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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2017, 8:09 PM EDT for Huron County, Medina County, Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 19, 2017, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Huron County, OH, Medina County, OH, Seneca County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 994 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 19, 7:55 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 7:55 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 450 AM EDT Wed Apr 19 2017 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-200900- 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- 450 AM EDT Wed Apr 19 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and this evening across northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. Heavy rainfall is possible with these storms. There is a marginal risk for severe weather, with isolated strong winds and large hail possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop and move east across the area Thursday afternoon and evening. There is a slight risk for severe weather roughly west of a Mount Gilead to Ashtabula line, and a marginal risk east of this line. Thunderstorms may produce damaging winds and large hail, especially in the slight risk area. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-200900- 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- 450 AM EDT Wed Apr 19 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...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 19, 6:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
635 PM EDT WED APR 19 2017
OHZ021-022-192315-
Summit-Portage-
635 PM EDT WED APR 19 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTAGE AND NORTHEASTERN SUMMIT
COUNTIES...
At 635 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Streetsboro, or
8 miles northwest of Ravenna, moving southeast at 25 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Ravenna, Cuyahoga Falls, Kent, Hudson, Twinsburg, Tallmadge,
Streetsboro, Garrettsville, Mantua, Stow, Aurora, Brimfield,
Randolph, Munroe Falls, Reminderville, Atwater, Edinburg, Silver
Lake, Windham and Hiram.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 4118 8151 4135 8141 4131 8100 4099 8100
4099 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 294DEG 20KT 4124 8137
SefcovicSpecial weather statement, Apr 19, 7:17 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
804 PM EDT WED APR 19 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0507 PM HAIL ATTICA 41.07N 82.88W
04/19/2017 E1.25 INCH SENECA OH PUBLIC
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
SIZED HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
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CLMSpecial weather statement, Apr 19, 8:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
809 PM EDT WED APR 19 2017
OHZ008>010-018>020-028>031-200100-
Seneca-Crawford-Huron-Erie-Richland-Medina-Sandusky-Lorain-Ashland-
Wayne-
809 PM EDT WED APR 19 2017
...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE
THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
At 806 PM EDT, radar indicated an area of thunderstorms that were
located along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of Fostoria to
to near Greenwich to near Rittman. Movement was east at 55 mph.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways. Half inch hail is also possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Medina, Tiffin, Norwalk, Fremont, Fostoria, Brunswick, Wadsworth,
Bellevue, Grafton, Rittman, Clyde, Willard, Wellington, Doylestown,
Lodi, New London, Creston, Plymouth, West Salem and Green Springs.
LAT...LON 4136 8341 4129 8188 4127 8188 4128 8169
4099 8169 4098 8165 4089 8165 4087 8185
4097 8311 4099 8311 4099 8342
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 257DEG 47KT 4122 8329 4091 8183
SefcovicThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Stark, Summit | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wood | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 10:38 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Stark | 13 hr |
| Apr 20, 8:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 37 min | |
| Apr 20, 10:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula | 29 min |
| Apr 20, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Sandusky | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 89 min | |
| Apr 20, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 85 min | |
| Apr 20, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford | 24 min |
| Apr 20, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 38 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.