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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this wind advisory at Dec 26, 2016, 7:48 PM EST for Preston County, Tucker County, West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 26, 2016, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2016, 7:48 PM EST (00:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2016, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2016, 5:47 AM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Counties Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 614 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 663 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
918 WWUS71 KPBZ 270048 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 748 PM EST MON DEC 26 2016 MDZ001-WVZ511>514-270900- /O.NEW.KPBZ.WI.Y.0007.161227T0300Z-161227T1200Z/ GARRETT-PRESTON-EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK...OAKLAND MD... GRANTSVILLE...KINGWOOD...BRUCETON MILLS...TERRA ALTA... ROWLESBURG...HAZELTON...PARSONS...HENDRICKS...SAINT GEORGE... DAVIS...THOMAS...CANAAN VALLEY 748 PM EST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS...AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PLEASE REPORT DOWN TREES OR BRANCHES BY CALLING 412-262-1988, POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH && $$
2 follow-up statements
910 WWUS71 KPBZ 270756 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 256 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2016 MDZ001-WVZ511>514-271200- /O.CON.KPBZ.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161227T1200Z/ GARRETT-PRESTON-EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK...OAKLAND MD... GRANTSVILLE...KINGWOOD...BRUCETON MILLS...TERRA ALTA... ROWLESBURG...HAZELTON...PARSONS...HENDRICKS...SAINT GEORGE... DAVIS...THOMAS...CANAAN VALLEY 256 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PLEASE REPORT DOWN TREES OR BRANCHES BY CALLING 412-262-1988... POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE... OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH && $$ 34
285 WWUS71 KPBZ 271047 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 547 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2016 MDZ001-WVZ511>514-271200- /O.CAN.KPBZ.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161227T1200Z/ GARRETT-PRESTON-EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-EASTERN TUCKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK...OAKLAND MD... GRANTSVILLE...KINGWOOD...BRUCETON MILLS...TERRA ALTA... ROWLESBURG...HAZELTON...PARSONS...HENDRICKS...SAINT GEORGE... DAVIS...THOMAS...CANAAN VALLEY 547 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS MORNING AND SHOULD REMAIN UNDER 45 MILES PER HOUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. $$ 34
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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.