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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 20, 2024Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2024, 2:37 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 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: Jun 20, 2024, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2024, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 50

County Lucas County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 666 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 Jun 20, 1:56 PM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 1:56 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:01 AM EDT, 10 hours 36 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
401 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-210815-
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-
401 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

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

   Heat Advisory.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop across the region
today. Any storm has a chance to reach strong to severe limits with
damaging wind gusts being the most likely hazard.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

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

   Heat Advisory.

Scattered showers and storms are possible across the region on
Friday and Saturday. Showers and storms will be more likely in
coverage on Sunday with a cold front. Storms on Friday through Sunday
could reach strong to severe limits with strong, damaging winds and
large hail possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-210815-
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-
401 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop across the region
today. Any storm has a chance to reach strong to severe limits with
damaging wind gusts being the most likely hazard.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Scattered showers and storms are possible across the region on
Friday and Saturday. Showers and storms will be more likely in
coverage on Sunday with a cold front. Storms on Friday through Sunday
could reach strong to severe limits with strong, damaging winds and
large hail possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
237 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

OHZ003-201915-
Lucas OH-
237 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LUCAS COUNTY
THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

At 236 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Ottawa Lake, or 9 miles west of Temperance, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Toledo, Oregon, Sylvania, Ottawa Hills, Berkey, and Harbor View.

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 4172 8386 4173 8346 4171 8347 4171 8345
      4170 8346 4169 8344 4170 8344 4169 8343
      4169 8341 4163 8340 4165 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 273DEG 12KT 4173 8375

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Maines

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 8:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Sandusky	36 min
Jun 20, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ottawa	26 min
Jun 20, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ottawa	30 min
Jun 20, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	24 min
Jun 20, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Seneca	50 min
Jun 20, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas	29 min
Jun 20, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	44 min
Jun 20, 6:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	3 hr
Jun 20, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		43 min
Jun 20, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas	26 min
Jun 20, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Huron	24 min
Jun 20, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Sandusky	37 min
Jun 20, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	32 min
Jun 20, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Huron	31 min
Jun 20, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Fulton	31 min
Jun 20, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca	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.