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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 5, 2019Erie County, Huron County, Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2019, 1:39 PM EDT for Erie County, Huron County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 21 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
Jul 5, 2019, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH, Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2019-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 326 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2019-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 5, 10:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 10:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:49 AM EDT, 8 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
449 AM EDT Fri Jul 5 2019

OHZ003-006>008-060900-
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-
449 AM EDT Fri Jul 5 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Heat index values will be in the upper 90s today. This combination
of heat and humidity will be quite uncomfortable and possibly
initiate heat related illness.

Thunderstorms today will be capable of producing locally heavy
rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Water levels across the western basin of Lake Erie are expected to
rise with northeast winds Saturday night through Monday. Lakeshore
flooding will be possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

OHZ010-011-060900-
Lorain-Cuyahoga-
449 AM EDT Fri Jul 5 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Heat index values will be in the upper 90s today. This combination
of heat and humidity will be quite uncomfortable and possibly
initiate heat related illness.

Thunderstorms today will be capable of producing locally heavy
rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Thunderstorms on Saturday will be capable of locally heavy rainfall
and gusty winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

OHZ009-060900-
Erie-
449 AM EDT Fri Jul 5 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Thunderstorms today will be capable of producing locally heavy
rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Water levels across the western basin of Lake Erie are expected to
rise with northeast winds Saturday night through Monday. Lakeshore
flooding will be possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

OHZ012>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-060900-
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-
449 AM EDT Fri Jul 5 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Thunderstorms today will be capable of producing locally heavy
rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Thunderstorms on Saturday will be capable of locally heavy rainfall
and gusty winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-060900-
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-
449 AM EDT Fri Jul 5 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

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, Jul 5, 1:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
139 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2019

OHZ009-010-019-020-028>031-051800-
Crawford-Huron-Erie-Richland-Medina-Lorain-Ashland-Wayne-
139 PM EDT Fri Jul 5 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HURON...NORTHERN RICHLAND...
ERIE...WESTERN MEDINA...NORTHERN ASHLAND...NORTHWESTERN WAYNE...
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND LORAIN COUNTIES...

At 137 PM EDT, a cluster of strong thunderstorm was located near
Wellington, or 10 miles southwest of Elyria, was drifting and
developing toward the southeast at 10 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms through 3pm.

Locations impacted include...
Elyria, Medina, Wooster, Sandusky, Ashland, Norwalk, Vermilion, North
Ridgeville, Amherst, Shelby, Grafton, Willard, Wellington, Lodi, New
London, Creston, Plymouth, West Salem, Northern Milan and Milan.

LAT...LON 4092 8280 4145 8268 4145 8266 4144 8266
      4138 8250 4140 8244 4139 8201 4110 8186
      4082 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 313DEG 10KT 4124 8220

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 10:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLELucas42 min
Jul 4, 10:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHancock51 min
Jul 4, 11:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE54 min
Jul 5, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit54 min
Jul 5, 2:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit4 hr
Jul 5, 2:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga4 hr
Jul 5, 3:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLESummit3 hr
Jul 5, 4:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga112 min
Jul 5, 4:56 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECrawford, Wyandot3 hr
Jul 5, 3:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie4 hr
Jul 5, 4:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Erie2 hr
Jul 5, 5:53 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECrawford116 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019

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.