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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Oct 21, 2021, 3:59 PM EDT for Knox County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 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
- Oct 21, 2021, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Knox County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Oct 21, 2:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 2:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 21, 3:13 AM EDT, 12 hours 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 313 AM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021 LEZ142>146-162>166-OHZ003-006>011-017>021-027>031-036>038-047-220715- Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-Reno Beach to The Islands OH- The Islands to Vermilion OH-Vermilion to Avon Point OH- Avon Point to Willowick OH- Detroit River Lt. to Maumee Bay OH to Reno Beach OH beyond 5NM offshoreline to US-Canadian border- Reno Beach to The Islands OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border- The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland- Wayne-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox- 313 AM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, 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...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LEZ061-147>149-167>169-OHZ012>014-022-023-032-033-089-PAZ001>003- 220715- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-Geneva-on-the- Lake to Conneaut OH-Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-Willowick to Geneva-on- the-Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-Geneva-on- the-Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Portage-Trumbull-Stark- Mahoning-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie-Crawford- 313 AM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a marginal risk for severe-level wind gusts today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 1:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
126 PM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021
OHZ022-032-033-211830-
Portage OH-Stark OH-Mahoning OH-
126 PM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Portage, Mahoning and northeastern Stark Counties through 230 PM
EDT...
At 125 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Alliance, or 10 miles northeast of Canton, moving northeast at 40
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Youngstown, Salem, Columbiana, Boardman, Alliance, Louisville,
Campbell, Canfield, Sebring, Austintown, Struthers, Poland,
Ellsworth, New Middletown, Lowellville, Beloit, Deerfield, Limaville,
North Jackson and Berlin Center.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4077 8123 4094 8133 4113 8088 4113 8052
4091 8052 4090 8059 4090 8082 4093 8083
4093 8089 4090 8090 4090 8108 4080 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 246DEG 41KT 4089 8119
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
LombardySpecial weather statement, Oct 21, 3:59 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
359 PM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021
OHZ047-212045-
Knox OH-
359 PM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Knox County through
445 PM EDT...
At 358 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Centerburg, or 14 miles northeast of Westerville, moving east at 40
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Mount Vernon, Gambier, Utica, Centerburg, Danville, Martinsburg, Gann
and Bladensburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
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LAT...LON 4024 8248 4027 8248 4027 8274 4028 8275
4035 8275 4034 8265 4039 8264 4048 8219
4027 8219 4024 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 252DEG 34KT 4028 8275
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 4:04 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 28 hr | |
| Oct 21, 6:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas | 26 min |
| Oct 21, 6:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wood | 25 min |
| Oct 21, 7:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wood | 23 min |
| Oct 21, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Mahoning | 64 min |
| Oct 21, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Wayne | 52 min |
| Oct 21, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina | 24 min |
| Oct 21, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit, Wayne | 44 min |
| Oct 21, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Summit | 35 min |
| Oct 21, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Summit | 41 min |
| Oct 21, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 38 min |
| Oct 21, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 35 min |
| Oct 21, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Stark | 45 min |
| Oct 21, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 39 min |
| Oct 21, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 20 min |
| Oct 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 23 min |
| Oct 21, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 47 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021
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.