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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jan 3, 2025, 8:49 AM EST for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 86 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
- Jan 3, 2025, 8:49 AM EST (13:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2025, 10:15 AM EST
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 250 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jan 3, 6:36 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 6:36 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 351 AM EST Fri Jan 3 2025 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>009-018-019-040900- 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-Seneca-Huron- 351 AM EST Fri Jan 3 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central Ohio and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ012>014-089-040900- Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 351 AM EST Fri Jan 3 2025 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Ohio. .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. Lake Effect Snow Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Lake Effect Snow Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ010-020-023-033-040900- Lorain-Medina-Trumbull-Mahoning- 351 AM EST Fri Jan 3 2025 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio and northeast Ohio. .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. Winter Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ011-021-022-040900- Cuyahoga-Summit-Portage- 351 AM EST Fri Jan 3 2025 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Ohio. .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. Lake Effect Snow Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Lake Effect Snow Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ001>003-040900- Northern Erie-Southern Erie-Crawford- 351 AM EST Fri Jan 3 2025 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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. Lake Effect Snow Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Lake Effect Snow Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ017-027>031-036>038-047-040900- Hancock-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Marion-Morrow-Holmes- Knox- 351 AM EST Fri Jan 3 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast Ohio and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. A system will cross the Ohio Valley Sunday night into Monday which could result in several inches of wet snow, especially along and south of the US-30 corridor. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ032-040900- Stark- 351 AM EST Fri Jan 3 2025 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Ohio. .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. Winter Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. A system will cross the Ohio Valley Sunday night into Monday which could result in several inches of wet snow, especially along and south of the US-30 corridor. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 3, 8:10 AM EST, 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 8:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga | 94 min |
| Jan 3, 9:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wood | 55 min |
| Jan 3, 9:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Trumbull | 83 min |
| Jan 3, 10:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Huron, Lorain, Medina, Summit | 91 min |
| Jan 3, 10:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Richland, Seneca, Wyandot | 83 min |
| Jan 3, 11:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Summit, Trumbull | 90 min |
| Jan 3, 11:29 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | CLE | Geauga, Medina, Portage, Summit, Trumbull | 46 min |
| Jan 3, 11:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Richland, Stark, Wayne | 61 min |
| Jan 3, 12:11 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Trumbull | 64 min |
| Jan 3, 3:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Medina, Stark, Summit | 82 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.