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Wind Advisory 5, NWS State College, PA

November 10, 20184 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Nov 10, 2018, 2:15 AM EST for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Nov 10, 2018, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2018, 2:15 AM EST (07:15 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 10, 2018, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 10, 2018, 3:00 PM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Somerset County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2018-11-10Temperature 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 2018-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -141 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
533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
94 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

792 
WWUS71 KCTP 100715
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service State College PA
215 AM EST Sat Nov 10 2018

PAZ024-033-102000-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.181110T1100Z-181110T2000Z/
Cambria-Somerset-
Including the cities of Johnstown and Somerset
215 AM EST Sat Nov 10 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM EST
THIS AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in State College has issued a Wind
Advisory, which is in effect from 6 AM this morning to 3 PM EST
this afternoon.

* WINDS...From the west 15 to 25 mph with gusts 40 to 45 mph. 

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Downed
  tree limbs may result in isolated power outages. Driving will 
  be difficult especially for high profile vehicles. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Secure outdoor objects. Review wind safety and preparedness 
information at weather.gov/wind.

&&

$$
MS
2 follow-up statements
008 
WWUS71 KCTP 100721
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service State College PA
221 AM EST Sat Nov 10 2018

PAZ025-034-101530-
/O.EXA.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.181110T1100Z-181110T2000Z/
Blair-Bedford-
Including the cities of Altoona and Bedford
221 AM EST Sat Nov 10 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM EST
THIS AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in State College has issued a Wind
Advisory, which is in effect from 6 AM this morning to 3 PM EST
this afternoon.

* WINDS...From the west 15 to 25 mph with gusts 40 to 45 mph.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. 
  Downed tree limbs may result in isolated power outages. 
  Driving will be difficult especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Secure outdoor objects. Review wind safety and preparedness
information at weather.gov/wind.

Review wind safety and preparedness information at
weather.gov/wind.

&&

$$

PAZ024-033-101530-
/O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.181110T1100Z-181110T2000Z/
Cambria-Somerset-
Including the cities of Johnstown and Somerset
221 AM EST Sat Nov 10 2018

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...From the west 15 to 25 mph with gusts 40 to 45 mph.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. 
  Downed tree limbs may result in isolated power outages. 
  Driving will be difficult especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Secure outdoor objects. Review wind safety and preparedness
information at weather.gov/wind.

&&

$$
MS
355 
WWUS71 KCTP 101125
NPWCTP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service State College PA
625 AM EST Sat Nov 10 2018

PAZ024-025-033-034-102000-
/O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-181110T2000Z/
Cambria-Blair-Somerset-Bedford-
Including the cities of Johnstown, Altoona, Somerset, and Bedford
625 AM EST Sat Nov 10 2018

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...From the west 15 to 25 mph with gusts 45 to 50 mph.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. 
  Downed tree limbs may result in isolated power outages. 
  Driving will be difficult especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Secure outdoor objects. Review wind safety and preparedness
information at weather.gov/wind.

&&

$$
MS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 5:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre, Clearfield113 min
Nov 10, 6:44 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningCTPCentre46 min
Nov 10, 7:24 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningCTPCentre, Mifflin, Snyder, Union66 min
Nov 10, 7:40 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCameron, Clinton, Elk, Potter65 min
Nov 10, 8:05 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningCTPCentre, Columbia, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill and 2 more55 min
Nov 10, 8:33 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningCTPBlair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon42 min
Nov 10, 11:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBlair28 min

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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.