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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 21, 2020Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Apr 21, 2020, 12:39 AM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 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
Apr 21, 2020, 12:39 AM EDT (04:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2020, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

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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 Apr 20, 3:45 PM EDT, 8 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 3:45 PM EDT, 8 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 3:33 AM EDT, 21 hours 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
333 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-210745-
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-
333 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Lake Erie, eastern
Lake Erie, western 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...Tuesday through Sunday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 12:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE92 min
Apr 21, 1:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie, Hancock, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood62 min
Apr 21, 1:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE91 min
Apr 21, 2:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Medina43 min
Apr 21, 2:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE55 min
Apr 21, 3:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga, Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull and 1 more66 min
Apr 21, 3:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Crawford, Holmes, Knox, Marion, Medina and 2 more72 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.