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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Apr 20, 2017, 6:56 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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 20, 2017, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2017, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
County Lucas County, OH
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 595 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 665 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
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 20, 6:44 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 6:44 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Cleveland OH 224 PM EDT Thu Apr 20 2017 LEZ142>145-162>165-OHZ003-006>010-017>019-027>030-036-037-211830- 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 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-Lucas-Wood- Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Wyandot-Crawford- Richland-Ashland-Marion-Morrow- 224 PM EDT Thu Apr 20 2017 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 151 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central Ohio and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Localized flooding is also possible, especially in areas that received heavy rain yesterday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. LEZ061-146>149-166>169-OHZ011>014-020>023-031>033-038-047-089- PAZ001>003-211830- Lake Erie open waters from Ripley to Buffalo NY- 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 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-Cuyahoga-Lake- Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wayne-Stark- Mahoning-Holmes-Knox-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie- Crawford- 224 PM EDT Thu Apr 20 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central Ohio, northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Strong to possibly severe thunderstorms are possible this evening. The greatest threat will be from damaging winds and large hail. An isolated tornado is possible across extreme northeast Ohio and into northwest Pennsylvania. Localized flooding is also possible, especially in areas that received heavy rainfall yesterday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 5:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Cleveland OH 519 PM EDT THU APR 20 2017 OHZ008-018-202200- Seneca-Sandusky- 519 PM EDT THU APR 20 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SENECA AND SANDUSKY COUNTIES... At 519 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Fostoria, moving northeast at 40 mph. Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Fremont, Fostoria, Bellevue, Clyde, Green Springs, Ballville, Bettsville, Helena, Burgoon, Bascom, Kansas and Stony Prairie. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. LAT...LON 4146 8314 4126 8284 4107 8342 4126 8342 TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 235DEG 36KT 4118 8342 Mottice
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 6:05 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Cleveland OH 605 PM EDT THU APR 20 2017 PAZ002-003-202245- Southern Erie-Crawford- 605 PM EDT THU APR 20 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL ERIE AND NORTH CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTIES... At 605 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of Albion, or 12 miles northwest of Meadville, moving northeast at 25 mph. Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Edinboro, Union City, Cambridge Springs, Waterford, Mill Village, McKean, Venango, Woodcock and Middleboro. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. LAT...LON 4170 8020 4184 8039 4209 8007 4190 7982 TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 229DEG 20KT 4181 8026 Mottice
Local storm report, Apr 20, 6:09 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
609 PM EDT THU APR 20 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM HAIL 7 W FINDLAY 41.04N 83.78W
04/20/2017 M1.00 INCH HANCOCK OH TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL ALONG US 224
ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF FINDLAY.
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SEFCOVICSpecial weather statement, Apr 20, 6:21 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Huron, Medina, Seneca | 51 min |
| 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, 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.