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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

April 23, 201211 counties in Ohio; 5 counties in West Virginia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2012-04-23Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2012-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

&&

$$

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.