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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 23, 2015Knox County, Morrow County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2015, 10:33 PM EDT for Knox County, Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2015, 10:33 PM EDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2015, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Knox County, OH, Morrow County, OH

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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 23, 10:05 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 10:05 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 10:06 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1006 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-250215-
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-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-
1006 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

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 23, 6:19 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
619 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

OHZ006-017-232300-
HANCOCK-WOOD-
619 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WOOD AND HANCOCK
COUNTIES...

AT 618 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER GLANDORF...OR OVER
OTTAWA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FINDLAY...BLUFFTON...NORTH BALTIMORE...MCCOMB...ARLINGTON...RAWSON...
VAN BUREN...BLOOMDALE...CYGNET...JERRY CITY...HOYTVILLE...BENTON
RIDGE...JENERA...MOUNT CORY AND BAIRDSTOWN.

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.

THIS STORM 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 4125 8388 4125 8354 4085 8358 4086 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 277DEG 38KT 4102 8407

SEFCOVIC
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 7:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 10:33 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1033 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

OHZ037-047-240330-
MORROW-KNOX-
1033 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MORROW AND KNOX
COUNTIES...

AT 1030 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL TRACK ACROSS
SOUTHERN MORROW COUNTY INTO KNOX COUNTY THROUGH 1120 PM. THIS AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35
MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...MOUNT VERNON...MOUNT
GILEAD...FREDERICKTOWN...GAMBIER...UTICA...CARDINGTON...
CENTERBURG... ASHLEY...DANVILLE...CHESTERVILLE...SPARTA...
WATERFORD...EDISON...MARENGO...FULTON...MARTINSBURG...
BLADENSBURG...AMITY AND NORTH LIBERTY.

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 4024 8248 4027 8248 4027 8274 4035 8275
      4036 8293 4041 8293 4042 8302 4047 8302
      4049 8296 4056 8296 4059 8294 4058 8263
      4055 8262 4055 8235 4057 8220 4024 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 288DEG 22KT 4039 8298

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 4:07 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE36 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.