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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 13, 20168 counties in Ohio

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 994 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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 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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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

ADAMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
Aug 13, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Holmes, Huron and 8 more118 min
Aug 13, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
Aug 13, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula47 min
Aug 13, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga36 min
Aug 13, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE66 min
Aug 13, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie42 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.