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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

January 14, 2016Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jan 14, 2016, 5:12 AM EST for Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 78 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
Jan 14, 2016, 5:12 AM EST (10:12 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2016, 6:30 AM EST
In force
78 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

198 
WWUS81 KCLE 141012
SPSCLE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
512 AM EST THU JAN 14 2016
 
OHZ014-089-PAZ001>003-141130-
ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-CRAWFORD-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN
ERIE-
512 AM EST THU JAN 14 2016

...LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SQUALLS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ASHTABULA...
NORTHERN CRAWFORD AND ERIE COUNTIES...

AT 506 AM EST...LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SQUALLS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW WERE MOVING ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY INTO ERIE COUNTY. THESE BANDS OF SNOW
MAY PRODUCE SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. 

USE EXTRA CAUTION TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH THESE SNOW SQUALLS.
RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS MAY LEAD TO
ACCIDENTS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SQUALL PASSES YOUR
LOCATION.

&&

LAT...LON 4201 7976 4199 7961 4182 7962 4170 8029
      4173 8037 4191 8080 4192 8070 4203 8033
      4212 8013 4213 8015 4213 8010 4217 8010
      4217 8009 4216 8009 4215 8006 4227 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 1006Z 257DEG 19KT 4253 7913 4190 8074 
$$

MULLEN

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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.