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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 10, 2017Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2017, 11:21 AM EDT for Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 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, 11:21 AM EDT (15:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2017, 12:15 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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

As transmitted.

902 
WWUS81 KCLE 101521
SPSCLE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1121 AM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

OHZ003-006>008-101615-
Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Lucas-
1121 AM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT OTTAWA...SANDUSKY...WOOD AND
CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTIES...

At 1121 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Whitehouse, or
8 miles south of Swanton, moving east at 40 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm along with 
torrential rain.

Locations impacted include...
Toledo, Bowling Green, Fremont, Port Clinton, Perrysburg, Bellevue,
Clyde, Rossford, Waterville, Northwood, Oak Harbor, Gibsonburg,
Genoa, Woodville, Weston, Elmore, Green Springs, Maumee, Ballville
and Walbridge.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4151 8378 4160 8366 4163 8314 4154 8293
      4159 8290 4158 8285 4145 8283 4144 8285
      4126 8284 4125 8342 4127 8381
TIME...MOT...LOC 1521Z 267DEG 33KT 4147 8390 

$$

Mottice

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 9:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	26 min
Jul 10, 10:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	37 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.