Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 4, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2016, 12:27 PM EST for 11 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 1, 2016, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2016, 12:27 PM EST (17:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2016, 8:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2016, 9:56 AM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1282 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
971 WWUS71 KCTP 011727 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1227 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT...THEN ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK EARLY WEDNESDAY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONT...A PERIOD OF STRONG WESTERLY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL IMPACT THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. PAZ017-024-033-021000- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.160302T0100Z-160302T1700Z/ CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN... SOMERSET 1227 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...MAINLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND TO THE NORTH OF GAPS IN THE RIDGES. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AT SIMILAR SPEEDS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS MUCH COLDER AIR PUSHES INTO THE REGION. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...MINOR DAMAGE POSSIBLE TO ROOFS AND SIDING ON HOMES...AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED BRANCHES ON WIRES. 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. && $$ PAZ004>006-010>012-018-019-025-045-021000- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.160302T0500Z-160302T1700Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-SOUTHERN CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...PHILIPSBURG... STATE COLLEGE...ALTOONA...LOCK HAVEN 1227 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH EARLY TONIGHT WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS MUCH COLDER AIR PUSHES INTO THE REGION. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...MINOR DAMAGE POSSIBLE TO ROOFS AND SIDING ON HOMES...AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED BRANCHES ON WIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 46 AND 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND CONSIDER AVOIDING AREAS EXPOSED TO STRONG CROSS-WINDS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT STORED OR TIED DOWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE OR MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ LAMBERT
2 follow-up statements
688 WWUS71 KCTP 020541 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1241 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024-025-033-045-021700- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160302T1700Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET- SOUTHERN CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...SOMERSET... LOCK HAVEN 1241 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * WINDS...PEAK GUSTS FROM THE WEST 45 TO 50 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES FROM DOWNED TREE BRANCHES ON WIRES. 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. && $$ MS
371 WWUS71 KCTP 021456 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 956 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024-025-033-045-021600- /O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160302T1700Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET- SOUTHERN CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...SOMERSET... LOCK HAVEN 956 AM EST WED MAR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS HAVE DECREASED TO 30 MPH OR LESS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...THOUGH THE RIDGETOPS AND DOWNWIND SIDES OF RIDGES COULD SEE OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THROUGH MIDDAY. THE OVERALL TREND WILL BE FOR THE WIND GUSTS TO CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY. $$ RXR
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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.