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Wind Advisory 7, NWS State College, PA

April 3, 2016Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT (13:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2016, 11:58 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Lancaster County, PA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 93 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

289 
WWUS71 KCTP 031300
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
900 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016


PAZ066-031600-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.160403T1300Z-160403T1600Z/
LANCASTER-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANCASTER
900 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH THE REMAINING MORNING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
  DIFFICULT DRIVING 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

107 
WWUS71 KCTP 031558
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1158 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016


PAZ066-031700-
/O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160403T1600Z/
LANCASTER-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANCASTER
1158 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY.

EVEN THOUGH GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WIND
SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Centre, Clinton, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and 6 more	56 min
Apr 3, 9:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Union	60 min

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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.