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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 14, 20264 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this wind advisory at Mar 14, 2026, 2:03 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2026, 2:03 AM EDT (06:03 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2026, 6:50 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2026-03-14Temperature 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 2026-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 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
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

818 
WWUS71 KCLE 140603
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
203 AM EDT Sat Mar 14 2026

OHZ011>014-089-PAZ001>003-141200-
/O.EXP.KCLE.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260314T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0004.260314T0603Z-260314T1200Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-Crawford-
Including the cities of Edinboro, Chardon, Erie, Willoughby,
South Russell, Corry, Ashtabula, Orwell, Andover, Eastlake,
Painesville, Willowick, Wickliffe, Jefferson, Burton, Conneaut,
Roaming Shores, Bainbridge, Cleveland, Mentor, Middlefield,
Geneva, Chesterland, Union City, Titusville, and Meadville
203 AM EDT Sat Mar 14 2026

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

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

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning.

* 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.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
017 
WWUS71 KCLE 141050
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
650 AM EDT Sat Mar 14 2026

OHZ011>014-089-PAZ001>003-141200-
/O.CAN.KCLE.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-260314T1200Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-Crawford-
Including the cities of Geneva, Erie, Chesterland, Orwell,
Meadville, Titusville, South Russell, Burton, Wickliffe, Corry,
Ashtabula, Edinboro, Chardon, Painesville, Jefferson, Mentor,
Cleveland, Roaming Shores, Willoughby, Willowick, Union City,
Eastlake, Middlefield, Andover, Conneaut, and Bainbridge
650 AM EDT Sat Mar 14 2026

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Winds will remain breezy this morning but are no longer expected to 
pose a significant threat. Winds will continue to exhibit a 
decreasing trend into this afternoon.

$$

10

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 3:55 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE10 hr
Mar 14, 1:06 PM EDTWind AdvisoryCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more67 hr
Mar 14, 1:57 PM EDTGale WatchCLE25 hr
Mar 14, 1:57 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE46 hr
Mar 14, 1:06 PM EDTHigh Wind WatchCLEErie13 hr

Nearby

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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.