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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 1, 20176 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Mar 1, 2017, 12:37 AM EST for 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 38 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: Mar 1, 2017, 12:37 AM EST (05:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2017, 1:15 AM EST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Crawford County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Marion County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Richland County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 416 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 441 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 Feb 28, 9:38 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:38 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 3:26 PM EST, 9 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 6:59 PM EST, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 1, 12:37 AM EST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1237 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

OHZ017>019-027>029-036-037-010615-
Seneca-Crawford-Wyandot-Huron-Marion-Richland-Hancock-Morrow-
1237 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN HURON...
RICHLAND...SOUTHERN SENECA...MARION...WYANDOT...MORROW...CRAWFORD AND
SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTIES...

At 1236 AM EST, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Arlington to near Richwood. Movement
was northeast at 75 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Mansfield, Findlay, Marion, Bucyrus, Upper Sandusky, Bluffton, Mount
Gilead, Galion, Shelby, Willard, Ontario, Lexington, Crestline,
Cardington, Bellville, Plymouth, Arlington, Prospect, New Washington
and Bloomville.

LAT...LON 4098 8388 4112 8266 4055 8236 4055 8264
      4034 8265 4036 8293 4041 8292 4042 8294
      4044 8325 4051 8325 4051 8342 4068 8342
      4071 8349 4082 8350 4082 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0536Z 245DEG 63KT 4085 8361 4035 8329

Greenawalt

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 1, 12:29 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		91 min
Mar 1, 12:55 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Hancock, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 9 more	65 min
Mar 1, 1:15 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and 4 more	60 min
Mar 1, 1:31 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		89 min
Mar 1, 2:10 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Trumbull	80 min
Mar 1, 2:51 AM EST	Wind Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	25 hr
Mar 1, 3:18 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	42 min
Mar 1, 3:31 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		89 min
Mar 1, 3:59 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and 2 more	61 min
Mar 1, 4:01 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull	59 min
Mar 1, 4:31 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Lorain	44 min
Mar 1, 4:36 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		84 min
Mar 1, 4:38 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Richland	52 min
Mar 1, 5:04 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		86 min
Mar 1, 5:09 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Portage, Summit	66 min
Mar 1, 5:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Knox, Morrow, Richland	47 min
Mar 1, 5:24 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit	51 min
Mar 1, 5:36 AM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Medina, Summit	24 min
Mar 1, 5:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	75 min
Mar 1, 5:46 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CLE		59 min
Mar 1, 5:49 AM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit	26 min
Mar 1, 5:54 AM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	36 min
Mar 1, 6:05 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull	59 min
Mar 1, 4:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga	57 min
Mar 1, 4:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Trumbull	58 min
Mar 1, 4:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	43 min

Nearby

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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.