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Wind Advisory 5, NWS State College, PA
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
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 5:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 113 min |
| Nov 10, 6:44 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | CTP | Centre | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 7:24 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | CTP | Centre, Mifflin, Snyder, Union | 66 min |
| Nov 10, 7:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Potter | 65 min |
| Nov 10, 8:05 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | CTP | Centre, Columbia, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill and 2 more | 55 min |
| Nov 10, 8:33 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon | 42 min |
| Nov 10, 11:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair | 28 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.