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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 5, 20164 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2016, 1:52 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 38 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: Jun 5, 2016, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Crawford County, OH, Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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: 332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

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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 Jun 5, 1:46 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 1:46 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 9:09 AM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
909 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-061315-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE OH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-LUCAS-WOOD-
OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE-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-
909 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP
ALONG A COLD FRONT AND PUSH EAST ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO INTO
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL BE
STRONG AND AN ISOLATED ONE OR TWO COULD PRODUCE MARGINALLY
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:52 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
152 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

OHZ009-010-018-019-027>029-051830-
RICHLAND-ERIE-LORAIN-HURON-WYANDOT-SENECA-CRAWFORD-
152 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN
RICHLAND...HURON...ERIE...NORTHEASTERN WYANDOT...NORTHWESTERN
LORAIN...CRAWFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN SENECA COUNTIES...

AT 152 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF SANDUSKY TO NEAR UPPER SANDUSKY...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LORAIN...ELYRIA...SANDUSKY...NORWALK...BUCYRUS...WESTERN VERMILION...
VERMILION...UPPER SANDUSKY...AVON LAKE...AMHERST...SHELBY...BELLEVUE...
WILLARD...NEW LONDON...PLYMOUTH...MILAN...NORTHERN MILAN...WAKEMAN...NEW
WASHINGTON AND BLOOMVILLE.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY CAN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN CLEVELAND.

LAT...LON 4126 8284 4131 8283 4148 8263 4141 8248
      4152 8204 4107 8238 4106 8244 4099 8243
      4082 8255 4080 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 253DEG 41KT 4148 8258 4088 8320

SEFCOVIC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 3:53 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		36 hr
Jun 5, 1:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		114 min
Jun 5, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 5, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	34 min
Jun 5, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	41 min
Jun 5, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca, Wyandot	42 min
Jun 5, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 5, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain, Sandusky	33 min
Jun 5, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox	43 min
Jun 5, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain	38 min
Jun 5, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 5, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	46 min
Jun 5, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Medina, Portage, Summit	44 min
Jun 5, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	63 min
Jun 5, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	46 min
Jun 5, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	33 min
Jun 5, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	22 min
Jun 5, 4:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	41 min
Jun 5, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	31 min

Nearby

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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.