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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 20, 2021Geauga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2021, 2:23 PM EDT for Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 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: Jun 20, 2021, 2:23 PM EDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

County Geauga County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 1056 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.2

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The text

As transmitted.

080 
WWUS81 KCLE 201823
SPSCLE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
223 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

OHZ013-014-023-201915-
Geauga-Trumbull-Ashtabula Inland-
223 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN TRUMBULL...
SOUTHEASTERN GEAUGA AND SOUTHWESTERN ASHTABULA COUNTIES...

At 222 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Chardon, moving
east at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Chardon, Middlefield, North Bloomfield, Orwell, Burton, Huntsburg,
Claridon, Montville, Hartsgrove, Roaming Shores, Rock Creek and
Aquilla.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

LAT...LON 4147 8070 4141 8098 4141 8103 4142 8117
      4150 8128 4157 8128 4170 8074
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 258DEG 13KT 4158 8109 

$$

Kahn

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 9:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	31 min
Jun 20, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Medina	50 min
Jun 20, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga	42 min
Jun 20, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	38 min
Jun 20, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Geauga	50 min
Jun 20, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga	40 min
Jun 20, 3:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga	3 hr
Jun 20, 3:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula	3 hr
Jun 20, 3:51 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		38 hr
Jun 20, 3:52 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 1 more	38 hr
Jun 20, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	48 min
Jun 20, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Stark	51 min
Jun 20, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	44 min
Jun 20, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	24 min
Jun 20, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Summit	51 min
Jun 20, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning	39 min
Jun 20, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Stark	46 min
Jun 20, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.