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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 13, 2020Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Apr 13, 2020, 6:03 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2020, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2020-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2020-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 360 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
488 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

158 
WWUS71 KCLE 132203
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
603 PM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

OHZ011-012-014-089-PAZ001-002-140100-
/O.CAN.KCLE.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200414T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0005.200413T2203Z-200414T0100Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Inland-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Cleveland, Mentor, Jefferson, Ashtabula, 
Erie, and Edinboro
603 PM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

* WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie and Southern Erie 
  Counties. In Ohio, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula Inland and 
  Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

OHZ013-PAZ003-132315-
/O.CAN.KCLE.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200414T0300Z/
Geauga-Crawford-
Including the cities of Chardon and Meadville
603 PM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

Gusty west winds will continue this evening. However gusts are 
expected to remain under 40 mph. 

$$

OHZ003-006>010-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-132315-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-200414T0000Z/
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-
Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-
Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox-
Including the cities of Toledo, Bowling Green, Port Clinton, 
Fremont, Sandusky, Lorain, Findlay, Tiffin, Norwalk, Medina, 
Akron, Ravenna, Warren, Upper Sandusky, Bucyrus, Mansfield, 
Ashland, Wooster, Canton, Youngstown, Marion, Mount Gilead, 
Millersburg, and Mount Vernon
603 PM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Gusty west winds will continue into this evening. However gusts 
are expected to remain under 40 mph.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://www.weather.gov/cle
1 follow-up statement
446 
WWUS71 KCLE 140102
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
902 PM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

OHZ011-012-014-089-PAZ001-002-140215-
/O.EXP.KCLE.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-200414T0100Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Inland-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Cleveland, Mentor, Jefferson, Ashtabula, 
Erie, and Edinboro
902 PM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Wind gusts have decreased to less than 35 mph across the area. For
this reason, we have allowed the Wind Advisory to expire.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://www.weather.gov/cle

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga39 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.