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Wind Advisory 5, NWS State College, PA

October 27, 2015Cambria County, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Oct 27, 2015, 1:11 PM EDT for Cambria County, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 28, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 2015, 1:11 PM EDT (17:11 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 28, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 28, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Cambria County, PA, Somerset County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2015-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2015-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

431 
WWUS71 KCTP 271711
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
111 PM EDT TUE OCT 27 2015

PAZ024-033-281000-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.151028T0600Z-151028T1500Z/
CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET
111 PM EDT TUE OCT 27 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE
  HIGHEST GUSTS ARE LIKELY OVER THE RIDGES AND IMMEDIATELY TO
  THEIR WEST.

* PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS...4 AM TO 9 AM WEDNESDAY.

* 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 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.

&&

$$

RXR
2 follow-up statements
397 
WWUS71 KCTP 280516
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
116 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2015

PAZ024-033-281500-
/O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.151028T0600Z-151028T1500Z/
CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET
116 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE
  HIGHEST GUSTS ARE LIKELY ON TOP OF THE RIDGES AND IMMEDIATELY TO
  THE WEST OF EACH RIDGE.

* PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS...4 AM TO 9 AM WEDNESDAY.

* 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 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.

&&

$$
122 
WWUS71 KCTP 281512
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1112 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2015


PAZ024-033-281615-
/O.EXP.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-151028T1500Z/
CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET
1112 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2015

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH...AND
OCCASIONALLY GUST BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY.

$$

LAMBERT

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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.