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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at May 17, 2025, 3:08 AM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 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
- May 17, 2025, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2025, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Stark County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS81 KCLE 170708
SPSCLE
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
308 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025
OHZ021-022-031-032-170800-
Summit OH-Portage OH-Stark OH-Wayne OH-
308 AM EDT Sat May 17 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN PORTAGE...NORTHERN
STARK...SOUTHEASTERN SUMMIT AND EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH
400 AM EDT...
At 308 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Orrville, or 11 miles east of Wooster, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Akron, Canton, Massillon, Green, Alliance, North Canton, Louisville,
Orrville, Mogadore, Hartville, Dalton, New Franklin, Canal Fulton,
Randolph, Lakemore, Atwater, Edinburg, Clinton, Marshallville, and
Meyers Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4077 8179 4088 8184 4115 8114 4096 8108
4083 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 250DEG 32KT 4086 8173
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
26The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock, Lucas, Wood | 40 min |
| May 16, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Marion, Seneca, Wyandot | 46 min |
| May 16, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland | 38 min |
| May 16, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Holmes, Knox, Medina, Morrow and 2 more | 63 min |
| May 16, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Wayne | 53 min |
| May 16, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Trumbull | 33 min |
| May 17, 2:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashland, Knox, Morrow | 40 min |
| May 17, 11:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Geauga | 38 min |
| May 17, 11:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie | 38 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.