1 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 Aug 10, 12:10 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 110 PM EDT TUE AUG 10 2004 .SHORT TERM(THIS AFTERNOON)... UPDATED TO ISSUE SEVERE TSTM WATCH TIL 00Z FOR XTRM ERN OH AND NW PA. SHOWERS THIS MORNING MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CWA. DRY AT THIS TIME FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS. VIS SATELLITE SHOWING SOME BREAKS IN CLDS FOR WESTERN AREAS THIS MORNING..BUT CONCERN INTO AFTERNOON IS INCREASING INSTABILITY WITH ANY SUNSHINE AND THEREFORE UPDATED TO INCLUDE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR ALL OF CWA WITH ONLY CHANCE OF THUNDER MENTIONED IN EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES. TEMPS LOOKING REASONABLE FOR TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. && .PREV SHORT TERM(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... CDFNT MOVG ACRS NRN OH ATTM. PCPN RACING OUT AHD OF WKNG FNT. HOWEVER ACTIVITY DVLPG OVR NE OH/NW PA. THESE CELLS APPEAR TO BE BRINGG BRF HVY RN. FNT TO CROSS THE RGN THIS MRNG WI A DRY SLOT TO WORK IN DURG THE AFTN. XPCT THE ERN PTNS OF THE FCST AREA...MNLY E OF A CLE-CAK LINE...TO SEE SOME TSTM ACTVTY IN THE AFTN/EVENG. AS SKIES CLR FROM THE W INCRSG SS TDY TEMPS TO PUSH UP INTO THE MID/UPR 70S. WI A SFC LOW OVR THE NRN GRTLKS THIS MRNG ROTAG INTO THE BROAD UPR TROUGH OVR THE NE U.S & ERN CAN OVR THE NXT FEW DAYS, A SECONDARY TROUGH WL DROP DOWN AND BRING A POOL OF MUCH COOLER AIR DWN INTO THE STA. CONDS WL BCM UNSEASABLY COOL AND FALL LIKE THRU FRI. LOW CLDS AND COOL TEMPS WI A SML CHC FOR INSTIBILTY SHRA. UPR 60S AND LOW 70S FOR HIGHS WHILE LOWS WL RMN NR 50 OR LWR 50S DUE TO CLD COVER. WHERE SKIES DO CLEAR XPCT LOCAL TEMPS DOWN INTO THE 40S. .LONG TERM (SAT INTO NEXT WEEK) THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE UPR TROUGH LIFTS AND EXITS OFF TO THE NE ALLOWING THE MEAN HGHTS TO RISE AND BCM MORE ZONAL. SFC HIGH PRES WL BLD ACROSS THE RGN ON SAT & SUN AS TEMPS SLOWLY RISE TO NR THE NORMS. HAVE REMVED THE WEEKEND CHCS FOR SHRA EVEN WI A TROF MOVG THRU THE NRN-CNTRL GRTLKS ON SAT. ATMOS MAY BE TOO DRY & STBL OVR OH TO AFFECT US OTHER THAN SOME CLDS. && .AVIATION(18Z-18Z)... CDFNT HAS BCM MORE DIFFUSE THIS MORNING WITH SUBTL WIND SHIFTS DEMARKING A FRONT AND TROF TO ITS EAST. THE TROF IS CRNTLY FM NR KERI XTNDG TO THE SW WHILE THE FRONT REMAINS FURTHER WEST XTNDG FM EAST OF THE LE ISLANDS TO EAST OF KCVG. INSTBY REMAINS ACRS ERN OH AND NWRN PA MORE ASSOCD WITH THE TROF WHERE LIS ARE AROUND -3. SHWRS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN THE AREA WITH MOVMNT TO THE NE. WILL RESTRICT ANY PCPN TO THE ERN HALF OF THE AREA TDA. TO THE WEST RATHER LG AREA OF CLDINESS WITH BASES BTWN 020 AND 025 WEST FM MI AND NRN IND. THESE MVFR CIGS WILL FILL IN ACRS NRN OH AND NWRN PA AS UPPER VORT DROPS INTO THE AREA. THIS HAS ALREADY STARTED IN THE NW AND WILL CONT THRU THE DAY AND OVRNGT. XPC GNRLY DRY BUT COULD BE SCT DRIZZLE/LIGHT SHWRS OVRNGT. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...SVR TSTM WATCH TIL 00Z FOR OHZ014-023-033-089 PA...SVR TSTM WATCH TIL 00Z FOR PAZ001>003. && SHORT TERM...ABE PREV. SHORT TERM...20 LONG TERM...20 AVIATION...TK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 613 AM EDT TUE AUG 10 2004 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-111012- 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 613 AM EDT TUE AUG 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed one large tree and some power lines five miles north of Champion.
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