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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 25, 2025Geauga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Apr 25, 2025, 5:24 PM EDT for Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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: Apr 25, 2025, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2025, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Geauga County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 252 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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -274 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Apr 25, 4:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 4:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 5:10 AM EDT, 12 hours 14 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
510 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-260915-
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-
510 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms will increase in coverage late this
afternoon through this evening. Some thunderstorms may produce
locally heavy rain and could lead to flooding of urban or poor
drainage areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Thunderstorms are likely Tuesday afternoon and evening. Some
thunderstorms may be strong to severe.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-260915-
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-
510 AM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Thunderstorms are likely Tuesday afternoon and evening. Some
thunderstorms may be strong to severe.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 4:55 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:08 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:24 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
524 PM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025

OHZ013-022-023-252200-
Geauga OH-Portage OH-Trumbull OH-
524 PM EDT Fri Apr 25 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN TRUMBULL...
NORTHEASTERN PORTAGE AND SOUTHEASTERN GEAUGA COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM
EDT...

At 524 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
West Farmington, or 15 miles southeast of Chardon, moving northeast
at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size 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...
Garrettsville, West Farmington, Bristolville, and Parkman.

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 4133 8081 4130 8100 4130 8112 4138 8115
      4149 8098 4150 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 234DEG 14KT 4139 8107

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

Saunders

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 3:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Seneca, Wyandot	3 hr
Apr 25, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Summit	35 min
Apr 25, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wayne	37 min
Apr 25, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Summit	26 min
Apr 25, 5:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Trumbull	3 hr
Apr 25, 5:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Medina, Portage, Summit	3 hr
Apr 25, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	25 min
Apr 25, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	45 min
Apr 25, 6:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	3 hr
Apr 25, 7:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	3 hr

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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.