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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

March 5, 20228 counties in Pennsylvania; 4 counties in Ohio

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2022, 12:49 PM EST for 8 counties in Pennsylvania; 4 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Mar 6, 2022, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2022, 12:49 PM EST (17:49 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2022, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 6, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Beaver County, PA, Butler County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Forest County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 258 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 2022-03-05Temperature 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°0°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 2022-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
1855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.