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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

December 6, 2021Tucker County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this wind advisory at Dec 6, 2021, 10:51 AM EST for Tucker County, West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 6, 2021, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 6, 2021, 10:51 AM EST (15:51 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 6, 2021, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 7, 2021, 12:00 AM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

County Tucker County, WV

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 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 (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 12:00Z on 2021-12-06Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-12-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 399 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
430 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

743 
WWUS71 KPBZ 061551
NPWPBZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
1051 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021

WVZ514-070000-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.WI.Y.0006.211206T1600Z-211207T0500Z/
Eastern Tucker-
Including the cities of Davis, Thomas, and Canaan Valley
1051 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Eastern Tucker County.

* WHEN...Until midnight EST tonight.

* 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
637 
WWUS71 KPBZ 070127
NPWPBZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
827 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021

WVZ514-070500-
/O.CON.KPBZ.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-211207T0500Z/
Eastern Tucker-
Including the cities of Davis, Thomas, and Canaan Valley
827 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Eastern Tucker County.

* WHEN...Until midnight EST tonight.

* 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.

&&

$$
297 
WWUS71 KPBZ 070455
NPWPBZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
1155 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021

WVZ514-070600-
/O.EXP.KPBZ.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-211207T0500Z/
Eastern Tucker-
Including the cities of Davis, Thomas, and Canaan Valley
1155 PM EST Mon Dec 6 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

Wind gusts have subsided to below advisory levels so the advisory
will be allowed to expire. Gusts will average between 25 and 30 mph
the remainder of the night.

$$

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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.