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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 13, 20175 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2017, 3:31 AM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2017, 3:31 AM EDT (07:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2017, 4:30 AM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Hancock County, OH, Marion County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.

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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: 1167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1283 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.4

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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 Jul 13, 1:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 3:28 PM EDT, 12 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:31 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
331 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017

OHZ006-008-017-018-027-028-036-130830-
Crawford-Seneca-Wyandot-Marion-Wood-Hancock-Sandusky-
331 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN SENECA...
MARION...WESTERN SANDUSKY...WYANDOT...WESTERN CRAWFORD...WOOD AND
HANCOCK COUNTIES...

At 328 AM EDT, radar indicated a area of strong thunderstorms
producing heavy rainfall was located along a line extending from
near Weston to Forest to near Bellefontaine. Movement was east at 30
mph.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways. Winds around 30 mph are also possible with in the most
intense portions of these thunderstorms.

Locations impacted include...
Findlay, Marion, Bowling Green, Tiffin, Fostoria, Bucyrus, Upper
Sandusky, Bluffton, North Baltimore, Gibsonburg, Woodville, McComb,
Weston, Forest, Arlington, Prospect, Sycamore, La Rue, Arcadia and
Rawson.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They can relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Cleveland.

LAT...LON 4141 8388 4151 8343 4150 8335 4146 8334
      4143 8328 4100 8301 4049 8296 4048 8302
      4043 8303 4044 8325 4051 8325 4051 8342
      4068 8342 4070 8344 4071 8349 4082 8351
      4082 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 269DEG 25KT 4129 8383 4081 8348 4037 8360

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 3:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Hancock	3 hr
Jul 13, 4:36 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	3 days
Jul 13, 4:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	6 hr
Jul 13, 4:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wyandot	67 min
Jul 13, 5:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Wyandot	5 hr
Jul 13, 5:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca	66 min
Jul 13, 5:32 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	31 hr
Jul 13, 5:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Seneca, Wyandot	6 hr
Jul 13, 6:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	56 min
Jul 13, 6:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Marion	5 hr
Jul 13, 7:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Knox, Morrow, Richland	5 hr
Jul 13, 8:18 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Seneca	61 hr
Jul 13, 8:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Geauga	4 hr
Jul 13, 10:08 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	43 hr
Jul 13, 10:08 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	48 hr
Jul 13, 10:11 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Sandusky	38 hr
Jul 13, 10:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock, Wood	30 hr
Jul 13, 11:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot	30 hr
Jul 13, 4:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland	24 hr

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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.