13 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 27, 12:50 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 150 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2003 CDFNT MOVG IN ABOUT ON SCHEDULE. AMS UNSTL. WATCHG PCPN DVLPG NE OH AND NW PA OVR THE LAKE AND THEN PCPN NW IND AND NRN IL. THAT IN COMBO WITH CDFNT CAN GIVE UP TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN AND THE WATCH WILL BE FOR THE AREAS THAT HAVE SATURATED GROUND FROM THE RAIN LAST WEEK. PCPN SHOULD BE ON THE DCR BY MIDNIGHT. ATTM BASED ON HOW THE FRONT IS MOVING WL KP IT DRY MON...HOWEVER...VORT MOVG IS SOME CONCERN...HOWEVER...WITH THE AMS DRYG WL KEEP IT DRY. NEXT CHANCE OF PCPN IS FOR LT WED NGT AND THU. .CLE... OH...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF NE OH. PA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF NW PA. KIELTYKA
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-271230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 634 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. IF MULTIPLE STORMS OR HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOP AND CROSS THE SAME AREA THEN THERE COULD BE A RISK FOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...PRIMARILY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. KOSARIK
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees limbs and a power pole near Arcadia.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and large limbs.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Thunderstorm winds downed two trees.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees south of Norwalk and near Wakeman.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and large tree limbs in Amherst, Avon and Lorain.
Thunderstorm winds toppled two large trees. Both trees struck a house and caused considerable roof and wall damage.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
Thunderstorm winds downed many trees across the county. Up to 9,000 electric customers lost power during the storm.
Thunderstorms knocked down and destroyed a carport at an apartment complex in Austintown. Ten vehicles parked underneath the carport were either damaged or destroyed.
Thunderstorm winds downed two trees east of Campbell near Coitsville Center.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5376117, 5376118, 5376518, 5375452, 5376519, 5376120, 5376119, 5376515, 5375454, 5376516, 5375453, 5376765, 5376517.