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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 7, 2021Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 6:05 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 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: Aug 7, 2021, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 0 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

514 
WWUS81 KCLE 072205
SPSCLE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
605 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
OHZ010-011-072230-
Lorain OH-Cuyahoga OH-
605 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern Cuyahoga
and central Lorain Counties through 630 PM EDT...

At 604 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated an area of strong 
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Westlake to near 
Elyria to 8 miles west of Grafton. Movement was east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Cleveland, Elyria, Parma, Lakewood, Strongsville, Westlake, North
Royalton, North Ridgeville, Avon Lake, Grafton, North Olmsted, Avon,
Parma Heights, Rocky River, Brook Park, Berea, Fairview Park,
Middleburg Heights, Bay Village and Seven Hills.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4152 8165 4136 8169 4129 8188 4127 8197
      4122 8197 4123 8233 4139 8219 4150 8196
      4148 8186 4150 8180 4149 8176 4149 8171
      4151 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 266DEG 19KT 4144 8189 4137 8206 4128 8219 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Maines

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 3:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Marion	3 hr
Aug 7, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Marion	41 min
Aug 7, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford	27 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.