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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 10, 2015Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2015, 5:21 PM EDT for Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 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: Aug 10, 2015, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Seneca County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Aug 10, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 4:06 AM EDT, 13 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
406 AM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-110815-
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-
406 AM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT.
CONDITIONS ARE MARGINAL FOR A FEW OF THE STORMS TO POSSIBLY
BECOME SEVERE. AT THIS TIME THE MAIN THREAT APPEARS TO BE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-110815-
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-
406 AM EDT MON AUG 10 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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, Aug 10, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
420 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

OHZ003-007-102100-
LUCAS-OTTAWA-
420 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN LUCAS AND OTTAWA
COUNTIES...

AT 416 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES EAST OF OREGON...OR
17 MILES EAST OF TOLEDO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RENO BEACH...BONO AND PORT CLINTON.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4169 8333 4164 8323 4161 8308 4152 8297
      4151 8299 4152 8289 4159 8285 4155 8280
      4153 8282 4154 8271 4150 8271 4149 8274
      4151 8273 4149 8282 4149 8307 4155 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 296DEG 24KT 4164 8325

CLARK

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
521 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

OHZ018-027-028-102200-
WYANDOT-SENECA-CRAWFORD-
521 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN SENECA...EASTERN
WYANDOT AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES...

AT 520 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR TIFFIN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIFFIN...BUCYRUS...UPPER SANDUSKY...NEW WASHINGTON...BLOOMVILLE...
SYCAMORE...NEW RIEGEL...CHATFIELD...CAREY...BENTON...NEVADA...
REPUBLIC AND OCEOLA.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4099 8346 4100 8342 4103 8342 4118 8314
      4103 8283 4100 8282 4100 8275 4098 8272
      4071 8315 4095 8347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 308DEG 20KT 4106 8314

SEFCOVIC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		59 min
Aug 10, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ottawa	40 min
Aug 10, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Richland	43 min
Aug 10, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga	39 min
Aug 10, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Summit, Trumbull	64 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

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.