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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 6, 2016Ashland County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2016, 8:40 PM EDT for Ashland County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 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 6, 2016, 8:40 PM EDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashland County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1306 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 6, 7:49 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 7:49 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 2:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
250 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-071900-
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-
250 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS
AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING
WIND.

.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, Jun 6, 6:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:48 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
748 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

OHZ009>014-019>023-028>033-089-070145-
ERIE-RICHLAND-TRUMBULL-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-LORAIN-HURON-MAHONING-GEAUGA-
MEDINA-LAKE-CRAWFORD-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-ASHTABULA
LAKESHORE-STARK-CUYAHOGA-
748 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS NORTHERN
OHIO INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MEDINA...AKRON AND
PAINESVILLE THROUGH 9 PM.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.

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 4097 8099 4082 8276 4151 8267 4141 8248
      4154 8201 4153 8172 4175 8136 4186 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 239DEG 49KT 4104 8243

ADAMS

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
840 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

OHZ030-031-070115-
ASHLAND-WAYNE-
840 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WAYNE AND ASHLAND COUNTIES...

AT 840 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER HAYESVILLE...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ASHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOOSTER...ASHLAND...ORRVILLE...RITTMAN...DOYLESTOWN...CRESTON...DALTON...
SHREVE...WEST SALEM...HAYESVILLE...POLK...MOUNT EATON...SMITHVILLE...APPLE
CREEK...MARSHALLVILLE...JEROMESVILLE...FREDERICKSBURG...CONGRESS...
ROWSBURG AND MOHICANVILLE.

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

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 4067 8212 4068 8234 4073 8234 4073 8237
      4074 8238 4098 8222 4097 8166 4067 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 273DEG 35KT 4079 8222

SEFCOVIC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		59 min
Jun 6, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes, Stark	45 min
Jun 6, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	45 min
Jun 7, 3:45 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain	42 hr
Jun 7, 9:43 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		30 hr
Jun 6, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford	70 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.