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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 1, 2022Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2022, 11:47 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 43 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 1, 2022, 11:47 PM EDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2022, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Erie County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2022-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 340 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2022-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
340 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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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 Aug 1, 9:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 9:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 3:52 PM EDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
352 PM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ007>009-013-014-018>023-027>033-036>038-
047-PAZ002-003-022000-
Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-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-
Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
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-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-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Seneca-
Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-
Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox-Southern Erie-
352 PM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central
Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening
ahead of a weak cold front. Some storms may be strong to severe with
damaging wind gusts as the primary threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state,
and CDC guidelines.

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-022000-
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
352 PM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Ohio and northwest
Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening
ahead of a weak cold front. Some storms may be strong to severe with
damaging wind gusts as the primary threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state,
and CDC guidelines.

OHZ011-022000-
Cuyahoga-
352 PM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Ohio.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and
evening ahead of a weak cold front. Some storms may be strong to
severe with damaging wind gusts as the primary threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state,
and CDC guidelines.

OHZ010-022000-
Lorain-
352 PM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and
evening ahead of a weak cold front. Some storms may be strong to
severe with damaging wind gusts as the primary threat.

There is a moderate rip current risk for tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state,
and CDC guidelines.

OHZ003-006-017-022000-
Lucas-Wood-Hancock-
352 PM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and
evening ahead of a weak cold front. Some storms may be strong to
severe with damaging wind gusts as the primary threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Heat index values may approach 100 degrees on Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state,
and CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 8:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
808 PM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022

OHZ009-010-019-020100-
Huron OH-Erie OH-Lorain OH-
808 PM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Huron,
Erie and southern Lorain Counties through 900 PM EDT...

At 807 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Milan, or 8 miles northeast of Norwalk, moving southeast at 25 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...
Grafton, Wellington, Wakeman, Oberlin, Lagrange, Penfield, South
Amherst, Pittsfield, Berlin Heights, Kipton and Birmingham.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4132 8256 4138 8252 4140 8240 4127 8197
      4120 8202 4119 8207 4114 8208 4114 8217
      4109 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 294DEG 22KT 4133 8249

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 8:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 10:53 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 11:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLELorain52 min
Aug 1, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHancock42 min
Aug 1, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Seneca, Wyandot38 min
Aug 1, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE89 min
Aug 2, 8:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE48 min
Aug 2, 3:52 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryCLECrawford, Erie, Hancock, Huron, Lucas, Marion and 6 more28 hr
Aug 1, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie52 min
Aug 2, 12:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie3 hr

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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.