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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 23, 2023Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2023, 5:03 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 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 23, 2023, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2023, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Ashtabula County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 1464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

776 
WWUS81 KCLE 232103
SPSCLE

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
503 PM EDT Wed Aug 23 2023
 
OHZ014-089-232145-
Ashtabula Lakeshore OH-Ashtabula Inland OH-
503 PM EDT Wed Aug 23 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Ashtabula County
through 545 PM EDT...

At 502 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Geneva, or near Geneva-On-The-Lake, moving southeast at 50 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...
Ashtabula, Geneva-On-The-Lake, Geneva, Orwell, Andover, Austinburg,
Roaming Shores, Cherry Valley, Rock Creek, Edgewood and Plymouth
Center.

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.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4167 8053 4154 8051 4150 8052 4150 8085
      4176 8101 4185 8100 4187 8093 4187 8090
      4191 8079 4191 8076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 316DEG 45KT 4179 8090 

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

$$

Clark

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 23, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		91 min
Aug 23, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit	44 min
Aug 23, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain, Medina, Summit, Wayne	42 min
Aug 23, 2:31 PM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	37 hr
Aug 23, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		96 min
Aug 23, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Stark, Wayne	47 min
Aug 23, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Summit	50 min
Aug 23, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes	31 min
Aug 23, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Medina, Stark, Summit, Wayne	38 min
Aug 23, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Richland, Wayne	51 min
Aug 23, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Aug 23, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	41 min
Aug 23, 6:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Geauga, Lake	3 hr
Aug 23, 6:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Lake	5 hr
Aug 23, 6:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	3 hr
Aug 23, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		119 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.