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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 23, 2019Ashtabula County, Portage County, Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2019, 9:06 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Portage County, Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 23, 2019, 9:06 AM EDT (13:06 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2019, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Portage County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

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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 May 23, 7:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 7:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 5:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
526 AM EDT Thu May 23 2019

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-240930-
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-
526 AM EDT Thu May 23 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms will move from west to east across the
area this morning. Some of these thunderstorms may produce strong
damaging winds, mainly before 9 AM. The greatest threat will be
focused towards the I-75 corridor.

Thunderstorms may develop along a cold front across mainly NE Ohio
late this afternoon into this evening. There is an isolated threat of
severe weather with thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.

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

There will be a slight risk of severe weather with thunderstorms on
Saturday, mainly during the afternoon and evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-240930-
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-
526 AM EDT Thu May 23 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms producing frequent lightning will move
from west to east across the lake this morning. Some of these
thunderstorms may produce strong damaging winds mainly on the western
basin before 9 AM.

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

There will be a slight risk of severe weather with thunderstorms on
Saturday, mainly during the afternoon and evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 8:23 AM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 8:29 AM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 8:47 AM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 8:52 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 8:54 AM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 9:06 AM 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
May 23, 6:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Hancock, Lucas, Wood	57 min
May 23, 6:30 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		71 min
May 23, 6:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	48 min
May 23, 6:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	39 min
May 23, 6:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	47 min
May 23, 7:12 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		61 min
May 23, 7:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Lorain, Marion, Morrow, Richland	52 min
May 23, 7:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Lorain, Marion, Medina and 2 more	42 min
May 23, 7:50 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		69 min
May 23, 8:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Holmes, Knox, Medina, Summit, Wayne	55 min
May 23, 8:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Cuyahoga, Holmes, Knox, Lake, Lorain and 4 more	46 min
May 23, 8:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		75 min
May 23, 8:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning, Portage and 3 more	67 min
May 23, 9:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	45 min
May 23, 1:38 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		6 hr

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.