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Freezing Rain Advisory 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 27, 2015Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this freezing rain advisory at Dec 27, 2015, 3:28 PM EST for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2015, 3:28 PM EST (20:28 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2015, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 28, 2015, 9:47 PM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 12:00Z, 8.5 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-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: 458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 291 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 freezing rain advisory 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Dec 27, 12:58 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 12:58 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 4:25 AM EST, 11 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
425 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-280930-
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-
425 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TODAY MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING
IN A FEW SPOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FOR LATER
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF FLOODING.

WINDS LATE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT MAY GUST 35 TO 40 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEZ142>146-162>166-280930-
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-
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-
425 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEZ061-147>149-167>169-280930-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-
ON-THE LAKE OH-GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-
CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
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-
425 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

WINDS MONDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY NIGHT MAY APPROACH GALE FORCE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 27, 10:25 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1025 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

OHZ031>033-038-271715-
WAYNE-MAHONING-HOLMES-STARK-
1025 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTING MAHONING...HOLMES...WAYNE
AND STARK COUNTIES...

AT 1018 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS
HOLMES...STARK AND MAHONING COUNTIES. THIS HEAVIER RAINFALL IS
FALLING ACROSS A REGION THAT HAS PICKED UP ABOUT AN INCH OF RAINFALL
OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS.  ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE WATER
LEVELS TO RISE ON AREA CREEKS. THERE WERE REPORTS THAT MANY DITCHES
WERE FULL OF WATER WHICH COULD LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON AREA
ROADWAYS. SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...WOOSTER...MILLERSBURG...BOARDMAN...MASSILLON...
GREEN...ALLIANCE...NORTH CANTON...LOUISVILLE...ORRVILLE...
CAMPBELL...CANFIELD...BERLIN...RITTMAN...SEBRING...WALNUT
CREEK...MINERVA... DOYLESTOWN AND HARTVILLE.

LAT...LON 4046 8218 4067 8222 4068 8213 4099 8213
      4099 8165 4091 8164 4091 8142 4099 8142
      4099 8100 4113 8099 4113 8052 4090 8052
      4093 8084 4090 8108 4073 8109 4072 8124
      4065 8124 4064 8164 4065 8164 4044 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1518Z 180DEG 0KT 4066 8121

MULLEN

Local storm report, Dec 27, 11:07 AM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1107 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 AM     HEAVY RAIN       GENEVA                  41.80N  80.95W
12/27/2015  M1.00 INCH       ASHTABULA          OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SINCE 6PM SATURDAY.

1056 AM     HEAVY RAIN       CLEVELAND-OLD BROOKLYN  41.43N  81.71W
12/27/2015  M1.55 INCH       CUYAHOGA           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SINCE 5PM SATURDAY.

1100 AM     HEAVY RAIN       MANSFIELD/ONTARIO       40.76N  82.53W
12/27/2015  M2.30 INCH       RICHLAND           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SINCE 4PM SATURDAY.

&&

BM

Local storm report, Dec 27, 2:39 PM EST, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
239 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0237 PM     HEAVY RAIN       AMITY TWP               41.95N  79.78W
12/27/2015  M1.83 INCH       ERIE               PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SINCE 8PM SATURDAY.

&&

BM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 27, 9:58 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Trumbull	9 hr
Dec 27, 10:13 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	42 hr
Dec 27, 10:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes, Mahoning, Stark, Wayne	110 min
Dec 27, 4:05 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		60 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.