1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 Aug 5, 9:57 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1057 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 UPDATED FORECAST TO DROP MENTION OF FOG FOR TODAY. BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM NORTH CENTRAL OHIO INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH SOME OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE THE REST OF THE FORECAST UNCHANGED. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. THOMPSON
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-051230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 631 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER...GUSTY WINDS OR LARGE HAIL...IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
Thunderstorms dumped locally heavy rains on Erie County causing several small streams and creeks to leave their banks. Spotters measured 3.50 inches of rain in East Springfield with 2.30 inches measured in Girard. There were brief road closures in Lake City and Greenfield Township.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, August 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: 5333709, 5332510.