Alert archive / Ohio / Wind Advisories in 2015

Wind Advisory 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 21, 2015Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Nov 21, 2015, 3:51 PM EST for Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Nov 21, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 21, 2015, 3:51 PM EST (20:51 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 21, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 22, 2015, 4:19 AM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2015-11-21Temperature 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2015-11-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

909 
WWUS71 KCLE 212051
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
351 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2015

OHZ089-PAZ001-220600-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.151122T0000Z-151122T1200Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHTABULA...ERIE
351 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST
SUNDAY...

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

* TIMING...TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE ABLE TO GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH
  THIS EVENING FOR THE LAKESHORE OF ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.
  WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST LATE THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH FROM OFF OF THE LAKE FOR BOTH ASHTABULA AND ERIE COUNTIES.

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

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
980 
WWUS71 KCLE 220919
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
419 AM EST SUN NOV 22 2015


OHZ089-PAZ001-221030-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151122T1200Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHTABULA...ERIE
419 AM EST SUN NOV 22 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS WERE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
FURTHER DURING THE DAY.


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 21, 3:35 AM ESTGale WarningCLE31 hr
Nov 21, 4:28 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WatchCLEAshtabula18 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Ohio, 2015Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2015Every wind advisory in 2015

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.