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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2017, 5:18 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2017, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
County Mahoning County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 3:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 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, 4 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
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:18 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Cleveland OH 518 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2017 OHZ033-182145- Mahoning- 518 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MAHONING COUNTY... At 517 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near New Waterford, or near East Palestine, moving northeast at 40 mph. Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... New Middletown and Petersburg. LAT...LON 4101 8052 4090 8052 4090 8068 TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 237DEG 36KT 4089 8059 Greenawalt
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wood | 31 min |
| May 18, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock | 27 min |
| May 18, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula | 52 min |
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.