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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 20, 20114 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Apr 20, 2011, 11:31 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2011, 11:31 AM EDT (15:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2011, 3:11 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2011-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 121 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -157 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
121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-619 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-218 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.

016 
WWUS71 KCLE 201531
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1131 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011

OHZ011>014-089-PAZ001>003-202345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0007.110420T1531Z-110421T0200Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
1131 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011

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

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

WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY AT
LOCATIONS CLOSE TO LAKE ERIE. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE BEHIND A COLD
FRONT THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
269 
WWUS71 KCLE 201911
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
311 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011


OHZ011>014-089-PAZ001>003-202015-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110421T0200Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
311 PM EDT WED APR 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING BUT SHOULD REMAIN
BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH.

$$

KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 12:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Hancock, Marion, Seneca, Wyandot67 min
Apr 20, 12:34 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE86 min
Apr 20, 1:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Trumbull46 min
Apr 20, 2:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Knox37 min
Apr 20, 5:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELorain35 hr
Apr 20, 9:56 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne35 hr
Apr 20, 11:28 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLETrumbull23 hr
Apr 20, 12:44 PM EDTGale WarningCLE9 hr
Apr 20, 12:44 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE27 hr
Apr 20, 2:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Wood32 hr
Apr 20, 3:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion25 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.