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Wind Advisory 3, NWS State College, PA

January 26, 201714 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Jan 26, 2017, 10:49 AM EST for 14 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jan 26, 2017, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 2017, 10:49 AM EST (15:49 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 26, 2017, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 26, 2017, 8:55 PM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Perry County, PA, York County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2017-01-26Temperature 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2017-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -52 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
109 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

536 
WWUS71 KCTP 261549
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1049 AM EST THU JAN 26 2017


PAZ025>028-034>036-056-057-059-063>066-270300-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0003.170126T1600Z-170127T0300Z/
BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-PERRY-
DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALTOONA, HUNTINGDON, MOUNT UNION, 
LEWISTOWN, MIFFLINTOWN, BEDFORD, MCCONNELLSBURG, CHAMBERSBURG, 
NEWPORT, HARRISBURG, HERSHEY, LEBANON, CARLISLE, GETTYSBURG, 
YORK, AND LANCASTER
1049 AM EST THU JAN 26 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR DURING THE  
  AFTERNOON HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND
  POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING IN
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY ON ROADS
  RUNNING NORTH TO SOUTH WHERE WINDS ARE FUNNELED THROUGH GAPS IN
  THE RIDGES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REVIEW WIND SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION AT
WEATHER.GOV/WIND.

&&

$$

LAMBERT/GARTNER
1 follow-up statement
547 
WWUS71 KCTP 270155
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
855 PM EST THU JAN 26 2017



PAZ025>028-034>036-056-057-059-063>066-270300-
/O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170127T0300Z/
BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-PERRY-
DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALTOONA, HUNTINGDON, MOUNT UNION, 
LEWISTOWN, MIFFLINTOWN, BEDFORD, MCCONNELLSBURG, CHAMBERSBURG, 
NEWPORT, HARRISBURG, HERSHEY, LEBANON, CARLISLE, GETTYSBURG, 
YORK, AND LANCASTER
855 PM EST THU JAN 26 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH GRADUALLY OVERNIGHT.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 3:54 AM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryCTPWarren50 hr
Jan 26, 3:54 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCTPCambria, Somerset50 hr

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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.