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Wind Chill Advisory 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 10, 2011Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 10, 2011, 3:24 PM EST for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 10, 2011, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2011, 3:24 PM EST (20:24 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2011, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 11, 2011, 8:10 AM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2011-02-10Temperature 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 2011-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
1051 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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.

329 
WWUS41 KCLE 102024
WSWCLE

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
324 PM EST THU FEB 10 2011

PAZ001>003-110430-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WC.Y.0003.110211T0300Z-110211T1400Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
324 PM EST THU FEB 10 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST
FRIDAY. 

WIND CHILL VALUES LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE
10 TO 15 BELOW RANGE WITH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE
WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR
EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 10 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. IF YOU WILL BE
OUTDOORS USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL
EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. IF POSSIBLE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO
THE COLD TO PREVENT FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. STAY TUNED TO
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS
OR UPDATES.

&&

$$

KIELTYKA
3 follow-up statements
048 
WWUS41 KCLE 110331
WSWCLE

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1031 PM EST THU FEB 10 2011

PAZ001>003-111145-
/O.CON.KCLE.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110211T1400Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
1031 PM EST THU FEB 10 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY. 

WIND CHILL VALUES LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE
10 TO 15 BELOW RANGE WITH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE
WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR
EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 10 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. IF YOU WILL
BE OUTDOORS USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT
ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. IF POSSIBLE...AVOID PROLONGED
EXPOSURE TO THE COLD TO PREVENT FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. STAY
TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

$$
175 
WWUS41 KCLE 111022
WSWCLE

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
522 AM EST FRI FEB 11 2011

PAZ001>003-111400-
/O.CON.KCLE.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110211T1400Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
522 AM EST FRI FEB 11 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM FOR NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA. 

WIND CHILL VALUES EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15
BELOW ZERO RANGE.

TEMPERATURES WILL RISE DURING THE MID MORNING AND WIND CHILLS
WILL NOT BE AS COLD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH COLD 
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED
SKIN. IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS
WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. IF
POSSIBLE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD TO PREVENT
FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER
RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

$$
318 
WWUS41 KCLE 111310
WSWCLE

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
810 AM EST FRI FEB 11 2011


PAZ001>003-111415-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110211T1400Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
810 AM EST FRI FEB 11 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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



$$

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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.