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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 5, 20257 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2025, 1:43 PM EST for 7 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Mar 6, 2025, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2025, 1:43 PM EST (18:43 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2025, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 6, 2025, 5:29 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Hancock County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 12:00Z on 2025-03-05Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2025-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 941 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
115 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
941 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
831 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

844 
WWUS71 KCLE 051843
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
143 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025

OHZ003-006>008-017-018-027-060245-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0004.250306T0600Z-250306T1500Z/
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Hancock-Seneca-Wyandot-
Including the cities of Perrysburg, Carey, Fostoria, Tiffin,
Fremont, Upper Sandusky, Oak Harbor, Bowling Green, Clyde, Genoa,
Port Clinton, Findlay, Toledo, and Bellevue
143 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.

* WHERE...Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood, and 
  Wyandot Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 10 AM EST Thursday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

04
2 follow-up statements
792 
WWUS71 KCLE 060217
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
917 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025

OHZ003-006>008-017-018-027-061030-
/O.CON.KCLE.WI.Y.0004.250306T0600Z-250306T1500Z/
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Hancock-Seneca-Wyandot-
Including the cities of Toledo, Fremont, Clyde, Fostoria, Upper
Sandusky, Findlay, Genoa, Tiffin, Bowling Green, Oak Harbor,
Bellevue, Carey, Perrysburg, and Port Clinton
917 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.

* WHERE...Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood, and 
  Wyandot Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 10 AM EST Thursday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

13
306 
WWUS71 KCLE 061029
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
529 AM EST Thu Mar 6 2025

OHZ003-006>008-017-018-027-061130-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-250306T1500Z/
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Hancock-Seneca-Wyandot-
Including the cities of Toledo, Perrysburg, Genoa, Port Clinton,
Bowling Green, Findlay, Carey, Clyde, Oak Harbor, Upper Sandusky,
Bellevue, Tiffin, Fremont, and Fostoria
529 AM EST Thu Mar 6 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Wind gusts of 30 to 40 MPH will continue this morning before 
gradually diminishing this afternoon and evening. However, the 
threat for wind gusts over 46 MPH has ended, so the advisory has 
been cancelled.

$$

Sullivan

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 3:24 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE49 hr
Mar 5, 10:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLELucas, Wood66 min
Mar 5, 11:47 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLESummit43 min
Mar 5, 12:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga, Lake38 min
Mar 5, 1:23 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula52 min
Mar 5, 3:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga, Medina48 min
Mar 5, 3:55 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE95 min
Mar 5, 4:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga, Lake37 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.