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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 18, 2017Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2017, 5:14 PM EDT for Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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
May 18, 2017, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2017, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

County Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2017-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 375 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2017-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 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
375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 May 18, 3:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 3:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
324 PM EDT Thu May 18 2017

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-018>023-089-PAZ001>003-191930-
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-Lucas-Wood-
Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-
Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-Crawford-
324 PM EDT Thu May 18 2017

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

There is a chance for isolated strong to severe storms this evening
across northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. The main threat with
any severe storm will be large hail and strong winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

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, May 18, 5:14 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
514 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2017

OHZ006-182145-
Wood-
514 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY...

At 513 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Deshler, or 16
miles southwest of Bowling Green, moving east at 40 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bowling Green, Fostoria, North Baltimore, Weston, Bradner, Wayne,
Bloomdale, Risingsun, Cygnet, Portage, Jerry City, Hoytville, Custar,
West Millgrove, Milton Center and Bairdstown.

LAT...LON 4135 8388 4139 8342 4117 8342 4117 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 263DEG 35KT 4122 8388

Greenawalt

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning27 min
May 18, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHancock27 min
May 18, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula52 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017

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.