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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 6, 2023Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2023, 3:27 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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 6, 2023, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2023, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Portage County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 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 6, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:21 AM EDT, 11 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:27 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
327 PM EDT Sun Aug 6 2023

OHZ022-023-032-033-062000-
Portage OH-Stark OH-Mahoning OH-Trumbull OH-
327 PM EDT Sun Aug 6 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Portage,
southwestern Trumbull, western Mahoning and northeastern Stark
Counties through 400 PM EDT...

At 326 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Alliance, or 12 miles south of Ravenna, moving northeast 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...
Ravenna, Alliance, Newton Falls, Sebring, Lordstown, Randolph,
Atwater, Edinburg, Windham, Craig Beach, Beloit, Deerfield,
Limaville, North Jackson, Wayland, South Canal, Berlin Center and
Maple Ridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4095 8118 4098 8134 4127 8118 4122 8100
      4113 8082 4090 8102 4090 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 205DEG 22KT 4099 8116

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 6, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes	41 min
Aug 6, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Summit	31 min
Aug 6, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Geauga, Trumbull	30 min
Aug 6, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Geauga	30 min
Aug 6, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Aug 6, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Medina	36 min
Aug 6, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		90 min
Aug 6, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga	52 min

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