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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 3, 2017Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Mar 3, 2017, 7:37 AM EST for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 68 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 3, 2017, 7:37 AM EST (12:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2017, 8:45 AM EST
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2017-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2017-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1091 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

009 
WWUS81 KCLE 031237
SPSCLE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
737 AM EST FRI MAR 3 2017

OHZ010>013-021>023-031345-
Summit OH-Geauga OH-Portage OH-Lake OH-Trumbull OH-Lorain OH-
Cuyahoga OH-
737 AM EST FRI MAR 3 2017

...an intense snow squall will affect northern Portage...west central
Trumbull...Geauga...Cuyahoga...southwestern Lake...northeastern
Summit and northeastern Lorain Counties Until 845 AM EST...

At 734 AM EST, radar indicated an intense snow squall along a line
extending from near Avon Lake to near Middlefield, moving southeast 
at 10 mph. Additional bands will affect the areas from Euclid to 
Chardon.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Visibility rapidly dropping to less than a quarter of a mile...
Up to 2 inches of quick snow accumulation...

Locations impacted include...
Cleveland, Lorain, Elyria, Willowick, Chardon, Parma, Lakewood, 
Euclid, Mentor, Cleveland Heights, Strongsville, Westlake, North 
Royalton, North Ridgeville, Solon, Avon Lake, Willoughby, Twinsburg 
and Eastlake.

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 4174 8132 4129 8079 4128 8191 4145 8227
      4154 8198 4153 8172 4170 8144
TIME...MOT...LOC 1234Z 294DEG 8KT 4151 8212 4142 8106 

&&

ODOT DMS  302, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314,
317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 328, and 329.

$$

Oudeman

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 9:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Summit88 min
Mar 2, 10:24 PM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit16 hr
Mar 2, 10:47 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLELorain, Portage, Summit88 min
Mar 2, 11:45 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Summit and 1 more15 hr
Mar 3, 12:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEPortage, Summit85 min
Mar 3, 1:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga91 min
Mar 3, 3:41 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE30 hr
Mar 3, 6:08 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga, Portage97 min
Mar 3, 8:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula, Lake84 min
Mar 3, 8:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga, Huron, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit and 1 more85 min
Mar 3, 10:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Holmes, Mahoning, Richland, Stark, Wayne91 min
Mar 3, 6:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie95 min
Mar 3, 1:52 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie83 min

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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.