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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2015, 1:51 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 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 18, 2015, 1:51 PM EDT (17:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
County Lucas County, OH
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 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 18, 1:49 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:49 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 3:54 AM EDT, 9 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 354 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015 OHZ010>014-020>023-029>033-037-038-047-089-PAZ001>003-190800- LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE- TRUMBULL-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX- ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- 354 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. VERY WARM AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY. HEAT INDICES WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED SEVERE LIMITS. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027-028-036-190800- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-WYANDOT- CRAWFORD-MARION- 354 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED SEVERE LIMITS. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-190800- 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- 354 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED SEVERE LIMITS. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:51 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
151 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
OHZ003-006-007-181845-
LUCAS-OTTAWA-WOOD-
151 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL WOOD...LUCAS
AND OTTAWA COUNTIES...
AT 147 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR IDA MICHIGAN TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORENCI
MICHIGAN TO NEAR PAYNE OHIO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 245 PM INCLUDE...TOLEDO...
BOWLING GREEN...PERRYSBURG...OREGON...SYLVANIA...ROSSFORD...
WATERVILLE...NORTHWOOD...WHITEHOUSE...HOLLAND...WESTON...WALBRIDGE...MILLBURY...
HASKINS...GRAND RAPIDS... TONTOGANY...CLAY CENTER AND BERKEY.
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 4172 8387 4173 8346 4173 8345 4172 8347
4169 8343 4169 8335 4171 8334 4164 8323
4174 8311 4169 8316 4163 8320 4133 8373
4120 8388 4121 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 321DEG 25KT 4191 8353 4167 8411 4109 8478
THOMPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Seneca | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow | 63 min |
| Jul 18, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford | 39 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.