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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

December 26, 2016Preston County, Tucker County, West Virginia

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2016-12-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2016-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 614 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

&&

$$
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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. 

$$

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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.