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Wind Advisory 8, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Nov 18, 2015, 3:01 AM EST for Cambria County, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Nov 18, 2015, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2015, 3:01 AM EST (08:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2015, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2015, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 14 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 08:01 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 00:00Z, 8.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
109 WWUS71 KCTP 180801 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 301 AM EST WED NOV 18 2015 PAZ024-033-190500- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0008.151118T1500Z-151119T0500Z/ CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 301 AM EST WED NOV 18 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...PEAK GUSTS BETWEEN 3 AND 10 PM ON THE LAUREL RIDGETOPS. * IMPACTS...POWER OUTAGES...FALLING TREE LIMBS AND DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ MS/BG
1 follow-up statement
260 WWUS71 KCTP 190245 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 945 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015 PAZ024-033-190500- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151119T0500Z/ CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 945 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ON THE RIDGE TOPS. * TIMING...GUSTS WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...FALLING TREE LIMBS AND DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER AVOIDING AREAS EXPOSED TO STRONG CROSS-WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT STORED OR TIED DOWN. && $$
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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.