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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 31, 20175 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2017, 2:55 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 35 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 31, 2017, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2017, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 411 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 31, 1:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 1:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 4:16 AM EDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
416 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2017

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-010830-
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-Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
416 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2017

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Locally heavy rain is possible today which could cause ponding of
water especially in low lying areas and poor drainage areas.

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

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-010830-
Lake Erie open waters from Ripley to Buffalo NY-
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 nearshore waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
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-
Lake Erie open waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
416 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

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

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 11:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1154 AM EDT FRI MAR 31 2017

OHZ003-007>011-311845-
Erie-Ottawa-Sandusky-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lucas-
1154 AM EDT FRI MAR 31 2017

... Areas of dense fog near the north shore ...

Cool air flowing off lake Erie was causing fog to develop across
northern Ohio this afternoon.  Some of the fog closer to the
shoreline was dense with visibilities down to under a half mile.

Motorists are reminded to use caution when driving through the dense
fog and allow extra time to reach your destination.

LAT...LON 4173 8357 4173 8339 4161 8308 4154 8298
      4153 8289 4160 8285 4152 8268 4144 8262
      4139 8249 4153 8201 4149 8189 4151 8173
      4155 8165 4149 8158 4132 8222 4139 8296
TIME...MOT...LOC 1548Z 057DEG 1KT 4135 8220

King

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 2:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
255 PM EDT FRI MAR 31 2017

OHZ003-007>011-311930-
Erie-Ottawa-Sandusky-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lucas-
255 PM EDT FRI MAR 31 2017

... Areas of dense fog near the north shore ...

Cool air flowing off lake Erie had caused fog to develop across
northern Ohio this afternoon.  Some of the fog closer to the
shoreline was dense with visibilities down to under a half mile.

Motorists are reminded to use caution when driving through the dense
fog and allow extra time to reach their destination.

LAT...LON 4172 8372 4173 8339 4154 8293 4161 8285
      4151 8268 4147 8267 4139 8249 4153 8199
      4150 8175 4164 8149 4157 8149 4156 8139
      4142 8138 4139 8140 4131 8250 4140 8310
      4157 8342 4162 8342 4162 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 205DEG 1KT 4140 8180

King

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Trumbull	45 min
Mar 30, 10:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lake	30 min
Mar 31, 11:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	64 hr
Mar 31, 11:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	44 hr
Mar 31, 11:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa	3 hr
Mar 31, 6:16 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Stark	14 hr

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.