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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 12, 200628 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this freeze warning at Oct 12, 2006, 4:17 AM EDT for 28 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 13, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 12, 2006, 4:17 AM EDT (08:17 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 13, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 13, 2006, 8:56 AM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

All 30 counties

Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 204 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Oct 12, 1:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 1:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 11, 5:20 AM EDT, 22 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
520 AM EDT WED OCT 11 2006

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-120930-
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-
TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-
MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
520 AM EDT WED OCT 11 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY...AND MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP.
A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS. SMALL
HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION AWAY
FROM LAKE ERIE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SOME LAKE
EFFECT SNOW MAY AFFECT THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE OF ASHTABULA AND
ERIE COUNTIES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...IT IS
EXPECTED THAT THE MAIN LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WILL STAY OFFSHORE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

LEZ142>149-162>169-120930-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-
GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
MAUMEE BAY OH TO RENO BEACH OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-GENEVA-ON-
THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
520 AM EDT WED OCT 11 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT
WITH SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS TODAY SHIFTING WEST TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MRD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 11, 10:28 PM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 11, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE	62 min
Oct 12, 6:52 AM EDT	Marine Weather Statement	CLE	50 hr
Oct 12, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE	2 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Ohio, 2006 Freeze Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2006 Every freeze warning in 2006

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.