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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 18, 2015Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Nov 18, 2015, 3:18 PM EST for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 18, 2015, 3:18 PM EST (20:18 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2015, 10:00 PM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

County Erie County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2015-11-18Temperature 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 2015-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 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.

631 
WWUS71 KCLE 182018
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
318 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015


PAZ001-190300-
/O.CAN.KCLE.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151119T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0008.151118T2018Z-151119T0300Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ERIE
318 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING...INTO THIS EVENING

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND WIND GUSTS
  TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...SOME POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS MAY COME DOWN. 
  STRONG WINDS COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH
WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES BE
EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER
RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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.

&&

$$

OHZ003-006>012-017>020-027>031-036>038-047-089-PAZ002-182130-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-151119T0000Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-HANCOCK-
SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-
MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...FINDLAY...
TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...
MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...WOOSTER...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD...
MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA...EDINBORO
318 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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



$$
1 follow-up statement
686 
WWUS71 KCLE 190308
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1008 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015

PAZ001-190415-
/O.EXP.KCLE.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151119T0300Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ERIE
1008 PM EST WED NOV 18 2015

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA HAVE DIMINISHED
ENOUGH TO DROP BELOW THE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 3:15 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningCLEErie12 hr
Nov 18, 3:15 AM ESTWind AdvisoryCLEErie12 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.