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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 19, 20169 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2016, 11:47 PM EST for 9 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2016, 11:47 PM EST (04:47 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2016, 3:56 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH, Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2016-02-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2016-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 380 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

585 
WWUS71 KCLE 200447
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1147 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016

OHZ010>014-020>023-089-PAZ001>003-200900-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0004.160220T0447Z-160220T0900Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-MEDINA-SUMMIT-
PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...ASHTABULA...
ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
1147 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND
  50 MPH. THERE MAY BE A FEW GUSTS THAT REACH 55 MPH.

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH 4 AM.

* IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE 
  ALONG WITH SOME MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IN THE HIGHEST GUSTS. 
  WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING 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.

&&

$$

OUDEMAN
1 follow-up statement
072 
WWUS71 KCLE 200856
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
356 AM EST SAT FEB 20 2016

OHZ010>014-020>023-089-PAZ001>003-201000-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160220T0900Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-MEDINA-SUMMIT-
PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...ASHTABULA...
ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
356 AM EST SAT FEB 20 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE NO LONGER THAN
EXPECTED...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

OUDEMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 11:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Crawford, Geauga, Hancock, Huron, Mahoning and 12 more23 min

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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.