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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this freeze watch at Oct 16, 2015, 3:44 AM EDT for 14 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Oct 17, 2015, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 16, 2015, 3:44 AM EDT (07:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2015, 3:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2015, 3:59 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashland County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2237 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze watch 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 watch went out at Oct 16, 1:04 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 1:04 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 15, 8:50 AM EDT, 18 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 850 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2015 OHZ003-006>011-017>022-027>033-036>038-047-161300- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-HANCOCK-SENECA- HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE- STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX- 850 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE WEST. MUCH OF THE REGION WILL EXPERIENCE WIDESPREAD FROST SUNDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE TO WITHIN A COUPLE DEGREES OF 30. A FREEZE WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. IF YOU HAVE ANY VEGETATION THAT IS SENSITIVE TO THE COLD MAKE PLANS TO PROTECT IT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ012>014-023-089-PAZ001>003-161300- LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-TRUMBULL-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- 850 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. BANDS OF VERY EFFICIENT RAINFALL MAY OCCUR OFF THE WARMER WATERS OF LAKE ERIE WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. CLOUD COVER AND SHOWERS WILL LIKELY LIMIT THE COVERAGE OF FROST ACROSS INLAND LOCATIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO INTO NW PA THIS WEEKEND. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL STILL DIP TO AROUND FREEZING SATURDAY NIGHT. IF YOU HAVE ANY VEGETATION THAT IS SENSITIVE TO THE COLD MAKE PLANS TO PROTECT IT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-161300- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY- 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- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- 850 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 15, 10:54 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1054 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2015
PAZ001-002-160400-
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
1054 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ERIE
COUNTY...
AT 1053 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WESTFIELD TO NEAR ERIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ERIE...NORTH EAST...WATTSBURG...NORTHWEST HARBORCREEK...
HARBORCREEK...LAWRENCE PARK...WESLEYVILLE AND NORTHWEST HARBORCR.
LAT...LON 4201 7976 4200 7962 4197 7961 4207 8025
4212 8013 4213 8015 4213 8012 4214 8009
4215 8011 4214 8014 4216 8012 4217 8008
4215 8010 4215 8006 4227 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 278DEG 38KT 4234 7963 4211 8022
LOMBARDYSpecial weather statement, Oct 15, 11:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1102 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2015
OHZ010>012-160400-
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
1102 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2015
...A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN LAKE... CUYAHOGA
AND LORAIN COUNTIES...
AT 1100 PM EDT...A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND TO NEAR LORAIN...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEVELAND...LORAIN...ELYRIA...PAINESVILLE...WILLOWICK...VERMILION...
PARMA...LAKEWOOD...EUCLID...MENTOR...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...
STRONGSVILLE...BRUNSWICK...WESTLAKE...NORTH ROYALTON...NORTH
RIDGEVILLE...SOLON...AVON LAKE...WILLOUGHBY AND EASTLAKE.
LAT...LON 4164 8115 4164 8129 4159 8129 4156 8139
4135 8140 4135 8159 4128 8157 4127 8197
4120 8198 4120 8207 4114 8208 4114 8217
4106 8218 4107 8234 4143 8234 4143 8227
4152 8202 4148 8189 4150 8171 4174 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 253DEG 53KT 4166 8171 4148 8211
LOMBARDYLocal storm report, Oct 16, 12:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 82 min | |
| Oct 15, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 41 min | |
| Oct 15, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 58 min |
| Oct 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Hancock, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 8 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 15, 10:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie | 66 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.