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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 29, 20084 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Dec 29, 2008, 3:14 PM EST for 4 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 29, 2008, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 29, 2008, 3:14 PM EST (20:14 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 29, 2008, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 30, 2008, 4:00 AM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2008-12-29Temperature 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 2008-12-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
1035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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 292014
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
314 PM EST MON DEC 29 2008

OHZ011>014-089-PAZ001>003-300400-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0013.081229T2100Z-081230T0900Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
314 PM EST MON DEC 29 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY.

THERE WILL BE ABOUT A 4 HOUR PERIOD OF TIME THIS EVENING WHEN
WINDS COULD GUST ABOVE 45 MPH AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE
AREA. GUSTS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT TO BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST WITH THE FRONTS
PASSAGE.

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.

&&

$$

OUDEMAN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KCLE 300235
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
935 PM EST MON DEC 29 2008

OHZ011>014-089-PAZ001>003-300900-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T0900Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
935 PM EST MON DEC 29 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY. 

THE QUICK MOVING COLD FRONT THAT PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA THIS
EVENING IS MOVING INTO WESTERN NEW YORK STATE AND PENNSYLVANIA.
WINDS ACROSS THE REGION ARE STILL CAPABLE OF GUSTING ABOVE 45 MPH
THROUGH MIDNIGHT...BUT AFTER MIDNIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
DIMINISHING WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH MAINLY CONFINED TO LOCATIONS
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE. FURTHER INLAND WIND GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. 

AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES INTO THE AREA DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...WINDS WILL DIMINISH EVEN FURTHER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

ABE
000 
WWUS71 KCLE 300917
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
417 AM EST TUE DEC 30 2008


OHZ011>014-089-PAZ001>003-301030-
/O.EXP.KCLE.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081230T0900Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
417 AM EST TUE DEC 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST
OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. THE COLD FRONT THAT BROUGHT THE GUSTY WINDS
ON MONDAY EVENING HAS MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 8:50 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE8 hr
Dec 29, 4:28 AM ESTGale WarningCLE23 hr
Dec 29, 4:28 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE11 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Ohio, 2008Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2008Every wind advisory in 2008

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.