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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 19, 201611 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2016, 2:46 PM EDT for 11 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 59 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 19, 2016, 2:46 PM EDT (18:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashland County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Marion County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 262 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: 338 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 19, 1:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 3:13 AM EDT, 11 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
313 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2016

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-200715-
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-
313 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GARNET

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:46 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
246 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2016

OHZ007>010-017>020-027>030-036>038-047-191945-
RICHLAND-ERIE-OTTAWA-MORROW-KNOX-HANCOCK-LORAIN-MARION-WYANDOT-HURON-
HOLMES-MEDINA-SANDUSKY-SENECA-CRAWFORD-ASHLAND-
246 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT RICHLAND...HURON...
MORROW...MARION...SANDUSKY...WESTERN HOLMES...WYANDOT...OTTAWA...
NORTHERN KNOX...LORAIN...EASTERN HANCOCK...CRAWFORD...ERIE...
SOUTHWESTERN MEDINA...SENECA AND ASHLAND COUNTIES...

AT 244 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FREMONT TO NEAR ADA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS. BE SURE TO MOVE
INDOORS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS WITH LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LORAIN...ELYRIA...MANSFIELD...MARION...SANDUSKY...ASHLAND...TIFFIN...
NORWALK...FREMONT...FOSTORIA...BUCYRUS...WESTERN VERMILION...
VERMILION...UPPER SANDUSKY...PORT CLINTON...MOUNT GILEAD...AMHERST...
GALION...SHELBY AND BELLEVUE.

LAT...LON 4117 8345 4117 8342 4120 8342 4151 8316
      4151 8266 4141 8250 4150 8215 4150 8209
      4039 8218 4057 8342 4068 8342 4070 8344
      4071 8349 4081 8350 4082 8374
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 258DEG 18KT 4136 8318 4074 8375

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 19, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula	38 min
Aug 19, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Geauga	61 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.