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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 11, 2021Portage County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 10:13 AM EDT for Portage County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report 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
Aug 11, 2021, 10:13 AM EDT (14:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 11:15 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

Counties Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 11, 11:17 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 N Sebring, OHTREE DOWN ON ROAD.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 267 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
267 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-243 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

813 
WWUS81 KCLE 111413
SPSCLE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1013 AM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
 
OHZ011-013-021-022-111515-
Summit OH-Geauga OH-Portage OH-Cuyahoga OH-
1013 AM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Portage, southern
Geauga, southern Cuyahoga and Summit Counties through 1115 AM EDT...

At 1013 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Strongsville to near Brunswick to near Creston.
Movement was east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Akron, Ravenna, Parma, Cuyahoga Falls, Strongsville, North Royalton,
Kent, Barberton, Solon, Hudson, Twinsburg, Tallmadge, Streetsboro,
Macedonia, Mogadore, Garrettsville, Mantua, Stow, Garfield Heights
and Maple Heights.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4099 8169 4128 8169 4128 8183 4127 8188
      4135 8187 4135 8191 4140 8192 4142 8100
      4099 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 272DEG 41KT 4133 8182 4118 8178 4102 8189 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Kahn

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 2:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHancock, Lucas, Wood, Wyandot41 min
Aug 11, 2:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE80 min
Aug 11, 2:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood65 min
Aug 11, 2:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca55 min
Aug 11, 3:03 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryCLEErie, Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and 1 more12 hr
Aug 11, 3:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE54 min
Aug 11, 4:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula, Lake42 min
Aug 11, 4:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE67 min
Aug 11, 5:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE50 min
Aug 11, 7:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEWood52 min
Aug 11, 8:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHancock51 min
Aug 11, 8:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot46 min
Aug 11, 8:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie, Sandusky50 min
Aug 11, 8:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE78 min
Aug 11, 8:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca62 min
Aug 11, 9:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Lorain61 min
Aug 11, 9:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Richland45 min
Aug 11, 9:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMedina46 min
Aug 11, 10:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEStark, Wayne40 min
Aug 11, 10:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning67 min
Aug 11, 10:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage, Stark64 min
Aug 11, 11:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLETrumbull43 min
Aug 11, 11:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLETrumbull15 min
Aug 11, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Lucas, Wood57 min
Aug 11, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE90 min
Aug 11, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCLECrawford, Hancock, Marion, Seneca, Wyandot55 min
Aug 11, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood53 min
Aug 11, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Ottawa52 min
Aug 11, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 11, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCLECrawford, Erie, Huron, Richland, Seneca61 min
Aug 11, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMorrow55 min
Aug 11, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland60 min
Aug 11, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCLEAshland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina66 min
Aug 11, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Morrow, Richland61 min
Aug 11, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE12 min
Aug 11, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Wayne60 min
Aug 11, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Summit58 min
Aug 11, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox30 min
Aug 11, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCLEMahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Wayne69 min
Aug 11, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Trumbull79 min
Aug 11, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE86 min
Aug 11, 5:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECuyahoga, Summit3 hr
Aug 11, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCLEAshtabula75 min
Aug 11, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatCLEMahoning, Portage, Trumbull69 min
Aug 11, 4:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie22 min
Aug 11, 5:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie46 min
Aug 11, 11:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford52 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.