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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 25, 200911 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2009, 1:15 PM EST for 11 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 25, 2009, 1:15 PM EST (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Dec 25, 2009, 8:00 PM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH, Richland County, OH, Summit County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2009-12-25Temperature 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 2009-12-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 367 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
367 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 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 251815
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
115 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

OHZ009>013-019>021-029-030-089-PAZ001-260100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.091225T1815Z-091226T0100Z/
ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-RICHLAND-
ASHLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...
MENTOR...CHARDON...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...MANSFIELD...
ASHLAND...ASHTABULA...ERIE
115 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING AND THROUGH TONIGHT. 

SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW FOR STRONGER
WINDS TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN OHIO.

OVER FAR NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA GUSTY SOUTHEAST
WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST AND HIGH
PRESSURE TO THE NORTHEAST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

ABE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KCLE 260114
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
814 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009


OHZ009>013-019>021-029-030-089-PAZ001-260215-
/O.EXP.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091226T0100Z/
ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-RICHLAND-
ASHLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...
MENTOR...CHARDON...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...MANSFIELD...
ASHLAND...ASHTABULA...ERIE
814 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO AND
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING.



$$

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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.