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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 20, 2009Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Apr 20, 2009, 8:19 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2009, 8:19 AM EDT (12:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2009, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2009-04-20Temperature 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 2009-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 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 201219
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
819 AM EDT MON APR 20 2009

.AN AREA OF STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST OHIO WILL MOVE INTO
LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL
CONTINUE. 

OHZ014-089-PAZ001-002-201900-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0005.090420T1219Z-090420T1900Z/
ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO
819 AM EDT MON APR 20 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS GREATER THAN
50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL BECOME
MORE SOUTHERLY AND DIMINISH LATER THIS 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KCLE 201847
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
247 PM EDT MON APR 20 2009


OHZ014-089-202000-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090420T1900Z/
ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA
247 PM EDT MON APR 20 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SOME THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM 20 TO 30
MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH
CONSIDERABLY AFTER SUNSET.  

$$

PAZ001-002-202300-
/O.EXT.KCLE.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090420T2300Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERIE...EDINBORO
247 PM EDT MON APR 20 2009

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS GREATER
THAN 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS SHOULD
DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET.

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 202304
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
704 PM EDT MON APR 20 2009

PAZ001-002-210015-
/O.EXP.KCLE.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-090420T2300Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERIE...EDINBORO
704 PM EDT MON APR 20 2009

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ERIE COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTH AND CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS
EVENING. SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH
OVERNIGHT. 


$$

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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.