Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this wind advisory at Apr 29, 2014, 6:23 AM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2014, 6:23 AM EDT (10:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Counties Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
319 WWUS71 KPBZ 291023 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 623 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...DOWNSLOPE WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TODAY... .SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...PRODUCING DOWNSLOPE WIND GUSTS OFF THE RIDGES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS TIME. PAZ009-016-023-073>076-291830- /O.NEW.KPBZ.WI.Y.0002.140429T1023Z-140429T2000Z/ FOREST-JEFFERSON PA-INDIANA-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIONESTA...BROOKVILLE...INDIANA... GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...UNIONTOWN... CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE 623 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS... * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHEST GUSTS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
461 WWUS71 KPBZ 291721 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 121 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 PAZ009-016-023-073>076-292000- /O.CON.KPBZ.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140429T2000Z/ FOREST-JEFFERSON PA-INDIANA-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIONESTA...BROOKVILLE...INDIANA... GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...UNIONTOWN... CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE 121 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHEST GUSTS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 34
219 WWUS71 KPBZ 292006 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 406 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 PAZ009-016-023-073>076-292115- /O.EXP.KPBZ.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140429T2000Z/ FOREST-JEFFERSON PA-INDIANA-WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES- FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIONESTA...BROOKVILLE...INDIANA... GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...UNIONTOWN... CHAMPION...OHIOPYLE 406 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ 34
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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.