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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 30, 2016Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Mar 30, 2016, 3:50 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 31, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2016, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 31, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 31, 2016, 10:35 PM EDT
In force
12 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 19:52 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, 7.8 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 2016-03-30Temperature 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 2016-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
2518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

860 
WWUS71 KCLE 301950
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
350 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2016

PAZ001-002-310400-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.160331T1500Z-160401T0300Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERIE...EDINBORO
350 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY...

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

* WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH FROM THE SOUTH. SUSTAINED
  WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE SOUTH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING
  THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. A FEW TREE LIMBS COULD BE
  DOWNED. UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS COULD BLOW AWAY.

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
260 
WWUS71 KCLE 310628
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
228 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016


PAZ001-002-311430-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.160331T1500Z-160401T0300Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERIE...EDINBORO
228 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

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

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
  GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING
  THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. A FEW TREE LIMBS COULD 
  BE DOWNED. UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS COULD BLOW 
  AWAY. 

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.

&&

$$
355 
WWUS71 KCLE 311932
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
332 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

PAZ001-002-010300-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160401T0300Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERIE...EDINBORO
332 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH 
  WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. A FEW TREE LIMBS COULD 
  BE DOWNED. UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS COULD BLOW 
  AWAY.

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.

&&

$$

LOMBARDY
911 
WWUS71 KCLE 010235
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1035 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016


PAZ001-002-010345-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160401T0300Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERIE...EDINBORO
1035 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED. ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH IS STILL
POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE SHOWERS OR EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT.

$$

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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.