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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 9, 2011Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Mar 9, 2011, 10:06 AM EST for Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2011, 10:06 AM EST (15:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2011, 9:48 PM EST
In force
12 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 15:09 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, 3.1 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 2011-03-09Temperature 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 2011-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 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
2055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 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.

944 
WWUS71 KCLE 091506
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1006 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

OHZ089-PAZ001-002-092315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0003.110309T1506Z-110310T0300Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO
1006 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

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

SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AROUND 50 MPH WILL PERSIST INTO THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
LAKESHORE AREAS OF ERIE COUNTY.

LOW PRESSURE OVER ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TRACKING EASTWARD THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO OHIO TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE LOW
PRESSURE MOVING EASTWARD AND THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING
SOUTHWEST FROM NEW ENGLAND WILL CAUSE THE STRONGER WINDS TO CONTINUE
THROUGH 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
FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
069 
WWUS71 KCLE 092008
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
308 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

OHZ089-PAZ001-002-100300-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110310T0300Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO
308 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 50 MPH MAINLY CLOSE TO LAKE ERIE
THROUGH THE EVENING. A FEW REPORTS OF LIMBS AND TREES WERE
REPORTED DOWN IN ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA DURING THE AFTERNOON.

LOW PRESSURE OVER ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TRACKING EASTWARD THIS
EVENING AND MOVE INTO OHIO TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE LOW
PRESSURE MOVING EASTWARD AND THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING
SOUTHWEST FROM NEW ENGLAND WILL CAUSE THE STRONGER WINDS TO
CONTINUE THROUGH 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
FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

$$

KIELTYKA
934 
WWUS71 KCLE 100248
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
948 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

OHZ089-PAZ001-002-100400-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110310T0300Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO
948 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 40
MPH MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

$$

OUDEMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 3:19 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchCLECrawford, Erie24 hr
Mar 9, 10:51 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Lake, Portage, Summit, Trumbull6 days
Mar 9, 10:51 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLELake70 hr
Mar 9, 10:51 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLETrumbull70 hr
Mar 9, 3:12 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Portage33 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.