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Wind Advisory 2, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Jan 22, 2017, 1:51 PM EST for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jan 23, 2017, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2017, 1:51 PM EST (18:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 23, 2017, 5:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2017, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Adams County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
939 WWUS71 KCTP 221851 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 151 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017 PAZ057-059-064>066-231200- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0002.170123T1000Z-170123T2100Z/ DAUPHIN-LEBANON-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HARRISBURG, HERSHEY, LEBANON, GETTYSBURG, YORK, AND LANCASTER 151 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 4 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 4 PM EST MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH FROM THE EAST. * STRONGEST WINDS MONDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * DOWNED TREE LIMBS. * DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REVIEW WIND SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION AT WEATHER.GOV/WIND. && $$ MS/KF
1 follow-up statement
223 WWUS71 KCTP 231122 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 622 AM EST MON JAN 23 2017 PAZ057-059-064>066-232100- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170123T2100Z/ DAUPHIN-LEBANON-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HARRISBURG, HERSHEY, LEBANON, GETTYSBURG, YORK, AND LANCASTER 622 AM EST MON JAN 23 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH FROM THE EAST. * STRONGEST WINDS LATE THIS MORNING. * ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. * DOWNED TREE LIMBS. * DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REVIEW WIND SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION AT WEATHER.GOV/WIND. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 1:58 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CTP | Lycoming, McKean, Potter, Sullivan, Tioga, Warren | 323 days |
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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.