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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 4, 2022Holmes County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2022, 12:02 PM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. 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 4, 2022, 12:02 PM EDT (16:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2022, 12:45 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Holmes County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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: 169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 4, 10:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 10:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 4:17 AM EDT, 7 hours 45 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
417 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-050830-
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-Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-
Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-
Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-
Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
Southern Erie-
417 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Strong damaging winds may occur from isolated to scattered
thunderstorms this afternoon into the early evening. Locally heavy
rainfall is also possible, which may lead to minor flooding.

.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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 11:37 AM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 12:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1202 PM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022

OHZ031-038-041645-
Holmes OH-Wayne OH-
1202 PM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Wayne
and northeastern Holmes Counties through 1245 PM EDT...

At 1202 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Millersburg, moving east at 25 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...
Millersburg, Berlin, Shreve, Holmesville, Mount Eaton, Winesburg,
Apple Creek, Fredericksburg and Mount Hope.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4052 8206 4067 8210 4077 8173 4066 8164
      4064 8165 4063 8167 4062 8166 4054 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1602Z 255DEG 23KT 4057 8193

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	61 min
Aug 3, 8:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		93 min
Aug 3, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lorain	44 min
Aug 3, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake	61 min
Aug 3, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wayne	47 min
Aug 4, 11:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes	23 min
Aug 4, 12:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Marion	43 min
Aug 4, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Morrow	42 min
Aug 4, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wayne	29 min
Aug 4, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox	39 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.