1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 8, 8:20 PM EST, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 920 PM EDT MON APR 8 2002 PROBLEMS IN FCST SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER...PRIMARILY HOW MUCH RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE AND CAN THERE BE ANY THUNDERSTORMS. ABT .75 INCHES NW OH SO FAR WITH MAIN CONVEYOR OF PCPN SLOWLY SHIFTING EASTWARD. NEXT SLUG OF RAIN IN LWR OH VLY SHUD TRACK TWRD N CNTRL OH AS LOW LVL JET INCHES E. SUSPECT WE WILL SEE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS END UP AROUND AN INCH ACRS NW AND N CNTRL OH WITH LESSER AMOUNTS E. THIS IS A LITTLE BLO FLOOD GUIDANCE (BOTH HEADWATER AND FLASH). CONVECTION WOULD INCREASE QPF BUT HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY NO LIGHTNING RECENTLY OUTSIDE OF GULF COAST STATES. ILN 00Z SOUNDING MODERATELY UNSTABLE ALOFT SO CANNOT RULE OUT EMBEDDED TSTORMS BUT PROB WL NOT BE A BIG DEAL. WEAK WRMFNT BOUNDRY JUST S OF LAKESHORE NOW DRIFTING NWRD AGAIN SO TEMPS WL PROB TRY TO RISE WITH DEWPOINTS OVNGT BUT WL NOT MAKE FCST TOO WORDY ABOUT IT. RADAR HAS HAD FALSE RETURNS IN VICINITY OF FNT AND HAVE SURPRESSED RADAR RTURNS WITHIN 56 NM OF CLE SO NEXRAD USERS OUT THERE BE AWARE OF FALSE STORM TOTAL PCPN RETURNS THROUGH 01:12Z WITH PCPN TOTALS/ECHOES SURPRESSED AFTER THAT. A FEW OTHER COSMETIC WORDING CHANGES. FCST UPDATE ABT 945 PM. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. KOSARIK
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts of 35 to 40 mph toppled the walls and roof trusses of a building under construction in Seven Hills.
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