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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 1, 2020Geauga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Nov 1, 2020, 8:16 PM EST for Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 119 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
Nov 1, 2020, 8:16 PM EST (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 2020, 10:15 PM EST
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

County Geauga County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 00:00Z on 2020-11-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 00:00Z on 2020-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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 Nov 1, 6:58 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 6:58 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 1, 3:55 AM EST, 16 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
355 AM EST Sun Nov 1 2020

OHZ003-006-008-013-014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-020900-
Lucas-Wood-Sandusky-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-
Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-
Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox-
355 AM EST Sun Nov 1 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-020900-
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-
355 AM EST Sun Nov 1 2020

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EST
MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Lake Erie, eastern
Lake Erie and western Lake Erie.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Gale Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Gale Warning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

PAZ002-003-020900-
Southern Erie-Crawford-
355 AM EST Sun Nov 1 2020

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
EST MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Weather Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Weather Advisory.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

OHZ007-009>012-089-PAZ001-020900-
Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
355 AM EST Sun Nov 1 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM EST
MONDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 1, 2:53 PM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 1, 5:46 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
546 PM EST SUN NOV 1 2020

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

1140 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 SW GRAND RIVER        41.73N 81.31W
11/01/2020                   LAKE               OH   BROADCAST MEDIA

            *** 1 FATAL, 1 INJ ***
            UPDATES PREVIOUS NON-TSTM WND DMG REPORT
            FROM 2 SW GRAND RIVER. TREE DOWN ON TWO CARS
            NEAR LAKESHORE BLVD AND CORDUROY RD. ONE
            FATALITY AND ONE INJURY REPORTED WITH THIS
            INCIDENT.

&&

SEFCOVIC
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 8:16 PM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
816 PM EST Sun Nov 1 2020

OHZ012>014-023-089-020315-
Geauga OH-Lake OH-Trumbull OH-Ashtabula Lakeshore OH-
Ashtabula Inland OH-
816 PM EST Sun Nov 1 2020

...An area of lake effect snow showers will affect northern
Trumbull...Geauga...Lake and southern Ashtabula Counties Until 1015
PM EST....

At 813 PM EST, radar indicated lake effect snow showers 13 miles
north of Timberlake, or 13 miles northwest of Fairport Harbor,
moving southeast at 60 mph.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 45 mph...
Visibility dropping to one half mile...
1 to 2 inches of quick snow accumulation...

Locations impacted include...
Painesville, Willowick, Chardon, Fairport Harbor, Mentor, Willoughby,
Eastlake, Cortland, Geneva, Madison, Middlefield, Kinsman, North
Bloomfield, Perry, Orwell, Burton, Timberlake, West Farmington,
Lakeline and Bristolville.

Use extra caution if you must travel. Rapid changes in visibility and
potentially slick roads may lead to accidents.

To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at
weather.gov/cle and submit your report via social media, when you can
do so safely.

LAT...LON 4153 8052 4135 8052 4135 8101 4134 8101
      4135 8102 4135 8111 4165 8146 4167 8145
      4176 8129 4176 8124 4186 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 306DEG 51KT 4186 8152

Sefcovic

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 2, 3:14 AM ESTLow Water AdvisoryCLE26 hr
Nov 2, 3:14 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE24 hr
Nov 2, 4:10 AM ESTWind AdvisoryCLEAshtabula, Lake21 hr
Nov 1, 11:33 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningCLECrawford8 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.