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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 28, 2011Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Apr 28, 2011, 9:55 AM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2011, 9:55 AM EDT (13:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2011, 3:52 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2011-04-28Temperature 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 2011-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
96 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-76 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.

704 
WWUS71 KCLE 281355
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
955 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

OHZ012-014-089-PAZ001>003-282000-
/O.CAN.KCLE.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110428T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0010.110428T1355Z-110428T2000Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENTOR...JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...
EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
955 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE 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
FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

$$

OHZ003-006>011-013-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-281500-
/O.CAN.KCLE.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110428T1400Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-GEAUGA-HANCOCK-
SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...CHARDON...FINDLAY...
TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...
UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...
WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD...
MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON
955 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

DAMAGING WARNING CRITERIA GUSTS HAVE ENDED...BUT GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

$$

OUDEMAN
1 follow-up statement
198 
WWUS71 KCLE 281952
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
352 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

OHZ012-014-089-PAZ001>003-282100-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110428T2000Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENTOR...JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...
EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
352 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE
DIMINISHING. THIS IS BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

OUDEMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 9:32 PM EDTWind AdvisoryCLECrawford, Erie6 hr
Apr 28, 3:55 AM EDTHigh Wind WarningCLECrawford, Erie6 hr
Apr 27, 9:26 PM EDTGale WarningCLE18 hr
Apr 28, 3:34 PM EDTLow Water AdvisoryCLE4 hr
Apr 28, 3:34 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE18 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2011Wind Advisories in Ohio, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011

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.