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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 7, 2010Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2010, 8:47 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min. 22 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2010, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2010, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 7, 8:52 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Bay Village, OH
May 7, 9:03 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Rocky River, OH
May 7, 9:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Lakewood, OH
May 7, 9:12 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Cleveland, OH
May 7, 9:12 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Lakewood, OH
May 7, 9:12 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Bay Village, OH
May 7, 9:18 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Cleveland, OH
May 7, 9:20 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Euclid, OH
May 7, 9:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Cleveland, OH
May 7, 9:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Euclid, OH
May 7, 9:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Highland Heights, OH
May 7, 9:21 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Euclid, OH
May 7, 9:22 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Cleveland, OH
May 7, 9:24 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Cleveland, OH
May 7, 9:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lakewood, OH	STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
May 7, 9:27 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Cleveland, OH
May 7, 9:28 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Lakewood, OH
May 7, 9:29 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Lakewood, OH
May 7, 9:30 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	Garfield Heights, OH
May 7, 9:37 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Cleveland, OH
May 7, 9:39 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Willoughby, OH
May 7, 9:40 PM EDT	HAIL 1	South Euclid, OH	NICKEL TO QUARTER HAIL REPORTED

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 14 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 5 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 7, 3:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 535 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

101 
WUUS51 KCLE 080047
SVRCLE
OHC035-085-080130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.SV.W.0018.100508T0047Z-100508T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
847 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SOUTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 843 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
  WEST OF WESTLAKE...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LORAIN...AND WAS MOVING
  EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKEWOOD...
  CLEVELAND...
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...
  EUCLID...
  WILLOUGHBY...
  EASTLAKE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO 
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY 
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

PLEASE REPORT HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4144 8138 4142 8136 4142 8138 4136 8138
      4136 8197 4150 8196 4149 8191 4150 8173
      4158 8158 4162 8154 4162 8150 4167 8146
      4171 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 260DEG 53KT 4150 8201

$$

KING

1 follow-up statement

587 
WWUS51 KCLE 080129
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
929 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

OHC035-085-080139-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-100508T0130Z/
CUYAHOGA OH-LAKE OH-
929 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAKE AND CUYAHOGA
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 930 PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN OHIO.

LAT...LON 4144 8138 4142 8136 4142 8138 4136 8138
      4136 8197 4150 8196 4149 8191 4150 8173
      4158 8158 4162 8154 4162 8150 4167 8146
      4171 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 260DEG 53KT 4160 8120

$$

FITZ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 7, 7:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 7:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
736 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A WARM FRONT OVER OHIO WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA THIS
EVENING...FOLLOWED QUICKLY BY A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL
MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS
NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TO NEW ENGLAND. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD IN FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...
TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED FURTHER EAST. UPDATED ZONES TO
INCLUDE THOSE COUNTIES.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
WILL NEED TO KEEP SHORT. MUCH COLD AIR WILL FILL IN BEHIND THE
LOW AND COLD FRONT. EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO OCCUR IN THE COLD
ADVECTION SATURDAY UNDER A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AROUND THE LOW.
EXPECT WITH THE COLD AIR MOVING ACROSS THE LAKE WE WILL LIKELY
HAVE LAKE EFFECT RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE EAST HALF OF THE AREA.
ALSO WITH THE AIRMASS STILL GENERALLY UNSTABLE IN THE LOWER LEVELS
HAVE INCLUDED A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ELSEWHERE AS WELL. WILL DRY OUT
THE WEST SATURDAY NIGHT BUT COULD STILL SEE SHOWERS SE OF THE LAKE
IN THE MORE MOIST AIR. FOR SUNDAY WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE
NORTHEAST BUT DRY FOR THE MOST PART AS MUCH DRIER AIR BUILDS IN.
FROST POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT/EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK ALLOWING
FOR SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS. GFS AND ECMWF
SHOWING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS MOVING EAST TOWARDS THE GREAT
LAKES ON TUESDAY...WHILE LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE HOLDS ON ALONG
THE EAST COAST. SLOWLY INTRODUCED CHANCE POPS ASSOCIATED WITH LOW
PRESSURE THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN LOW PRESSURE PUSHES WELL EAST OF THE
AREA ON WEDNESDAY WITH COLD FRONT MOVING OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND
BECOMING STATIONARY. BOTH MODELS TRYING TO KEEP BOUNDARY OVER THE
OHIO VALLEY DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. MENTION SOME SLIGHT
CHANCE POPS IN GRIDS DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK WITH CHANCE
OVER SOUTHERN AREAS NEAREST TO THE BOUNDARY. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE
PULLS OUT OF THE PLAINS STATES TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK WHICH MAY
BRING THE BOUNDARY BACK NORTH NEAR OR OVER THE AREA KEEPING
CONDITIONS UNSETTLED. BEGAN THE PERIOD WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO
SEASONAL NORMALS AND GUIDANCE VALUES...BUT THEN OVERALL TRENDED A
BIT WARMER THAN GUIDANCE TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WEEK ESPECIALLY ON
OVERNIGHT LOWS WITH LACK OF RADIATING CONDITIONS AND HIGHER
DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO WITH COLD FRONT TRAINLING TO
THE SOUTHWEST. LOW AND COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY
06-08Z. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OUT AHEAD OF FRONT
THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXCESS OF 40KT
COULD ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. PRECIP/TSMTM
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS AFTER THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD THEN OF VFR WEATHER...BUT
THEN EXPECT MVFR CIGS TO RETURN AND LINGER THEN UNTIL 18Z-21Z
SATURDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. LOW WILL BE DEEPENING AS IT MOVES
EAST. WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO 25 TO 30KT LATER TONIGHT THEN TO
AROUND 35KT DURING THE DAY SATURDAY.

.OUTLOOK...NON-VFR CONDITIONS FOR EASTERN SITES POSSIBLE INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT. NON VFR POSSIBLE TUESDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
MODELS HAVE AGAIN SHIFTED THE TRACK OF THE LOW FURTHER NORTH WHICH
LEADS TO MORE OF A VEERING WIND SCENARIO THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONG
COLD FRONT AND PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE WINDS TO GALES
QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT WITH GALES PERSISTING UNTIL
DIMINISHING BEGINS SATURDAY EVENING. SOME SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE LAKE UNTIL
THE COLD FRONT PASSES.

DIMINISHING FLOW WILL CONTINUE SAT NIGHT AND SUN AS HIGH PRESSURE
MOVES OVER THE LAKE BY SUNDAY EVENING.  THE HIGH WILL SHIFT EAST ON
TUESDAY THEN ANOTHER LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NE INTO LAKE MICHIGAN
BY TUESDAY EVENING INCREASING AN ESE FLOW TUE ON LAKE ERIE. THE
MODELS DIFFER FOR WEDNESDAY BUT THE CONSENSUS IS FOR THE LOW TO MOVE
NE OF THE LAKES AND PULL A COLD FRONT SE ACROSS LAKE ERIE SO
EXPECTING TO SEE FLOW VEER TO S THEN WEST TO NW.

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR
     OHZ010>014-089.
     WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR OHZ003-
     006>009-017>023-027>033-036>038-047.
PA...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR
     PAZ001>003.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR
     LEZ061-142>149-162>169.

&&

SYNOPSIS...TK
NEAR TERM...LOMBARDY
SHORT TERM...TK
LONG TERM...ABE
AVIATION...RANDEL
MARINE...ADAMS

Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 7:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
733 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

OHZ010>013-082345-
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
733 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

...TORNADO WATCH 143 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND
NORTHEAST 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.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   HIGH WIND WARNING.

THE STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HIGH WINDS TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY AS WELL.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV
ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HIGH WIND WATCH.

.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.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

THERE IS A THREAT OF FROST SATURDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY
NIGHT ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

OHZ003-006>009-017>022-027>032-036>038-047-082345-
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-
SUMMIT-PORTAGE-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MARION-
MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-
733 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

...TORNADO WATCH 143 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST 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.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   WIND 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.

   WIND ADVISORY.

THERE IS A THREAT OF FROST SATURDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY
NIGHT ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

OHZ014-089-PAZ001>003-082345-
ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
CRAWFORD PA-
733 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

THE STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HIGH WINDS TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY AS WELL.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV
ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HIGH WIND WATCH.

.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.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

THERE IS A THREAT OF FROST SATURDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY
NIGHT ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

OHZ023-033-082345-
TRUMBULL-MAHONING-
733 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST 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.

   WIND 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.

   WIND ADVISORY.

THERE IS A THREAT OF FROST SATURDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY
NIGHT ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

LEZ142>147-162>167-082345-
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-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE-
733 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

...TORNADO WATCH 143 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EDT
SATURDAY...

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.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   GALE WARNING.

THE SAME STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL CAUSE THE STRONG STORMS TODAY WILL
BRING HIGH WINDS ON SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GALE WATCH.

.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.

   GALE WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

LEZ061-148-149-168-169-082345-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-GENEVA-ON-THE-
LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
733 PM EDT FRI MAY 7 2010

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EDT
SATURDAY...

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.

   GALE WARNING.

THE SAME STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL CAUSE THE STRONG STORMS TODAY WILL
BRING HIGH WINDS ON SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GALE WATCH.

.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.

   GALE WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 8:08 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
808 PM EDT FRI MAY 07 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0745 PM     HAIL             GIBSONBURG              41.39N 83.32W
05/07/2010  M1.50 INCH       SANDUSKY           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

0748 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MILLBURY                41.56N 83.43W
05/07/2010                   WOOD               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE

0749 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TOLEDO                  41.66N 83.58W
05/07/2010                   LUCAS              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PERRYSBURG              41.55N 83.62W
05/07/2010                   WOOD               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER POLES DOWN 1 MILE SOUTH OF US20 AND THOMPSON ROAD

0741 PM     HAIL             1 SE WOODVILLE          41.44N 83.35W
05/07/2010  E1.00 INCH       SANDUSKY           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

LOMBARDY

Local storm report, May 7, 8:18 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
818 PM EDT FRI MAY 07 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0736 PM     HAIL             6 S BOWLING GREEN       41.29N 83.65W
05/07/2010  M1.00 INCH       WOOD               OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            TELEPHONE POLES SNAPPED

0725 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 S PERRYSBURG          41.47N 83.62W
05/07/2010                   WOOD               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE BARNS DESTROYED IN DOWLING TOWNSHIP. MULTIPLE
            HOMES DAMAGED. LARGE TREES DOWN.

0753 PM     HAIL             FREMONT                 41.35N 83.11W
05/07/2010  E1.75 INCH       SANDUSKY           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LOMBARDY

Local storm report, May 7, 8:21 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
821 PM EDT FRI MAY 07 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0757 PM     HAIL             GIBSONBURG              41.39N 83.32W
05/07/2010  M0.75 INCH       SANDUSKY           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

0815 PM     HAIL             SANDUSKY                41.46N 82.71W
05/07/2010  M1.00 INCH       ERIE               OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS.

&&

LOMBARDY

Local storm report, May 7, 8:37 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
837 PM EDT FRI MAY 07 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0811 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OAK HARBOR              41.51N 83.15W
05/07/2010                   OTTAWA             OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN

0724 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WATERVILLE              41.50N 83.73W
05/07/2010                   LUCAS              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN AND WIRES DOWN

0744 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S PERRYSBURG          41.52N 83.62W
05/07/2010                   WOOD               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE DOWN

0746 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MILLBURY                41.56N 83.43W
05/07/2010                   WOOD               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN

0816 PM     HAIL             4 SE SANDUSKY           41.42N 82.66W
05/07/2010  M1.00 INCH       ERIE               OH   PUBLIC

0818 PM     HAIL             SANDUSKY                41.46N 82.71W
05/07/2010  M1.00 INCH       ERIE               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

0815 PM     HAIL             HURON                   41.40N 82.56W
05/07/2010  M1.25 INCH       ERIE               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

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LOMBARDY

Local storm report, May 7, 8:43 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
843 PM EDT FRI MAY 07 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0825 PM     HAIL             VERMILION               41.41N 82.32W
05/07/2010  M1.00 INCH       LORAIN             OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LOMBARDY

Local storm report, May 7, 8:45 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
845 PM EDT FRI MAY 07 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0828 PM     HAIL             SANDUSKY                41.46N 82.71W
05/07/2010  E2.00 INCH       ERIE               OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 8:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Erie, Ottawa	34 min
May 7, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	29 min
May 7, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Sandusky	48 min
May 7, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Wyandot	39 min
May 7, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit	45 min
May 7, 9:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Trumbull	55 min
May 7, 9:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot	55 min
May 7, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		112 min
May 7, 9:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga	30 min
May 7, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Trumbull	39 min
May 7, 10:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Richland	44 min
May 7, 10:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lake	28 min
May 7, 10:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	78 min
May 7, 10:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Trumbull	29 min
May 7, 10:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland, Medina, Richland, Wayne	37 min
May 7, 10:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	52 min
May 7, 10:50 PM EDT	Low Water Advisory	CLE		21 hr
May 7, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Richland	22 min
May 7, 11:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull	41 min
May 8, 12:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	25 min
May 8, 3:55 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.