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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 14, 200820 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Dec 14, 2008, 10:18 AM EST for 20 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 14, 2008, 3:39 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 14, 2008, 10:18 AM EST (15:18 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 14, 2008, 3:39 PM EST
Expired
Dec 15, 2008, 2:49 AM EST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
All 21 counties

Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:19 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2008-12-14Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2008-12-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 282 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
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
277 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 141518
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1018 AM EST SUN DEC 14 2008

OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-142330-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0008.081214T1600Z-081215T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.081215T0300Z-081215T1600Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-WYANDOT-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-MARION-MORROW-KNOX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...
UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...MARION...
MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON
1018 AM EST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST
MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST
MONDAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING HAVE ALLOWED THE
ATMOSPHERE TO STABILIZE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL KEEP WIND
GUSTS BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. 

AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE
COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS OVER THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK
MONDAY AND THEN CONTINUE EAST THROUGH NORTHERN OHIO DURING THE
REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KCLE 141519
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1019 AM EST SUN DEC 14 2008

OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-142330-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.081215T0300Z-081215T1600Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-WYANDOT-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-MARION-MORROW-KNOX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...
UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...MARION...
MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON
1019 AM EST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM EST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM EST MONDAY. 

SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING HAVE ALLOWED THE
ATMOSPHERE TO STABILIZE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL KEEP
WIND GUSTS BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE
COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS OVER THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK
MONDAY AND THEN CONTINUE EAST THROUGH NORTHERN OHIO DURING THE
REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

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.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS71 KCLE 142039
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
339 PM EST SUN DEC 14 2008

OHZ010>013-089-PAZ001-150445-
/O.EXB.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.081215T0300Z-081215T1900Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
ASHTABULA...ERIE
339 PM EST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EST
MONDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE PLAINS STATES WILL MOVES TOWARDS THE
AREA TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
POSSIBLE. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
BEGINNING AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY AND THEN EAST OF THE AREA BY
EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. ONCE THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WINDS 
WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE WEST. WHILE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BEHIND THE FRONT...WEST WINDS COULD
CONTINUE TO GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-150445-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.081215T0300Z-081215T1600Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-WYANDOT-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-MARION-MORROW-KNOX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...
UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...MARION...
MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON
339 PM EST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM EST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM EST MONDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE PLAINS STATES WILL MOVES TOWARDS THE
AREA TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
POSSIBLE. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY. ONCE THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WINDS
WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE WEST. WHILE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BEHIND THE FRONT...WEST WINDS COULD
CONTINUE TO GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS71 KCLE 150243
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
943 PM EST SUN DEC 14 2008

OHZ010>013-089-PAZ001-151045-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.081215T0300Z-081215T1900Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
ASHTABULA...ERIE
943 PM EST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST MONDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE MIDWEST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS
THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
THROUGH NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA MONDAY MORNING
AND MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. ONCE THE COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE WEST. WHILE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BEHIND THE
FRONT...WEST WINDS COULD CONTINUE TO GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-151045-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.081215T0300Z-081215T1600Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-WYANDOT-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-MARION-MORROW-KNOX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...
UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...MARION...
MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON
943 PM EST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE MIDWEST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS
THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT WILL
RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH
MID MORNING MONDAY. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY. ONCE THE COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH...WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE WEST. WHILE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BEHIND THE FRONT...WEST
WINDS COULD CONTINUE TO GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

KIELTYKA
000 
WWUS71 KCLE 150749
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
249 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008


OHZ010>013-089-PAZ001-150900-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081215T1900Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
ASHTABULA...ERIE
249 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF
THIS MORNING SO THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...GUSTS TO
NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE CAUTIOUS OF
STRONG WIND GUSTS. A FEW WEAKENED SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN OFF
WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH.

&&

$$

OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-150900-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081215T1600Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-WYANDOT-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-MARION-MORROW-KNOX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...
UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...MARION...
MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON
249 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF
THIS MORNING SO THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...GUSTS TO
NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE CAUTIOUS
OF STRONG WIND GUSTS. A FEW WEAKENED SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE BROKEN
OFF WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 14, 3:03 AM ESTWind AdvisoryCLEAshland, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Huron, Knox and 9 more7 hr
Dec 14, 2:59 PM ESTGale WarningCLE22 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.