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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 18, 2011Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2011, 9:24 PM EST for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2011, 9:24 PM EST (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 2011, 10:34 AM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 00:00Z on 2011-02-19Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
2873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
115 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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.

719 
WWUS71 KCLE 190224
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
924 PM EST FRI FEB 18 2011

OHZ014-089-PAZ001>003-191030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0002.110219T0224Z-110219T1700Z/
ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...
EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
924 PM EST FRI FEB 18 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SATURDAY. 

WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH WILL OCCUR OFF AND ON THROUGH NOON
SATURDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED
THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY. THESE GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN A
FEW TREES AND POWER LINES.

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
2 follow-up statements
255 
WWUS71 KCLE 190908
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
408 AM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

OHZ014-089-PAZ001>003-191700-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110219T1700Z/
ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...
EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
408 AM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. 

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THESE
STRONG WINDS WERE OCCURRING BEHIND A DEEP LOW PRESSURE AND COLD
FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY. THESE GUSTY WINDS
COULD BRING DOWN A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES.

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.

&&

$$
026 
WWUS71 KCLE 191534
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1034 AM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

OHZ014-089-PAZ001>003-191645-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110219T1700Z/
ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...
EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
1034 AM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT
WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 11:15 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLETrumbull10 hr
Feb 19, 12:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood6 hr
Feb 19, 9:06 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood42 hr
Feb 19, 9:06 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion44 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.