1 strong 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 Apr 13, 1:39 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 139 PM EST TUE APR 13 2004 .DISCUSSION... LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES DRY SLOT WILL HAVE A HARD TIME MOVING NORTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. UPPER LEVEL LOW ROTATING PLUME OF MOISTURE NORTH AND NORTHWEST FROM THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD. THE PLUME APPEARS TO BE PUSHING RAPIDLY EAST AHEAD OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW. SECONDARY THETA E RIDGE WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND THIS WILL BECOME THE FOCUS FOR THE PRECIPITATION. ALREADY NOTICING A PIN WHEELING EFFECT OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST OHIO CLOSER TO THE WESTERN SIDES OF THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL LOWS. BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST MAINLY OVER EASTERN OHIO INTO TONIGHT. WESTERN AREAS...TOLEDO AND FINDLAY...WILL LIKELY STAY DRY THROUGH THE NIGHT WHILE AREAS IN THE EAST...FROM CLEVELAND TO MANSFIELD EAST...WILL SEE THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION. WILL ALSO MENTION RAIN POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY EAST. COLD AIR ADVECTION TAKES PLACE AS UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES JUST EAST OF THE AREA. THIS WILL BRING IN ENOUGH COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT TO CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL MENTION RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY SUNRISE. EXPECTING ROUGHLY AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION MAINLY IN GRASSY AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS INTO TONIGHT. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE INDICATES RIVERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS RAIN AMOUNT. SOME OF THE SMALLER STREAMS WILL LIKELY RISE DURING THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE HILLY TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES WILL BUILD EAST AND SURFACE HIGH WILL MOVE EAST AS WELL OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL BRING A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER INTO THE AREA THURSDAY INTO SUNDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT BEGINNING THE WARMING TREND FOR THE WEEKEND. EXTENDED PERIODS FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY LOOK LIKE SPRING IS ON THE WAY. DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES AFFECTING THE FORECAST AREA TODAY WILL SHIFT EAST AND OUT OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY. STRONG RIDGE WILL BUILD EAST TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS WILL SET UP A STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW AT THE SURFACE SENDING WARM AIR TO THE REGION. CUSTOMARY LAKE SHORE AREAS WILL SEE LAKE BREEZE DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOONS EACH DAY THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL DROP TEMPERATURES NEAR THE LAKE DOWN SEVERAL DEGREES AS LAKE WATER TEMPERATURE REMAINS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 40S. GRADIENT SHOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT LAKE BREEZE ON SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES. CONCERN IS FOR FRIDAY AS UPPER LEVEL VORT MAX SWINGS EAST WITH LOW LEVEL JET AS DEPICTED ON THE GFS RUN. THESE FEATURES WERE NOT AS PRONOUNCED IN THE PREVIOUS RUNS SO WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY MENTION OF PRECIPITATION FOR FRIDAY AND SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE MODEL RUNS. MONDAY LOOKS LIKE SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA AND COULD BRING A ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE REGION. THIS DEPENDS HOW USTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. LATEST GFS HINTING AT COLD FRONT STALLING NORTH OF LAKE ERIE MONDAY AHEAD OF NEXT STORM SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES DROP BACK A BIT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY IF COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA OTHERWISE...ANOTHER WARMING TREND ON THE WAY FOR MID WEEK. STAYED FAIRLY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EARLY PERIODS AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE LONG RANGE GUIDANCE TEMPS. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. && LOMBARDY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 720 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2004 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-141300- ASHLAND OH-ASHTABULA INLAND OH-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE OH-CRAWFORD PA-CRAWFORD OH-CUYAHOGA OH-ERIE OH-GEAUGA OH-HANCOCK OH-HOLMES OH-HURON OH-KNOX OH-LAKE OH-LORAIN OH-LUCAS OH-MAHONING OH-MARION OH- MEDINA OH-MORROW OH-NORTHERN ERIE PA-OTTAWA OH-PORTAGE OH-RICHLAND OH-SANDUSKY OH-SENECA OH-SOUTHERN ERIE PA-STARK OH-SUMMIT OH-TRUMBULL OH-WAYNE OH-WOOD OH-WYANDOT OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AKRON...ASHLAND...ASHTABULA... BOWLING GREEN...BUCYRUS...CANTON...CHARDON...CLEVELAND...ELYRIA... ERIE...FINDLAY...FOSTORIA...FREMONT...JEFFERSON...LORAIN... MANSFIELD...MARION...MEADVILLE...MEDINA...MILLERSBURG... MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON...NORWALK...PAINESVILLE...PORT CLINTON... RAVENNA...SANDUSKY...TIFFIN...TOLEDO...UPPER SANDUSKY...WARREN... WOOSTER AND YOUNGSTOWN 720 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE... RAINFALL MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY TODAY. A THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 71. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MRD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusty northerly winds estimated at close to 50 mph downed many trees across Stark County. A peak gust of 46 mph was measured at nearby Akron-Canton Airport at 6:15 p.m. Most of the trees were downed in the Canton, Massillon and Minerva areas.
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