS... RIDGWAY...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 952 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TREES LIMBS COULD FALL ON POWER LINES AND CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. SMALL OUTSIDE ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH BARRELS COULD ALSO BE TOSSED ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER AVOIDING AREAS EXPOSED TO STRONG CROSS-WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT STORED OR TIED DOWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ BG/CE/PH
054 WWUS71 KCTP 211654 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1154 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 .WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE GUSTY. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT SHOULD SUBSIDE AS THE DAY ENDS. WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT...OVER THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY...WINDS ARE LIGHT AND ALLOWING DENSE FOG TO LINGER. PAZ057>059-065-066-212000- /O.EXT.KCTP.FG.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T2000Z/ DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE... LEBANON...YORK...LANCASTER 1154 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY WILL MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN...KEEP HEADLIGHTS ON TO ALLOW OTHERS TO BETTER SEE YOU. ALSO...LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ PAZ004-005-010-017-024-033-212200- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T2200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS... RIDGWAY...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 1154 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TREES LIMBS COULD FALL ON POWER LINES AND CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. SMALL OUTSIDE ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH BARRELS COULD ALSO BE TOSSED ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER AVOIDING AREAS EXPOSED TO STRONG CROSS-WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT STORED OR TIED DOWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ BG
540 WWUS71 KCTP 211926 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 226 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 .WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO BE GUSTY. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT SHOULD SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PAZ057>059-065-066-212030- /O.CAN.KCTP.FG.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T2000Z/ DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE... LEBANON...YORK...LANCASTER 226 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. THE FOG HAS LIFTED AND VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED ACROSS THE AREA, THEREFORE THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ PAZ004-005-010-017-024-033-212200- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T2200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS... RIDGWAY...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 226 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...TREES LIMBS COULD FALL ON POWER LINES AND CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. SMALL OUTSIDE ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH BARRELS COULD ALSO BE TOSSED ABOUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER AVOIDING AREAS EXPOSED TO STRONG CROSS-WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT STORED OR TIED DOWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ GARTNER
027 WWUS71 KCTP 212159 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 459 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 PAZ004-005-010-017-024-033-212300- /O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T2200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS... RIDGWAY...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 459 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. ADDITIONAL GUSTS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
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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.