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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 10, 20175 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2017, 9:34 AM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 26 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: Jul 10, 2017, 9:34 AM EDT (13:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Hancock County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Jul 10, 6:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 3:56 AM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
356 AM EDT Mon Jul 10 2017

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-110800-
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-
Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford-
Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox-
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
356 AM EDT Mon Jul 10 2017

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

There is a slight risk for severe thunderstorms today. The main
threat will be large hail and damaging wind gusts in the
thunderstorms.

There is also the possibility that thunderstorms could produce
locally heavy rain, especially where thunderstorms continue to
redevelop and move over the same area. Some isolated reports of
localized flooding over the land areas is possible today into the
evening in the heaviest rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

Lombardy

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 9:34 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
934 AM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

OHZ003-006>009-017-101400-
Erie-Wood-Ottawa-Hancock-Sandusky-Lucas-
934 AM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT OTTAWA...ERIE...
SANDUSKY...WOOD...HANCOCK AND LUCAS COUNTIES...

At 931 AM EDT, the strongest thunderstorms were clustered near
Weston, or 13 miles southwest of Bowling Green, moving east at 25
mph. Other strong storms were just south of Toledo and over Ottawa
County.

Hail is likely with the stronger storms. Torrential rainfall is also
likely with these storms which may cause localized flooding. Do not
drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Locations impacted include...
Toledo, Findlay, Bowling Green, Sandusky, Fremont, Fostoria, Port
Clinton, Bluffton, Swanton, Kelleys Island, Put-In-Bay, Perrysburg,
Oregon, Sylvania, Bellevue, Clyde, Rossford, Waterville, Northwood
and Whitehouse.

LAT...LON 4172 8388 4173 8339 4153 8293 4172 8279
      4168 8275 4162 8278 4163 8270 4159 8267
      4161 8279 4158 8280 4152 8270 4144 8274
      4143 8285 4125 8284 4125 8342 4099 8342
      4099 8346 4090 8351 4082 8352 4082 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1331Z 260DEG 22KT 4129 8388

Kosarik

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 10:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	37 min
Jul 10, 11:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	54 min
Jul 10, 11:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	44 min
Jul 10, 12:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie, Huron, Sandusky	59 min
Jul 10, 12:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Wyandot	3 hr
Jul 10, 12:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca	3 hr
Jul 10, 1:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Lorain	3 hr
Jul 10, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Summit	61 min
Jul 10, 1:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Richland	3 hr
Jul 10, 1:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit	3 hr
Jul 10, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes, Portage, Stark, Summit, Wayne	66 min
Jul 10, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Morrow	41 min
Jul 10, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	50 min
Jul 10, 2:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Stark	2 hr
Jul 10, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes, Knox	62 min
Jul 10, 6:46 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	5 days

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.