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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 2, 2015Morrow County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2015, 2:15 PM EDT for Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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: Sep 2, 2015, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

County Morrow County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 336 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 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 Sep 2, 1:26 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 1:26 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 3:11 AM EDT, 11 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
311 AM EDT WED SEP 2 2015

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-030715-
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-
311 AM EDT WED SEP 2 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 2, 1:38 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
138 PM EDT WED SEP 02 2015

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

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STRONGSVILLE            41.31N 81.83W
09/01/2015                   CUYAHOGA           OH   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF STRONGSVILLE NEAR THE
            STILLBROOKE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT...REPORTS VIA SOCIAL
            MEDIA AND BROADCAST MEDIA.

&&

SEFCOVIC

Special weather statement, Sep 2, 2:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
215 PM EDT WED SEP 2 2015

OHZ036-037-021845-
MORROW-MARION-
215 PM EDT WED SEP 2 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN MORROW AND
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES...

AT 215 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ASHLEY...OR 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DELAWARE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARDINGTON...ASHLEY...WALDO...MARENGO...FULTON AND STATE ROUTE 229 AT
US ROUTE 23.

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 4036 8293 4041 8293 4042 8302 4043 8303
      4044 8314 4046 8315 4054 8291 4054 8289
      4035 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 336DEG 20KT 4043 8300

MULLEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 2, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wyandot	66 min
Sep 2, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	42 min
Sep 2, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Morrow	45 min
Sep 2, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
Sep 2, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion	52 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.