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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2015, 4:56 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2015, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
County Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 7, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 449 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-080900- 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- 449 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED A MARGINAL RISK THAT SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE FOR DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MOST DAYS THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-080900- 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- 449 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED A MARGINAL RISK THAT SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE FOR DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
258 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015
OHZ011>013-072000-
CUYAHOGA-GEAUGA-LAKE-
258 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA...LAKE AND
GEAUGA COUNTIES...
AT 258 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CHESTERLAND...OR 8
MILES SOUTH OF WILLOWICK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEVELAND...PAINESVILLE...WILLOWICK...CHARDON...FAIRPORT HARBOR...
EUCLID...MENTOR...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...SOLON...WILLOUGHBY...
EASTLAKE...WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS...SOUTH RUSSELL...MADISON...PERRY...
BURTON...HIGHLAND HILLS...TIMBERLAKE...LAKELINE AND CHESTERLAND.
LAT...LON 4150 8101 4140 8148 4156 8161 4167 8145
4176 8128 4176 8124 4181 8113 4185 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 243DEG 41KT 4152 8145
LAPLANTESpecial weather statement, Jul 7, 4:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
456 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015
PAZ001>003-072200-
NORTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD-SOUTHERN ERIE-
456 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ERIE AND NORTHERN
CRAWFORD COUNTIES...
AT 454 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HARBORCREEK TO 7 MILES EAST OF GIRARD TO NEAR
EDINBORO TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEADVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH A QUICK HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ERIE...EDINBORO...NORTH EAST...UNION CITY...GIRARD...CAMBRIDGE
SPRINGS...WATERFORD...WATTSBURG...NORTHWEST HARBORCREEK...
HARBORCREEK...WESLEYVILLE...LAKE CITY...SAEGERTOWN...MILL VILLAGE...
MCKEAN...SPARTANSBURG...VENANGO...ELGIN...FAIRVIEW AND WOODCOCK.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4201 7976 4199 7961 4183 7961 4164 8036
4186 8025 4203 8034 4207 8025 4212 8004
4227 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 233DEG 32KT 4212 8003 4202 8018 4192 8018 4176
8025
MULLENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 12:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Huron, Marion, Morrow and 4 more | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 7, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes, Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Trumbull, Wayne | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford | 43 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.