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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 30, 2025Morrow County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2025-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 390 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2025-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 293 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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 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, Mar 30, 5:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
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.

&&

ARK
Special 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

Kahn
Local 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.

&&

RC
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Local storm report, Mar 30, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 9:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Mar 30, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca46 min
Mar 30, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Huron, Marion, Wyandot67 min
Mar 30, 10:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMedina38 min
Mar 30, 10:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMorrow, Richland51 min
Mar 30, 10:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Knox53 min
Mar 30, 10:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga, Lake, Medina, Summit48 min
Mar 30, 11:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes, Stark, Wayne68 min
Mar 30, 11:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Portage, Summit38 min
Mar 30, 11:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning, Trumbull63 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2025Every special weather statement in 2025

Sources

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