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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

January 9, 2008Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Jan 9, 2008, 9:29 AM EST for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 9, 2008, 9:29 AM EST (14:29 UTC)
Expired
Jan 9, 2008, 1:20 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-01-09Temperature 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -116 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
730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-116 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 091429
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
929 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

PAZ001>003-091900-
/O.CAN.KCLE.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080109T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0002.080109T1429Z-080109T1900Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
929 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TODAY...BUT BEFORE
THEN...AN OCCASIONAL GUST BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH IS STILL LIKELY
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. LATER THIS AFTERNOON GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE
TO LESS THAN 40 MPH.

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.

$$

OHZ010>014-020>023-031>033-038-089-091530-
/O.CAN.KCLE.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080109T1700Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-MEDINA-SUMMIT-
PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-HOLMES-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...WOOSTER...
CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MILLERSBURG...ASHTABULA
929 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WINDS AND WIND GUSTS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW WARNING CRITERIA
THIS MORNING. GUSTS THROUGH THE REST TODAY WILL BE BETWEEN 25 MPH
AND 35 MPH WITH AN OCCASIONAL GUST TO 40 MPH.

$$

OUDEMAN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KCLE 091820
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
120 PM EST WED JAN 9 2008


PAZ001>003-091930-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080109T1900Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
120 PM EST WED JAN 9 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS WERE DECREASING OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND GUSTY WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HOWEVER THEY
WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE LAKESHORE.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 2:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie92 min
Jan 9, 3:41 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningCLECrawford, Erie6 hr

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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.