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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 20174 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2017, 5:31 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 44 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: Jun 18, 2017, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2017, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 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 Jun 18, 3:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 1:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
156 PM EDT Sun Jun 18 2017

LEZ142>147-162>169-OHZ003-006>012-017>020-027>030-036-037-047-191800-
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 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-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-
Medina-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Marion-Morrow-Knox-
156 PM EDT Sun Jun 18 2017

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LEZ061-148-149-OHZ013-014-021>023-031>033-038-089-PAZ001>003-191800-
Lake Erie open waters from Ripley to Buffalo NY-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-Geauga-
Ashtabula Inland-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Holmes-
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie-Crawford-
156 PM EDT Sun Jun 18 2017

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 353 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is needed at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
335 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0214 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E LINESVILLE          41.66N 80.32W
06/18/2017                   CRAWFORD           PA   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE DOWNED IN SUMMIT TWP.

&&

THOMPSON

Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
336 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND CONNEAUT                41.93N 80.57W
06/18/2017  M41 MPH          ASHTABULA          OH   C-MAN STATION

&&

THOMPSON

Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
341 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0336 PM     TSTM WND DMG     S SAEGERTOWN            41.71N 80.14W
06/18/2017                   CRAWFORD           PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN SOUTH OF TOWN.

&&

THOMPSON

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:13 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
513 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     S SAEGERTOWN            41.71N 80.14W
06/18/2017                   CRAWFORD           PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN SOUTH OF TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:26 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
526 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0246 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ESE BLOOMING VALLEY   41.67N 80.01W
06/18/2017                   CRAWFORD           PA   PUBLIC

            2 TREES DOWN ON COX ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR.

&&

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:31 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
531 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017

OHZ012>014-022-023-089-182215-
Geauga-Portage-Lake-Trumbull-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Ashtabula Inland-
531 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PORTAGE...
TRUMBULL...GEAUGA...LAKE AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES...

At 531 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Painesville to near South Russell to
near Streetsboro. Movement was east at 40 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Warren, Painesville, Ashtabula, Conneaut, Chardon, Fairport Harbor,
Geneva-On-The-Lake, Mentor, Willoughby, Streetsboro, Cortland,
Geneva, South Russell, Madison, North Kingsville, Middlefield,
Garrettsville, Kinsman, North Bloomfield and Perry.

These storms 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 4198 8052 4126 8052 4122 8099 4122 8106
      4119 8139 4143 8137 4156 8139 4173 8135
      4184 8107 4184 8103 4185 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 257DEG 41KT 4167 8121 4147 8130 4127 8138

Mullen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 12:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Mahoning, Portage, Stark and 3 more	18 min
Jun 18, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	44 min
Jun 18, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		117 min
Jun 18, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	31 min
Jun 18, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	50 min
Jun 18, 6:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	4 hr
Jun 18, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull	57 min
Jun 18, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	46 min
Jun 18, 7:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	2 hr
Jun 18, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Erie	24 min
Jun 18, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	65 min
Jun 18, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	68 min
Jun 18, 6:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Erie	11 hr
Jun 18, 6:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Erie	4 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.