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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 7, 201216 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 10:16 AM EST for 16 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Mar 7, 2012, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2012, 10:16 AM EST (15:16 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 7, 2012, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 7, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashland County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Erie County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-03-07Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 486 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
486 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
624 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.

348 
WWUS71 KCLE 071516
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1016 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TODAY...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST TO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE LOW 60S THIS
AFTERNOON HELPING STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO COME DOWN TO THE SURFACE. 
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS
OF 40 TO 50 MPH. 

OHZ003-006>010-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-072330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.120307T1600Z-120308T0000Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-
WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-MARION-MORROW-KNOX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...
UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...MARION...
MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON
1016 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
  MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AND START TO DECREASE AS
  WE APPROACH SUNSET THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BLOW AROUND THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME
  DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS OR POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE. DRIVING MAY BE
  DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST
  ORIENTED ROADS.  

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
021 
WWUS71 KCLE 072040
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
340 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON
AHEAD OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE UPPER
MIDWEST. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S ARE HELPING STRONG WINDS ALOFT
COME DOWN TO THE SURFACE. SOUTHERLY WINDS NEAR 25 MPH WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET.

OHZ003-006>010-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-080000-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120308T0000Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-
WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-MARION-MORROW-KNOX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...
UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...MARION...
MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON
340 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON AND START TO DECREASE 
  AS WE APPROACH SUNSET THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BLOW AROUND THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS OR POWER LINES IS POSSIBLE. DRIVING 
  MAY BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST 
  TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 

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.

&&

$$

KEC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 3:27 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE64 hr

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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.