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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 26, 2018Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2018, 9:41 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 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 26, 2018, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2018, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

County Portage County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 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 Jul 26, 9:12 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 9:12 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 3:15 PM EDT, 6 hours 26 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
315 PM EDT Thu Jul 26 2018

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-271915-
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-
315 PM EDT Thu Jul 26 2018

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

There is a slight chance for severe thunderstorms late this afternoon
and evening as a cold front crosses the area. The main severe weather
threats are damaging straight line winds and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
644 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2018

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

0600 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SW KIRTLAND           41.56N 81.39W
07/26/2018  E60 MPH          CUYAHOGA           OH   PUBLIC

            ALSO HEARD TREES FALLING IN FOREST.

0614 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SW KIRTLAND           41.56N 81.39W
07/26/2018  E60 MPH          CUYAHOGA           OH   PUBLIC

            ALSO HEARD TREES FALLING IN WOODS.

0614 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SW KIRTLAND           41.56N 81.39W
07/26/2018  E0 MPH           CUYAHOGA           OH   PUBLIC

            ALSO HEARD TREES FALLING DOWN IN FOREST.

&&

PS

Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
645 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2018

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

0536 PM     TSTM WND GST     FAIRPORT HARBOR         41.75N 81.27W
07/26/2018  M62 MPH          LAKE               OH   ASOS

&&

PS

Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
647 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2018

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

0617 PM     HAIL             1 E SANDUSKY            41.46N 82.70W
07/26/2018  M1.00 INCH       ERIE               OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

PS

Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
649 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2018

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

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SANDUSKY                41.46N 82.71W
07/26/2018                   ERIE               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN SANDUSKY. ROOF
            OFF OF A BUILDING AND POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SOME
            OF THE OLDER BUILDINGS.

&&

PS

Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
717 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2018

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

0710 PM     TSTM WND GST     MONROEVILLE             41.24N 82.70W
07/26/2018  E60 MPH          HURON              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

PS

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 9:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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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 26, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		87 min
Jul 26, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	52 min
Jul 26, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Seneca	42 min
Jul 26, 9:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Marion	116 min
Jul 26, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford	44 min

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