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Wind Advisory 1, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2016, 4:43 AM EST for 14 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jan 10, 2016, 2:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2016, 4:43 AM EST (09:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2016, 2:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2016, 9:38 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
210 WWUS71 KCTP 100943 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 443 AM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...ACCOMPANIED BY RAIN SHOWERS TURNING TO SNOW SHOWERS. GUSTY WINDS AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FOLLOW THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024-025-033-034-037-041-045-101745- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.160110T1900Z-160111T0900Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD- TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...SOMERSET... BEDFORD...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...TROUT RUN...LOCK HAVEN 443 AM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST MONDAY. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SOME TREE LIMBS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN DOWN...CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...BRIEF SNOW SHOWERS AND TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING COULD PRODUCE ICY ROADS EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE ALLEGHENY PLATEAU WEST OF ALTOONA AND STATE COLLEGE. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
211 WWUS71 KCTP 101736 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1236 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...ACCOMPANIED BY RAIN SHOWERS TURNING TO SNOW SHOWERS. GUSTY WINDS AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FOLLOW THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024-025-033-034-037-041-045-110000- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.160110T1900Z-160111T0900Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD- TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...SOMERSET... BEDFORD...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...TROUT RUN...LOCK HAVEN 1236 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SOME TREE LIMBS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN DOWN...CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...BRIEF SNOW SHOWERS AND TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING COULD PRODUCE ICY ROADS EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE ALLEGHENY PLATEAU WEST OF ALTOONA AND STATE COLLEGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER AVOIDING AREAS EXPOSED TO STRONG CROSS-WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT STORED OR TIED DOWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE OR MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$
133 WWUS71 KCTP 102134 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 434 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 .COLD AIR WILL POUR IN ON GUSTY WEST WINDS THIS EVENING. THE RAIN SHOWERS HAVE TURNED TO SNOW SHOWERS. PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024-025-033-034-037-041-045-110545- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160111T0900Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD- TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...SOMERSET... BEDFORD...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...TROUT RUN...LOCK HAVEN 434 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SOME TREE LIMBS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN DOWN...CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...BRIEF SNOW SHOWERS AND TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING COULD PRODUCE ICY ROADS EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE ALLEGHENY PLATEAU WEST AND NORTH OF ALTOONA...STATE COLLEGE AND LOCK HAVEN. 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. && $$
567 WWUS71 KCTP 102357 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 657 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 PAZ010>012-017>019-025-034-041-045-110100- /O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160111T0900Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-BEDFORD-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM... RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE... ALTOONA...BEDFORD...TROUT RUN...LOCK HAVEN 657 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE GUSTS HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLY AND ARE NOW BELOW 45 MPH. THE WIND AND ASSOCIATED GUSTS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT GUSTS WILL STILL BE AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ PAZ004>006-024-033-037-110800- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160111T0900Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-TIOGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO 657 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SOME TREE LIMBS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN DOWN...CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$
397 WWUS71 KCTP 110238 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 938 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 PAZ004>006-024-033-037-110345- /O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160111T0900Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-TIOGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO 938 PM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS INTO THE 30S WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT...BUT WILL STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 1:36 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Union | 3 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.