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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 6, 201811 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2018, 9:59 PM EDT for 11 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 61 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: Oct 6, 2018, 9:59 PM EDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2018, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Knox 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), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 249 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: 264 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 Oct 6, 9:49 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 9:49 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 4:06 AM EDT, 17 hours 53 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
406 AM EDT Sat Oct 6 2018

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-070815-
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-
406 AM EDT Sat Oct 6 2018

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 the possibility that a few thunderstorms could approach
severe limits; especially later this afternoon into tonight as a
cold front sags southeast across the area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 6, 6:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 6, 7:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
727 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2018

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

0553 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 WSW BETTSVILLE        41.24N 83.25W
10/06/2018                   SENECA             OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN.

&&

Special weather statement, Oct 6, 7:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
732 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2018

OHZ006-008-017-018-027-070015-
Seneca-Wyandot-Wood-Hancock-Sandusky-
732 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2018

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN SENECA...
SOUTHWESTERN SANDUSKY...NORTHWESTERN WYANDOT...SOUTHERN WOOD AND
HANCOCK COUNTIES...

At 731 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Continental to near Elida to near
Spencerville In Allen County. Movement was east at 40 mph.

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

Locations that may be impacted include...Findlay, Fostoria, Upper
Sandusky, Bluffton, North Baltimore, Gibsonburg, McComb, Forest,
Arlington, Arcadia, Rawson, Vanlue, Van Buren, New Riegel, Carey,
Bradner, Wayne, Bloomdale, Risingsun and Cygnet.

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

LAT...LON 4121 8388 4138 8328 4109 8326 4082 8328
      4082 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 251DEG 37KT 4104 8425 4082 8424 4067 8436

Mullen

Special weather statement, Oct 6, 8:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
816 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2018

OHZ007>009-018-019-027>029-036-037-070100-
Crawford-Seneca-Wyandot-Huron-Marion-Erie-Richland-Ottawa-Sandusky-
Morrow-
816 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2018

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT OTTAWA...HURON...
RICHLAND...ERIE...SENECA...MARION...EASTERN SANDUSKY...WYANDOT...
NORTHERN MORROW AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...

At 816 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Port Clinton to near Tiffin to 6
miles west of Sycamore to Morral. Movement was northeast at 45 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Mansfield, Marion, Sandusky, Tiffin, Norwalk, Fremont, Bucyrus, Upper
Sandusky, Port Clinton, Galion, Shelby, Bellevue, Clyde, Willard,
Ontario, Lexington, Crestline, New London, Plymouth and Green
Springs.

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

LAT...LON 4103 8339 4122 8323 4158 8305 4154 8292
      4160 8281 4141 8250 4142 8243 4140 8240
      4107 8240 4106 8244 4090 8241 4082 8242
      4075 8240 4053 8301 4052 8339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 247DEG 42KT 4145 8298 4115 8313 4095 8329 4068
8322

Mullen

Special weather statement, Oct 6, 9:15 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 9:59 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
959 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2018

OHZ011>014-020>023-029>032-038-047-089-070300-
Summit-Geauga-Richland-Medina-Wayne-Knox-Holmes-Portage-Lake-Stark-
Trumbull-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Cuyahoga-Ashland-Ashtabula Inland-
959 PM EDT SAT OCT 6 2018

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN
RICHLAND...MEDINA...LAKE...WAYNE...HOLMES...WESTERN TRUMBULL...
PORTAGE...GEAUGA...CUYAHOGA...SOUTHEASTERN ASHLAND...STARK...
SUMMIT...ASHTABULA AND NORTHERN KNOX COUNTIES...

At 958 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Geneva to Chardon to near Cleveland
to near North Royalton to Wooster to near Fredericktown. Movement was
east at 40 mph.

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

Locations that may be impacted include...
Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Medina, Wooster, Painesville, Ashtabula,
Mount Vernon, Willowick, Conneaut, Ravenna, Chardon, Fairport Harbor,
Millersburg, Geneva-On-The-Lake, Parma, Lakewood, Cuyahoga Falls,
Euclid and Mentor.

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

LAT...LON 4039 8264 4049 8264 4079 8210 4124 8189
      4135 8187 4144 8192 4177 8130 4198 8054
      4165 8055 4137 8087 4113 8100 4099 8100
      4099 8109 4073 8109 4072 8124 4065 8124
      4064 8165 4044 8167 4045 8218 4038 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 260DEG 35KT 4174 8094 4158 8119 4147 8174 4127
8170 4082 8192 4044 8260

Mullen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 6, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Huron, Marion, Ottawa, Richland and 3 more	44 min
Oct 6, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		71 min
Oct 6, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	34 min
Oct 6, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Morrow, Richland	45 min
Oct 6, 11:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning, Stark, Trumbull	57 min
Oct 6, 11:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga	6 hr
Oct 7, 2:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lake	5 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2018 Every special weather statement in 2018

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.