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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 23, 2020Hancock County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Oct 23, 2020, 5:03 PM EDT for Hancock County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 23, 2020, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2020, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Hancock County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 23, 5:18 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nnw Cygnet, OH	DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Oct 23, 5:21 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 Sw Findlay, OH	ASOS STATION KFDY FINDLAY.
Oct 23, 5:23 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	2 N Cygnet, OH
Oct 23, 5:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nne Findlay, OH	TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD ON HULL AVE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Oct 23, 5:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Findlay, OH	MULTIPLE 1 TO 2 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

333 
WWUS81 KCLE 232103
SPSCLE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
503 PM EDT Fri Oct 23 2020

OHZ006-008-017-018-027-232145-
Seneca-Wyandot-Wood-Hancock-Sandusky-
503 PM EDT Fri Oct 23 2020

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

At 503 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Waterville to near St. Marys.
Movement was east at 35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail are possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Findlay, Bowling Green, Fostoria, Bluffton, North Baltimore,
Gibsonburg, Woodville, McComb, Weston, Forest, Arlington, Arcadia,
Rawson, Vanlue, Van Buren, New Riegel, Carey, Pemberville, Bradner
and Grand Rapids.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 4141 8388 4146 8314 4070 8347 4071 8349
      4081 8350 4082 8351 4082 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 257DEG 29KT 4143 8378 4060 8431 

$$

Jaszka

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 23, 3:18 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		36 hr
Oct 23, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Sandusky	62 min
Oct 23, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Seneca	45 min
Oct 23, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie	37 min
Oct 23, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	26 min
Oct 23, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		50 min
Oct 23, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox	35 min
Oct 23, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas	29 min
Oct 23, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		117 min
Oct 23, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	35 min
Oct 23, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa	47 min
Oct 23, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland	25 min
Oct 23, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Wood	40 min
Oct 23, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood, Wyandot	52 min
Oct 23, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		86 min
Oct 23, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Medina	51 min
Oct 23, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	34 min
Oct 23, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Oct 23, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca	53 min
Oct 23, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	35 min
Oct 23, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lorain	31 min
Oct 23, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	26 min
Oct 23, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Oct 23, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain	48 min
Oct 23, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lake	15 min
Oct 23, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina	40 min
Oct 23, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Marion, Morrow	52 min
Oct 23, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga	32 min
Oct 23, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Richland	45 min
Oct 23, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland, Wayne	39 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.