An area of deepening low pressure moved across extreme northwestern Pennsylvania late in the evening of the 14th. Gusty northwesterly winds behind the low downed a couple dozen trees and a few large limbs during the early morning hours of the 15th.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
An area of deepening low pressure moved across extreme northwestern Pennsylvania late in the evening of the 14th. Gusty northwesterly winds behind the low downed a couple dozen trees and a few large limbs during the early morning hours of the 15th. Peak wind gusts of 40 mph were measured at both Erie International Airport and Meadville. A few power outages were reported.
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 Oct 14, 2:45 PM EST, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 345 PM EDT TUE OCT 14 2003 WILL GO WITH AN ADVISORY FOR WINDS TONIGHT. WINDS 50 TO 64 KTS 2K FEET UP OFF THE ILN RADAR AND WITH LOW MOVING NE OF THE AREA AND DEEPENING THRU THE NIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE THRU THE NIGHT AND SHOULD MIX DOWN ON COLD ADVN BEHIND LOW. WILL CONT ADVSRT THRU THE NIGHT MOST AREAS AND THRU WEDNESDAY MORNING NERN OHIO AND NWRN PA. AS FOR PCPN WL GO WITH CAT POPS THRU THE EVG IN THE WEST AND ALL NIGHT ELSEWHERE. DRYG MOVING IN FROM THE WEST SHOULD BRING RAIN TO AN END AFTER MIDNIGHT WEST. WL ALSO GO WITH A CHC OF THUNDER BUT SHOULD BE ISOLATED AT BEST. FOR WED WILL CONT WITH WINDY ALL AREAS AND AN ADVSRY FOR THE NE CWA LAKESHORE. AMPLE DRYG BEHIND THE SYSTEM SHOULD ALOW FOR SOME SS AS SEEN TO OUR WEST TDA. WL GO CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS FOR NOW. ZONES OUT SO WL CUT THIS SHORT. FCSTID = 13 .CLE... OH...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES OHZ003...OHZ006>011... OHZ017>023...OHZ027>033...OHZ036>038...OHZ047. WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES OHZ012>014...OHZ089. PA...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES PAZ001>003. KING
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-141200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 555 AM EDT OCT 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5371116, 5371117, 5371118.