Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 4, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Dec 24, 2014, 3:57 AM EST for 10 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 24, 2014, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2014, 3:57 AM EST (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2014, 8:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2014, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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 (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
963 WWUS71 KCTP 240857 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 357 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...STRONG WESTERLY WIND GUSTS EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE ALLEGHENY PLATEAU OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY PRECEDED AND ACCOMPANIED BY A FEW NARROW LINES OF HEAVY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. A STRONG DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CREATE FREQUENT WESTERLY WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CHRISTMAS MORNING. PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-033-242200- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.141225T0100Z-141225T1700Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... PHILIPSBURG...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 357 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING POSSIBLY PRECEDED AND ACCOMPANIED BY A FEW NARROW LINES OF HEAVY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. A STRONG DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CREATE WESTERLY WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CHRISTMAS MORNING. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 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/STATECOLLEGE OR MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ LAMBERT/RADZANOWSKI
3 follow-up statements
649 WWUS71 KCTP 241859 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 159 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RIDGES. PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-033-251200- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.141225T0100Z-141225T1700Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... PHILIPSBURG...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 159 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RIDGES * TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN ABOUT 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RIDGES. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER AVOIDING AREAS EXPOSED TO STRONG CROSS-WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT STORED OR TIED DOWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE OR MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ LA CORTE
081 WWUS71 KCTP 250142 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 842 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RIDGES. PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-033-251200- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-141225T1700Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... PHILIPSBURG...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 842 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN ABOUT 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RIDGES. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 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/STATECOLLEGE OR MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$
590 WWUS71 KCTP 250931 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 431 AM EST THU DEC 25 2014 .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED WELL TO THE EAST OF THE REGION THIS MORNING. WESTERLY WIND IN ITS WAKE WILL GUST BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ACROSS THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATER THIS CHRISTMAS DAY. PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-033-251700- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-141225T1700Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... PHILIPSBURG...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 431 AM EST THU DEC 25 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER AVOIDING AREAS EXPOSED TO STRONG CROSS-WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT STORED OR TIED DOWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE OR MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ LAMBERT/ROSS
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2014Every wind advisory in 2014
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.