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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 23, 2017Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Oct 23, 2017, 4:01 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 23, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 23, 2017, 4:01 AM EDT (08:01 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 23, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 23, 2017, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
6 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 08:07 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 00:00Z, 8.0 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 00:00Z on 2017-10-23Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2017-10-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2011 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

764 
WWUS71 KCLE 230801
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
401 AM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017

PAZ001-002-231615-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.171023T2000Z-171024T0200Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Erie and Edinboro
401 AM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Wind
Advisory, which is in effect from 4 PM this afternoon to 10 PM
EDT this evening.

* Winds...gusts 46 to 50 mph.

* Timing...late this afternoon through late this evening. 

* Impacts...downed branches and power lines. Objects that are not
  secured such as trash cans or lawn furniture may be blown away.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Advisory is issued for sustained winds of 31 to 39 mph or
gusts between 46 and 57 mph. Winds of this magnitude can cause
minor property damage without extra precautions. Motorists should
use caution especially motorists in high profile vehicles.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
336 
WWUS71 KCLE 231352
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
952 AM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017


PAZ001-002-232200-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.171023T2000Z-171024T0200Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Erie and Edinboro
952 AM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* Winds...from the southeast gusting to 45 to 50 mph.

* Timing...late this afternoon through late this evening.

* Impacts...downed branches and power lines. Objects that are 
  not secured such as trash cans or lawn furniture may be blown 
  away.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Advisory is issued for sustained winds of 31 to 39 mph or
gusts between 46 and 57 mph. Winds of this magnitude can cause
minor property damage without extra precautions. Motorists should
use caution especially motorists in high profile vehicles.

&&

$$
993 
WWUS71 KCLE 231947
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
347 PM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017


PAZ001-002-240200-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.171023T2000Z-171024T0200Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Erie and Edinboro
347 PM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* Winds...from the southeast gusting to 40 to 50 mph.

* Timing...late this afternoon through late this evening.

* Impacts...downed branches and power lines. Objects that are 
  not secured such as trash cans or lawn furniture may be blown 
  away.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Wind Advisory is issued for sustained winds of 31 to 39 mph or
gusts between 46 and 57 mph. Winds of this magnitude can cause
minor property damage without extra precautions. Motorists should
use caution especially motorists in high profile vehicles.

&&

$$
306 
WWUS71 KCLE 240200
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1000 PM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017

PAZ001-002-240300-
/O.EXP.KCLE.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-171024T0200Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Erie and Edinboro
1000 PM EDT Mon Oct 23 2017

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Winds may increase to 35 mph or so over the next couple of hours,
however, they are expected to remain below wind advisory 
criteria, therefore the advisory has been allowed to expire..

$$

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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.