2 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 Sep 26, 8:25 PM EST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 925 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2003 INSTABILITY CURRENTLY CONFINED SOUTH OF I-70 BUT SOUTH WIND CONTINUES AHD OF FNT WITH STG DYNAMICS ALOFT. STORMS MOVG E ALMOST 40 KTS. SOME EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS IN LINE. MESO LOW DVLPG ON CDFNT NR LWR OH VLY PARTLY IN RESPONSE TO PRES FALLS FN STG STORMS IN VICINITY. ULTIMATELY THE SOUTH END OF FNT MAY TAKE OVER LATER TONIGHT. GOOD SHEAR PROFILE ON 00Z SOUNDINGS. CLUSTERS OF CELLS AHD OF MAIN BAND WL HAVE TO BE WATCHED MOST CLOSELY NEXT FEW HOURS. NEW TORNADO BOX WL CATCH W COUNTIES. WL UPDATE ZONES AND INCLUDE WATCH. BELIEVE OUR SATURDAY FCST TOO PESSIMISTIC AS DRY AIR AND SUBSIDENCE SWEEPING IN BHND FNT AND WORST CASE SCENARIO IS FOR A FEW INSTABILITY SHOWERS DVLPG DURING THE AFTRN ALTHO IT WL BE BLUSTERY AND COOLER. WL TRY TO FRESHEN WORDING A BIT IF I HAVE TIME. UPDATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. KOSARIK
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-261200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 510 AM EDT THU SEP 25 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH A WARM FRONT AND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THE CONDITIONS MAY BE RIGHT FOR A TORNADO. OTHERWISE THE THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. KIELTYKA
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-270600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 110 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2003 TORNADO WATCH 993 HAS REPLACED TORNADO WATCH 992. TORNADO WATCH 992 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT SO THE TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELED. TORNADO WATCH 993 FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... NORTHEAST OHIO...AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. TREES AND POWER POLES HAVE BEEN DOWNED BY THE STORMS EARLIER TONIGHT. KOSARIK
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:29 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs.
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, September 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: 5338035, 5338036.