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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 24, 20084 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Dec 24, 2008, 6:43 PM EST for 4 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2008, 6:43 PM EST (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Dec 25, 2008, 12:00 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2008-12-24Temperature 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 2008-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 732 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
732 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
830 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KCLE 242343
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
643 PM EST WED DEC 24 2008

OHZ011>014-089-PAZ001-002-250445-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0011.081224T2343Z-081225T0500Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO
643 PM EST WED DEC 24 2008

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...AS A
RESULT...FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WINDS NEAR THE LAKE SHORE
EAST OF CLEVELAND WILL BE WESTERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
50 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE QUICKLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE FRONT
MOVES EAST OF THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KCLE 250508
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1208 AM EST THU DEC 25 2008

OHZ011>014-089-PAZ001-002-250615-
/O.EXP.KCLE.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081225T0500Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO
1208 AM EST THU DEC 25 2008

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. WHILE
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD
CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING OVERNIGHT.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 4:34 AM ESTGale WarningCLE26 hr

Nearby

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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.