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Wind Advisory 5, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Dec 2, 2021, 12:08 PM EST for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 2, 2021, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2021, 12:08 PM EST (17:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 2, 2021, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2021, 4:14 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Bedford County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Somerset County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
205 WWUS71 KCTP 021708 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service State College PA 1208 PM EST Thu Dec 2 2021 PAZ033>036-031100- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.211202T2100Z-211203T1100Z/ Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin- Including the cities of Somerset, Bedford, McConnellsburg, and Chambersburg 1208 PM EST Thu Dec 2 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...West winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Somerset, Bedford, Fulton and Franklin Counties. * WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 6 AM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highest wind gusts are likely this evening through late tonight. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. For high wind safety information, visit weather.gov/wind. The latest forecast information can be found on the NWS State College Facebook page and Twitter @NWSStateCollege, or on the web at weather.gov/ctp. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/ctp
2 follow-up statements
080 WWUS71 KCTP 030252 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service State College PA 952 PM EST Thu Dec 2 2021 PAZ033>036-031100- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-211203T1100Z/ Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin- Including the cities of Somerset, Bedford, McConnellsburg, and Chambersburg 952 PM EST Thu Dec 2 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Somerset, Bedford, Fulton and Franklin Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. For high wind safety information, visit weather.gov/wind. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/ctp
790 WWUS71 KCTP 030914 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service State College PA 414 AM EST Fri Dec 3 2021 PAZ033>036-031015- /O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-211203T1100Z/ Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin- Including the cities of Somerset, Bedford, McConnellsburg, and Chambersburg 414 AM EST Fri Dec 3 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Northwest winds in the wake of a cold front have decreased to 10 to 15 mph early this morning with peak gusts under 25 mph. The threat for strong wind gusts over 45 mph this morning has ended. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit http://weather.gov/ctp
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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.