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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 21, 201528 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2015, 3:39 AM EDT for 28 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Apr 21, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2015, 3:39 AM EDT (07:39 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 21, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 21, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
All 28 counties

Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 00:00Z on 2015-04-21Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2015-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -94 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

798 
WWUS71 KCLE 210739
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
339 AM EDT TUE APR 21 2015

...IT WILL BE ANOTHER WINDY DAY ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO...
.SOME OF THE WIND GUSTS ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL APPROACH 50
MPH. THE CAUSE OF THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE BECAUSE OF THE PASSAGE
OF A COLD FRONT AND THE MIXING DOWN OF THE STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE
THE SURFACE.

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-211545-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0003.150421T1500Z-150421T2300Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-
TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-
MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...
RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...
ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD...
MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA
339 AM EDT TUE APR 21 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH.

* TIMING...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND
  SOME LIMBS AND POSSIBLE A FEW POWER LINES COULD GET KNOCKED DOWN.
  DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE TO USE CAUTION.

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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
670 
WWUS71 KCLE 211332
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
932 AM EDT TUE APR 21 2015

...IT WILL BE ANOTHER WINDY DAY ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO... .SOME OF
THE WIND GUSTS ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL APPROACH 50 MPH.
THE CAUSE OF THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE BECAUSE OF THE PASSAGE OF A
COLD FRONT AND THE MIXING DOWN OF THE STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE
SURFACE.

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-212145-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0003.150421T1500Z-150421T2300Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-
TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-
MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...
RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...
ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD...
MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA
932 AM EDT TUE APR 21 2015

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

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 
  MPH.

* TIMING...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND 
  SOME LIMBS AND POSSIBLE A FEW POWER LINES COULD GET KNOCKED 
  DOWN. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE TO USE 
  CAUTION.

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.

&&

$$
625 
WWUS71 KCLE 211937
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
337 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2015


OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-212300-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150421T2300Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-
TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-
MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...
RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...
ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD...
MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA
337 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2015

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

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 
  MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING MAINLY IN AND AROUND SHOWERS.

* IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND 
  SOME LIMBS AND POSSIBLE A FEW POWER LINES COULD GET KNOCKED 
  DOWN. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE TO USE 
  CAUTION.

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.

&&

$$
190 
WWUS71 KCLE 212303
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
703 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2015

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-220015-
/O.EXP.KCLE.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150421T2300Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-
TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-
MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...
RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...
ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD...
MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA
703 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST THIS EVENING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40
MPH...AND WILL DIMINISH FURTHER TONIGHT. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH
ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

OUDEMAN

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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.