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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Feb 24, 2017, 10:35 PM EST for Cuyahoga County, Medina County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 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 24, 2017, 10:35 PM EST (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2017, 11:30 PM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Medina County, OH, Summit County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 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
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 24, 9:26 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 9:26 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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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, 7:18 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| 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, 10:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 66 min |
| Feb 25, 12:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull | 48 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.