1 flash flood, 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 Jul 1, 2:05 PM EST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 305 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2003 HAVE CHC TSTMS S PTN CWA TNGT.DID NOT GO WITH ANY TIMING. BUFKIT AND OTHER MODEL CAPES KEEPING INSTAB IN THE AREA OVRNGT ALG WITH WK SFC BNDRY S AREA. THIS WAS VERY SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT WHEN WE HAD SOME ISOLD STORMS LNGRG OVRNGT. THEN KP FCST DRY INTO FRI UNTIL APCH OF NXT CDFNT. SOME CONCERN FOR TMRW. AGAIN HAVE FAIRLY HIGH CAPES LATE MRNG INTO AFTN. SHUD BE UNDER AREA STG NVV SO COLAB AND LEFT THEM OUT. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE.
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-011200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 601 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms dumped locally heavy rains on Wyandot County. Rainfall totals of two to three inches were reported. Widespread lowland and street flooding occurred. Several roads were briefly closed because of flooding.
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