Alert archive / Ohio / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
$$
OudemanThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Summit | 88 min |
| Mar 2, 10:24 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit | 16 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lorain, Portage, Summit | 88 min |
| Mar 2, 11:45 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Summit and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:05 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Portage, Summit | 85 min |
| Mar 3, 1:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Geauga | 91 min |
| Mar 3, 3:41 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 30 hr | |
| Mar 3, 6:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga, Portage | 97 min |
| Mar 3, 8:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula, Lake | 84 min |
| Mar 3, 8:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Geauga, Huron, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit and 1 more | 85 min |
| Mar 3, 10:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Mahoning, Richland, Stark, Wayne | 91 min |
| Mar 3, 6:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie | 95 min |
| Mar 3, 1:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie | 83 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.