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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 24, 20176 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Feb 24, 2017, 10:09 PM EST for 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2017, 10:09 PM EST (03:09 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2017, 11:15 PM EST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Hancock County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 568 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.2

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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 Feb 24, 9:26 PM EST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 9:26 PM EST, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 5:00 AM EST, 17 hours 9 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
500 AM EST Fri Feb 24 2017

LEZ142>148-162>168-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-
251000-
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 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-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-
500 AM EST Fri Feb 24 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central
Ohio, northeast Ohio and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Severe thunderstorms are possible this evening and overnight ahead
of a strong cold front approaching from the west. There is an
Enhanced Risk of Severe Thunderstorms focused west of the I-71
corridor with a slight chance of severe thunderstorms extending across
northeast Ohio. The primary threat with thunderstorms tonight will
be strong damaging winds to 70 mph. Hail greater than one inch in
diameter and a few tornadoes are also possible, mainly across
northwest Ohio.

Storms are expected to move into northwest Ohio after 7 PM and
continue eastward overnight. Storm motion will be to the northeast
at 50 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed.

LEZ061-149-169-PAZ001>003-251000-
Lake Erie open waters from Ripley to Buffalo NY-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
Lake Erie open waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-Northern Erie-
Southern Erie-Crawford-
500 AM EST Fri Feb 24 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie and northwest
Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Showers and scattered thunderstorms will move into northwest
Pennsylvania early Saturday morning. A few of the thunderstorms
could produce strong wind gusts to 50 mph.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 24, 5:41 PM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
541 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2017

OHZ007>009-242315-
Erie-Ottawa-Sandusky-
541 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT OTTAWA...ERIE AND SANDUSKY
COUNTIES...

At 540 PM EST, a line of strong thunderstorm 8 miles west of Port
Clinton are moving northeast at 55 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail are possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Sandusky, Fremont, Port Clinton, Kelleys Island, Put-In-Bay, Oak
Harbor, Gibsonburg, Elmore, Ballville, Catawba Island, Marblehead,
Bettsville, Bay View, Lindsey, Helena, Burgoon, Stony Prairie, Whites
Landing and Vickery.

LAT...LON 4140 8342 4160 8307 4154 8292 4174 8281
      4170 8275 4158 8280 4157 8277 4164 8273
      4163 8267 4157 8268 4159 8275 4157 8276
      4150 8267 4130 8305 4125 8323
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 242DEG 48KT 4150 8311

Mottice

Special weather statement, Feb 24, 7:18 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 24, 7:46 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 24, 10:00 PM EST, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 24, 10:03 PM EST, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 24, 10:09 PM EST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 7:13 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		62 min
Feb 24, 7:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie	42 min
Feb 24, 7:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca	28 min
Feb 24, 7:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot	36 min
Feb 24, 8:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca	23 min
Feb 24, 8:12 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		93 min
Feb 24, 8:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	29 min
Feb 24, 8:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain	24 min
Feb 24, 9:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot	53 min
Feb 24, 9:47 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		118 min
Feb 24, 9:51 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		41 hr
Feb 24, 10:00 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Richland, Wayne	60 min
Feb 24, 10:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit	55 min
Feb 25, 12:12 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull	48 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2017 Every special weather statement in 2017

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.