Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
728 AM EDT Sat Apr 19 2025

OHC063-147-175-191215-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-250419T1215Z/
Seneca OH-Wyandot OH-Hancock OH-
728 AM EDT Sat Apr 19 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SENECA...WYANDOT AND HANCOCK COUNTIES...

At 724 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Pandora to Alger to Belle Center, moving northeast at 
70 mph. With this line, a 63 mph wind gust was reported at Neil 
Armstrong Airport in Wapakoneta and a 58 mph wind gust was reported 
at Allen County Airport in Lima.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Findlay, Fostoria, Upper Sandusky, Bluffton, McComb, Forest,
Arlington, Sycamore, Arcadia, Rawson, Morral, Vanlue, Van Buren, New
Riegel, Marseilles, Carey, Nevada, Bloomdale, Mount Blanchard, and
Wharton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4116 8388 4117 8342 4099 8311 4070 8311
      4069 8343 4070 8344 4071 8349 4082 8351
      4082 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1124Z 224DEG 60KT 4093 8398 4070 8382 4050 8372 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Sefcovic

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
757 AM EDT Sat Apr 19 2025

OHC063-147-175-191215-
/O.CON.KCLE.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-250419T1215Z/
Seneca OH-Wyandot OH-Hancock OH-
757 AM EDT Sat Apr 19 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SENECA...EASTERN WYANDOT AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK
COUNTIES...

At 757 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles north of Fostoria to near New Riegel to 6 
miles east of Upper Sandusky, moving northeast at 70 mph. Findlay 
airport reported at 61 mph wind gust with this line.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Fostoria, Upper Sandusky, Sycamore, Arcadia, Vanlue, Van Buren, New
Riegel, Carey, and Nevada.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4070 8311 4070 8318 4088 8338 4116 8368
      4117 8342 4099 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 237DEG 62KT 4126 8341 4103 8325 4083 8315 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Sefcovic

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
810 AM EDT Sat Apr 19 2025

OHC063-147-175-191220-
/O.EXP.KCLE.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-250419T1215Z/
Seneca OH-Wyandot OH-Hancock OH-
810 AM EDT Sat Apr 19 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SENECA...EASTERN
WYANDOT AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 AM
EDT...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Cleveland.

LAT...LON 4070 8311 4070 8318 4088 8338 4116 8368
      4117 8342 4099 8311
TIME...MOT...LOC 1210Z 233DEG 68KT 4137 8322 4114 8306 4094 8296 

$$

Sefcovic

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
705 AM EDT Sat Apr 19 2025

.SYNOPSIS...
A cold front sweeps southeastward across our region late this
morning through afternoon as a low moves northeastward from Lake
Huron toward the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Behind the front, a ridge
builds into northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania through
Sunday as the embedded high pressure center moves from the north-
central United States toward southern Quebec. The ridge exits
eastward Sunday night through Monday. Simultaneously, a warm front
approaches from the Ohio Valley Sunday night and sweeps northward
through our area on Monday as a low moves northeastward from the
Lower Missouri Valley to the northern Great Lakes.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...

7:05 AM EDT Update...

Forecast remains valid per latest trends in obs and model
guidance. The cluster of multicell showers/thunderstorms
approaching from NE IN and west-central OH will likely persist
ENE'ward across much of our CWA this morning as the convection
encounters weak to moderate and primarily elevated CAPE amidst
moderate to strong effective bulk shear. These showers/storms
are likely becoming increasingly elevated based on trends in
observed peak convective wind gusts (e.g. peaks gusts near 60 to
70 mph in metro Indy earlier this AM, but around 30 to 40 knots
in the Muncie, IN area more recently) and trends in SPC
mesoanalysis data, which depict excessive surface-based CIN and
a likely elevated effective inflow layer in the downstream
environment. The potential for these storms to produce damaging
gusts at the surface appears minimal, at least for the time
being. However, some model soundings suggest a marginal severe
hail threat may materialize eventually with these storms as
they encounter somewhat steeper mid-level lapse rates and
greater MUCAPE in the hail growth zone farther east. We will
continue to monitor closely.

Previous Discussion...

Aloft, WSW'erly flow over our CWA today becomes W'erly tonight
as a shortwave trough moves E'ward from the northern Great
Plains toward the Gulf of Saint Lawrence region and a shortwave
ridge shifts E'ward behind the shortwave trough. At the
surface, the shortwave trough's attendant low moves NE'ward
from Lake Huron toward Newfoundland through daybreak Sunday.
This low track will allow the trailing cold front to sweep
SE'ward through our CWA late this morning through late
afternoon. Behind the cold front, the ridge builds into our CWA
through daybreak Sunday as the embedded surface high pressure
center moves from the north-central United States toward the
northern Great Lakes. A few peeks of sunshine and continued
low-level WAA ahead of the cold front should allow daytime
highs to reach the mid 60's to mid 70's. A SE'ward gradient in
high temperatures is forecast today. Low-level CAA and partial
clearing behind the cold front will allow lows to reach the mid
30's to lower 40's in NW PA and the upper 30's to upper 40's in
northern OH around daybreak Sunday.

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms should increase
in coverage from WSW to ENE the rest of this morning through
midday due to the following reasons:

1.) A SW'erly low-level jet ahead of the cold front results in
enhanced moist isentropic ascent just aloft, which will release
weak to perhaps moderate elevated CAPE.

2.) Low-level convergence and moist ascent along the cold
front, which will release weak to perhaps moderate surface-based
and elevated CAPE as continued low-level warm/moist air
advection from the Gulf and limited daytime heating later today
allow an initially elevated effective inflow layer to become
surface-based within the warm sector.

3.) Moist isentropic ascent along the upper-reaches of the cold
front, which is expected to release weak and elevated CAPE.

Shower/thunderstorm potential will end gradually from NW to SE
this afternoon through the wee hours of Sunday morning as the
cold front, including its upper-reaches, exits to the SE and
stabilizing subsidence accompanies the aforementioned ridge.
Thus, fair weather is then expected through daybreak Sunday, in
the wake of the convection. Moderate to strong effective bulk
shear will allow convection to be organized. WSW'erly mean mid-
level flow with a large component parallel to the cold front
will allow showers/thunderstorms to train along the front.
Despite the expectation of unusually-high PWAT values allowing
showers/storms to produce periods of torrential rainfall, fast
mean mid-level flow will result in fast shower/storm motions
and greatly curb the potential for flooding. The latest SPC
convective WX outlook highlights a marginal risk of severe
thunderstorms from roughly Wattsburg, PA to Upper Sandusky, OH
and points toward the SE. Confidence in severe thunderstorm
occurrence late this morning through afternoon is low. However,
some model soundings indicate weak to moderate boundary layer
CAPE amidst a surface-based effective inflow layer, steepening
mid-level lapse rates/MUCAPE growing to near 400 J/kg in the
hail growth zone, and atmospheric melting levels near 10kft AGL
may allow a few storms to produce hail up to the size of
quarters. Steepening low-level lapse rates/DCAPE increasing to
near 500 to 750 J/kg may allow a few thunderstorms to produce
straight-line convective wind damage.

Fair weather is expected on Sunday as stabilizing subsidence
accompanies the aforementioned ridge. The shortwave ridge aloft
will crest E'ward across our region as the surface portion of
the ridge eventually exits slowly E'ward in response to the
embedded high pressure center moving from the northern Great
Lakes toward the Upper Saint Lawrence River Valley. The
anticyclonic circulation of the surface ridge will allow N'erly
to E'erly surface winds to transport cooler/drier air into our
region. However, peeks of sunshine will permit some daytime
heating. Late afternoon highs are expected to reach the 50's
north of roughly the U.S. 30 corridor and the upper 50's to
upper 60's elsewhere in our CWA.

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.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
Sunday night should start dry across the region with high pressure
to the northeast and the front remaining south of the forecast area.
Unfortunately, a low pressure system will develop over the central
CONUS and allow this front to lift north as a warm front for Sunday
night into Monday. Rain chances will be on the rise with this
feature and temperatures will be trending upward into the 70s for
Monday ahead of the cold front. A cold front will move across the
forecast area on Monday and bring a round of showers with some
thunderstorms across the region. While there will be some
instability ahead of the front for storms, believe that there won't
be any organized convection with less favorable shear. Have PoPs
decreasing for Monday night with the frontal passage. High pressure
will be quick to build in for Tuesday and will maintain a dry
forecast with highs in the 60s.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
High pressure should remain influential across the region on
Wednesday despite moving east and out of the area. Weather
conditions should remain dry and a warm front will lift north on the
back side of the high and allow for temperatures to rebound to
mostly in the 70s. For Thursday, the forecast remains rather
uncertain with the potential for rain. Some mid-level energy will
undercut an upper ridge and there will be some better moisture
across the region with dew points up to the mid 50s. However, there
isn't much clarity on what may force rain, as the main front should
remain northwest of the local area and the next low pressure system
will be slow and should largely be a Friday problem. Therefore, will
opt for low PoPs on Thursday. For Friday, a low pressure system will
lift northeast into the region and allow for rain to overspread the
area. This system will then allow for a cold front to move through
the region but the precise timing of this late week system remains
uncertain and there could still be rain impacts into Saturday.
Therefore, will just ramp up PoPs through the end of the week.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z Saturday THROUGH Wednesday/...
Aloft, WSW'erly to W'erly flow persists over our region through
12Z/Sun as a disturbance moves E'ward from the north-central
United States to near the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, a ridge
builds E'ward behind the disturbance, and the ridge eventually
overspreads our area. At the surface, the disturbance's attendant
surface low moves NE'ward from just east of Georgian Bay to
near Newfoundland through 12Z/Sun. This low track will allow
the trailing cold front to sweep SE'ward across our region
between ~14Z/Sat and ~20Z/Sat. Behind the front, a ridge builds
from the north-central United States through 12Z/Sun.

The cold front passage will cause our regional surface winds to
veer from SW'erly to NW'erly. The SW'erly winds are expected to
be near 10 to 15 knots and gust up to 20 to 25 knots at times.
NW'erly winds behind the front will be around 5 to 10 knots.
These NW'erly winds will veer gradually toward N'erly to
NE'erly in response to the aforementioned ridge. Widespread
low/mid-level clouds and VFR ceilings are expected ahead of the
cold front. Behind the cold front, widespread low-level clouds
and associated MVFR to VFR ceilings are expected through
06Z/Sun. These ceilings should primarily be in the range of 1kft
to 5kft AGL. After 06Z/Sun, the low clouds should begin to
scatter-out from NW to SE.

A strengthening SW'erly low-level jet ahead of the cold front
and the front itself should allow isolated to scattered
showers/thunderstorms to overspread our region generally from
WSW to ENE through 16Z/Sat. Shower/thunderstorm coverage is
expected to increase gradually during that time period. As the
cold front sweeps SE'ward through our region, the bulk of
showers and thunderstorms should end gradually from NW to SE
between ~21Z/Sat and ~03Z/Sun, but isolated rain showers may
persist in the far-SE through ~06Z/Sun. Brief MVFR/IFR and
brief/erratic surface wind gusts up to 30 to 50 knots are
possible with showers and especially thunderstorms. The
strongest thunderstorm-related wind gusts are expected late this
morning through afternoon, along and ahead of the surface
portion of the cold front.

Outlook...Periodic rain showers and thunderstorms with non-VFR
possible Sunday night through Monday night.

&&

.MARINE...
Elevated southwest winds remain over Lake Erie this morning ahead of
a cold front. The boundary layer has stabilized enough to keep the
gusts at bay, but the representative surface observations remain
with 15 to 20 kts sustained with some of the higher elevated marine
obs coming in a bit stronger. A cold front will move across the lake
by this afternoon and winds will shift more westerly and decrease.
There will be some fog over the lake with the cold frontal passage,
given the warmer temperatures and higher moisture content ahead of
this feature. With the westerly winds, waves will build slightly for
the nearshore waters, but should remain below any headline criteria.
The front will slouch all of the way south to the Ohio River and
northerly flow will take over tonight. For Sunday, low pressure to
the west will lift this front north as a warm front and winds will
flip to the east and eventually to the south for Monday. The low
will pass to the northwest for Monday and extend a cold front across
the lake. Southwest flow will increase ahead of the front and there
could be a need for a brief Small Craft Advisory headline. Winds
will become westerly behind the front for Monday night into Tuesday
and waves could build up slightly for the eastern half of the lake.
High pressure will build into the region for Tuesday and Wednesday
and flow will be 10 kts or less and be variable through the middle
of the week.

&&

.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...None.
PA...None.
MARINE...None.

&&

SYNOPSIS...Jaszka
NEAR TERM...Jaszka
SHORT TERM...Sefcovic
LONG TERM...Sefcovic
AVIATION...Jaszka
MARINE...Sefcovic

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
613 AM EDT Sat Apr 19 2025

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>012-017>019-089-PAZ001-201015-
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-Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-
Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
613 AM EDT Sat Apr 19 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

OHZ013-014-020>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ002-003-201015-
Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wyandot-
Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-
Knox-Southern Erie-
613 AM EDT Sat Apr 19 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms this morning through
afternoon. If severe storms occur, damaging wind gusts appear to be the main
hazard.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.