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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 26, 2021Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 4:04 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 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 26, 2021, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2021-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 192 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 2021-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

574 
WWUS81 KCLE 262004
SPSCLE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
404 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021
 
OHZ021-022-262045-
Summit OH-Portage OH-
404 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern Portage
and Summit Counties through 445 PM EDT...

At 403 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Hudson to near Akron. Movement was southeast at
15 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, Cuyahoga Falls, Kent, Barberton, Green, Hudson, Tallmadge,
Streetsboro, Mogadore, Stow, New Franklin, Norton, Brimfield,
Fairlawn, Munroe Falls, Lakemore, Silver Lake, Boston Heights,
Clinton and Portage Lakes.

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 4091 8165 4099 8165 4099 8168 4111 8168
      4128 8143 4108 8130 4099 8126 4099 8142
      4091 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 336DEG 15KT 4122 8142 4107 8159 

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

$$

Greenawalt

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 3:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLELucas50 min
Aug 26, 4:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELucas, Wood4 hr
Aug 26, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga43 min
Aug 26, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLESummit42 min
Aug 26, 3:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECuyahoga2 hr
Aug 26, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland31 min
Aug 26, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMorrow, Richland52 min
Aug 26, 5:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMorrow, Richland2 hr
Aug 26, 6:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMorrow3 hr
Aug 26, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes48 min
Aug 26, 7:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHolmes103 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.