Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 2, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2015, 3:15 AM EST for Adams County, Lancaster County, York County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jan 30, 2015, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2015, 3:15 AM EST (08:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2015, 3:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2015, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Adams County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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 125 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
- 1629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 443 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 503 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
616 WWUS71 KCTP 300815 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 315 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2015 PAZ064>066-302015- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0002.150130T2000Z-150131T1200Z/ ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER 315 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE WINDY CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
854 WWUS71 KCTP 302030 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 330 PM EST FRI JAN 30 2015 PAZ064>066-302130- /O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150131T1200Z/ ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER 330 PM EST FRI JAN 30 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. $$ MS
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 3:19 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CTP | Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia and 12 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:42 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more | 23 hr |
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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.