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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this wind advisory at Apr 23, 2012, 3:34 PM EDT for 11 counties in Ohio; 5 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 23, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2012, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Counties Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Wetzel County, WV
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
887 WWUS71 KPBZ 231934 NPWPBZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 334 PM EDT MON APR 23 2012 ...WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH INTO EARLY EVENING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE... .FAST WINDS ALOFT AND CLEARING SKIES CAN CAUSE WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH INTO EARLY EVENING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE. OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-WVZ001>004-012-240000- /O.NEW.KPBZ.WI.Y.0008.120423T2000Z-120424T0000Z/ TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH- MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO- MARSHALL-WETZEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW PHILADELPHIA...DOVER... UHRICHSVILLE...CARROLLTON...EAST LIVERPOOL...SALEM...COLUMBIANA... EAST PALESTINE...WELLSVILLE...CALCUTTA...COSHOCTON...CADIZ... HOPEDALE...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...CAMBRIDGE... MARTINS FERRY...ST. CLAIRSVILLE...BELLAIRE...BARNESVILLE... SHADYSIDE...BRIDGEPORT...CALDWELL...WOODSFIELD...TORONTO... WEIRTON...WHEELING...MOUNDSVILLE...NEW MARTINSVILLE 334 PM EDT MON APR 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE * HAZARDS...WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHEST GUSTS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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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.