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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Mar 30, 2025, 9:45 PM EDT for Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 30, 2025, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2025, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 50
County Morrow County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
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 Mar 30, 9:16 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 9:16 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 532 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025 LEZ061-145>149-165>169-OHZ010>014-019>023-028>033-036>038-047-089- PAZ001>003-312145- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border-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- 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-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Huron- Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark- Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- Southern Erie- 532 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central Ohio, northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are expected this evening and overnight. Some storms could be strong to severe with all hazard types possible, including damaging winds, large hail, and a few tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ003-006>009-017-018-027-312145- Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Hancock-Seneca-Wyandot- 532 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 75 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Showers and thunderstorms are expected this evening and overnight. Some storms could be strong to severe with all hazard types possible, including damaging winds, large hail, and a few tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LEZ142>144-162>164-312145- Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-Reno Beach to The Islands OH- The Islands to Vermilion OH- 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- 532 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 75 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Showers and thunderstorms are expected this evening and overnight. Some storms could be strong to severe with all hazard types possible, including damaging winds, large hail, and a few tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 30, 7:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
738 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0727 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 SSE Walbridge 41.57N 83.48W
03/30/2025 M53 MPH Wood OH ASOS
ASOS station KTDZ Toledo.
&&
ARKSpecial weather statement, Mar 30, 7:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
759 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025
OHZ008-018-027-028-310100-
Seneca OH-Crawford OH-Wyandot OH-Sandusky OH-
759 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SENECA...NORTHERN WYANDOT...
SOUTHERN SANDUSKY AND NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM
EDT...
At 759 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near North Baltimore to near Arcadia to near
Arlington. Movement was east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Tiffin, Fremont, Fostoria, Bellevue, Clyde, Green Springs,
Bloomville, Sycamore, New Riegel, Chatfield, Ballville, Carey,
Attica, Benton, Bettsville, Risingsun, Republic, Wharton, Burgoon,
and Flat Rock.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
northwestern Ohio.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 8351 4091 8348 4095 8348 4095 8346
4099 8346 4100 8342 4127 8342 4128 8341
4136 8285 4098 8283 4082 8352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 252DEG 36KT 4121 8357 4107 8353 4094 8370
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
KahnLocal storm report, Mar 30, 8:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
822 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 4 NNE Ottawa Hills 41.72N 83.61W
03/30/2025 Lucas OH Broadcast Media
Power lines downed near Whitmer High School.
&&
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Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 113 min | |
| Mar 30, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Huron, Marion, Wyandot | 67 min |
| Mar 30, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Medina | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Morrow, Richland | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashland, Knox | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 10:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Geauga, Lake, Medina, Summit | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 11:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Wayne | 68 min |
| Mar 30, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage, Summit | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 11:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 63 min |
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