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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2016, 2:01 PM EDT for 8 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 89 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
- Aug 13, 2016, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Hancock County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 994 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 13, 1:04 PM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 1:04 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 3:39 AM EDT, 10 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 339 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 OHZ010>014-019>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-140745- LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT- PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK- MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE- 339 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ003-006>009-017-018-140745- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE-HANCOCK-SENECA- 339 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-140745- 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- 339 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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 13, 2:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
201 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
OHZ003-006>008-017-018-027-028-036-131930-
OTTAWA-HANCOCK-MARION-WYANDOT-LUCAS-WOOD-SANDUSKY-SENECA-CRAWFORD-
201 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN MARION...SANDUSKY...
WYANDOT...OTTAWA...WOOD...NORTHEASTERN
LUCAS...HANCOCK...NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD AND SENECA COUNTIES...
AT 158 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR
SANDUSKY BAY DOWN THROUGH THE FINDLAY AREA AND WAS SLOWLY PUSHING
EAST.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME MINOR
FLOODING PROBLEMS FOR ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FINDLAY...MARION...BOWLING GREEN...TIFFIN...FREMONT...FOSTORIA...
UPPER SANDUSKY...BLUFFTON...PERRYSBURG...OREGON...ROSSFORD...
NORTHWOOD...NORTH BALTIMORE...OAK HARBOR...GIBSONBURG...GENOA...
WOODVILLE...MCCOMB...FOREST AND ARLINGTON.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4122 8382 4173 8351 4173 8339 4156 8298
4044 8317 4044 8325 4051 8325 4051 8342
4068 8342 4071 8349 4082 8351 4082 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 000DEG 0KT 4127 8242
ADAMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 115 min | |
| Aug 13, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Holmes, Huron and 8 more | 118 min |
| Aug 13, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 114 min | |
| Aug 13, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Geauga | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 66 min | |
| Aug 13, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 42 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2016Every 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.