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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Feb 1, 2017, 8:42 AM EST for Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 93 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
- Feb 1, 2017, 8:42 AM EST (13:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2017, 10:15 AM EST
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Feb 1, 8:31 AM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 8:31 AM EST, 11 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 550 AM EST WED FEB 1 2017 OHZ012>014-023-089-PAZ001>003-021100- LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-TRUMBULL-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD- 550 AM EST WED FEB 1 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SNOWBELT DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. BRIEF BURSTS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND MAY PRODUCE A QUICK COATING OF SNOW ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ003-006>011-017>022-027>033-036>038-047-021100- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON- MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK- MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX- 550 AM EST WED FEB 1 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-021100- 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- 550 AM EST WED FEB 1 2017 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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, Feb 1, 7:50 AM EST, 52 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
750 AM EST WED FEB 1 2017
PAZ001-002-011415-
Northern Erie PA-Southern Erie PA-
750 AM EST WED FEB 1 2017
...an intense snow squall will affect Erie County Until 915 AM EST...
At 749 AM EST, radar indicated an intense snow squall across much
of the county.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Visibility rapidly dropping to less than a quarter of a mile...
Up to 2 inches of quick snow accumulation...
Locations impacted include...
Erie, Conneaut, Corry, Edinboro, Union City, Girard, Waterford,
Albion, Wattsburg, Northwest Harborcreek, Harborcreek, Lawrence Park,
Wesleyville, Lake City, Cranesville, Platea, Mill Village, McKean,
Elgin and Fairview.
Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this snow
squall. Rapid changes in visibility and potentially slick roads are
likely to lead to accidents. Consider delaying travel until the
squall passes your location.
LAT...LON 4185 7962 4185 8052 4197 8052 4196 8057
4202 8047 4211 8020 4219 8012 4221 8005
4218 7976 4201 7976 4199 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1249Z 274DEG 40KT 4206 7978
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MotticeLocal storm report, Feb 1, 8:28 AM EST, 14 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 8:27 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula | 3 hr |
| Feb 1, 7:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie | 85 min |
| Feb 1, 8:27 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | CLE | Erie | 3 hr |
| Feb 1, 9:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie | 68 min |
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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.