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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 3, 20189 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2018, 1:13 PM EDT for 9 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 92 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 3, 2018, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2018, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 92 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Lake County, OH, Medina County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 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 3, 10:04 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 10:04 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 4:00 AM EDT, 9 hours 13 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
400 AM EDT Sun Jun 3 2018

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-040800-
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-
400 AM EDT Sun Jun 3 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:18 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1218 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018

OHZ009-010-031700-
Erie-Lorain-
1218 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018

...AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ERIE AND NORTHERN LORAIN
COUNTIES...

At 1217 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Vermilion to near Wakeman.
Movement was northeast at 30 mph.

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

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 4153 8198 4128 8197 4128 8250 4129 8252
      4140 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 1617Z 245DEG 27KT 4140 8240 4134 8241 4132 8247

Mullen

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
113 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018

OHZ010>013-020>022-031-032-038-031845-
Holmes-Summit-Geauga-Portage-Lake-Stark-Medina-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Wayne-
113 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018

...A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN
PORTAGE...WESTERN GEAUGA...CUYAHOGA...MEDINA...LAKE...
STARK...SUMMIT...WAYNE...EAST CENTRAL LORAIN AND HOLMES COUNTIES...

At 111 PM EDT, radar indicated a broken line of strong thunderstorms
located along a line extending from near Westlake to 6 miles west of
Brunswick to near Lodi to near Wooster to near Killbuck. Movement
was northeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 35 mph are possible with these storms.

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 4045 8201 4081 8202 4103 8206 4150 8194
      4153 8172 4173 8136 4183 8108 4132 8121
      4111 8117 4073 8116 4072 8124 4065 8124
      4066 8146 4063 8167 4044 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 245DEG 20KT 4146 8187 4121 8193 4106 8197 4085
8193 4046 8192

Mullen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 9:58 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		35 hr
Jun 3, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lorain	42 min
Jun 3, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		89 min
Jun 3, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	47 min
Jun 3, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull	59 min
Jun 3, 2:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	3 hr
Jun 3, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga	49 min
Jun 3, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		79 min
Jun 3, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	50 min
Jun 3, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning	35 min
Jun 3, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford	56 min
Jun 3, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford	75 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.