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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this wind advisory at Mar 28, 2016, 2:27 AM EDT for 6 counties in Pennsylvania; Monongalia County, Preston County, Tucker County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 28, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2016, 2:27 AM EDT (06:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Counties Clarion County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Venango County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Monongalia County, WV, Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
076 WWUS71 KPBZ 280627 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 227 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016 MDZ001-PAZ008-009-015-016-023-074-076-WVZ510-512-514-281430- /O.NEW.KPBZ.WI.Y.0004.160328T1500Z-160329T0400Z/ GARRETT-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-INDIANA- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES- RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON- EASTERN PRESTON-EASTERN TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...FRANKLIN...TIONESTA... CLARION...BROOKVILLE...INDIANA...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...CHAMPION... OHIOPYLE...COOPERS ROCK...TERRA ALTA...ROWLESBURG...HAZELTON... DAVIS...THOMAS...CANAAN VALLEY 227 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS...MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 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 WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
100 WWUS71 KPBZ 281356 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 956 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016 MDZ001-PAZ008-009-015-016-023-074-076-WVZ510-512-514-282200- /O.CON.KPBZ.WI.Y.0004.160328T1500Z-160329T0400Z/ GARRETT-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-INDIANA- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES- RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON- EASTERN PRESTON-EASTERN TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...FRANKLIN...TIONESTA... CLARION...BROOKVILLE...INDIANA...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...CHAMPION... OHIOPYLE...COOPERS ROCK...TERRA ALTA...ROWLESBURG...HAZELTON... DAVIS...THOMAS...CANAAN VALLEY 956 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHEST GUSTS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 34
809 WWUS71 KPBZ 281928 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 328 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2016 MDZ001-PAZ008-009-015-016-023-074-076-WVZ510-512-514-290330- /O.CON.KPBZ.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160329T0400Z/ GARRETT-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-INDIANA- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES- RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON- EASTERN PRESTON-EASTERN TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...FRANKLIN...TIONESTA... CLARION...BROOKVILLE...INDIANA...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...CHAMPION... OHIOPYLE...COOPERS ROCK...TERRA ALTA...ROWLESBURG...HAZELTON... DAVIS...THOMAS...CANAAN VALLEY 328 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WIND...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
382 WWUS71 KPBZ 282315 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 715 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2016 MDZ001-PAZ008-009-015-016-023-074-076-WVZ510-512-514-290015- /O.CAN.KPBZ.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160329T0400Z/ GARRETT-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-INDIANA- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE RIDGES- RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN PRESTON- EASTERN PRESTON-EASTERN TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OAKLAND MD...FRANKLIN...TIONESTA... CLARION...BROOKVILLE...INDIANA...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...CHAMPION... OHIOPYLE...COOPERS ROCK...TERRA ALTA...ROWLESBURG...HAZELTON... DAVIS...THOMAS...CANAAN VALLEY 715 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...GUSTS HAVE SUBSIDED SUFFICIENTLY TO CANCEL THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Mercer | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 1:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Marshall | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.