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NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 22, 7:05 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 805 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION RESPONSIBLE FOR SVR WATCH 250 WASHED OUT UPON REACHING NW OH. FOCUS HAS SHIFTED BACK TO NRN IL WHERE WRM ADV FLOW TRIGGERING NEW ACTIVITY. THIS SHOULD CONT TO DVLP AND MAY PROPAGATE EWRD INTO NRN OH LATER TNGT. WL ADJUST WORDING IN ZONES TO SHOW BULK OF TSTMS SHUD BE AFT MIDNITE. WL LV FLOOD WATCH ALONE AS MANY AREAS STILL HV PROBS AND ANY ADDITIONAL RA AT ALL WL BE TOO MUCH. OTHER CONVECTION NR STNRY FNT STAYING N OF LERI WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW CELLS FORMING JUST E OF ERI. WONT BE SUPRISED IF WATCH IN WRN PA COMES DOWN SOON TOO. REST OF FCST GNLY OKAY...NEEDING ONLY A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... ANOTHER BUSY DAY. AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT COMPLEX OVER ILLINOIS/NW INDIANA. 1000-500MB THICKNESS LINES WOULD POINT THIS COMPLEX INTO THE CWFA OVERNIGHT. THE ETA AND GFS SUGGEST THIS AS WELL AND LATEST RADAR TRENDS CONFIRM THE MOVEMENT TOWARD THE AREA. WITH ALL THE FLOODING ONGOING ACROSS THE THE AREA...AND IF THE COMPLEX CONTINUES TO DROP 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR...FLOODING SITUATIONS IN THE AREA COULD BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. WILL THEREFORE GO WITH ANOTHER FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON TMRW. SVR WX ALSO A CONCERN WITH STRONG INSTABILITY....BOTH WITH THE COMPLEX OVER ILLINOIS MOVING INTO OHIO...AND ALSO WITH THE LAKE BREEZE AND CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA. CELLS ALONG THE LK BRZ HAVE EXHIBITED STRONG ROTATION THIS AFTN. NOT MUCH CHANGE FOR TMRW. PERHAPS WE CAN GET A DRY DAY...BUT WITH THE FRONT NEARBY AND EXCESS INSTABILITY IT MIGHT BE TOUGH. MOS POPS ALL IN THE CHC RANGE (LKLY FROM NGMMOS)...SO CHC POPS SEEM REASONABLE. WIDESPREAD TEMPS IN THE 80S ONCE AGAIN WITH 850MB TEMPS IN THE UPR TEENS C. ETA HAS THE AREA CLEARING/DRYING OUT MONDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES ONCE AGAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA. DO NOT WANT TO GO TOTALLY DRY ON MONDAY HOWEVER AS AREAS NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE LATELY. REALLY NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. SAME IDEA AS PREV FCSTS. TROUGH SHOULD DIG INTO THE LAKES WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TUE NIGHT. HIGH TRIES TO BUILD IN WED...BUT CYCLONIC FLOW...COLD AIR ALOFT AND PROXIMITY TO FRONT COULD BRING SOME SHOWERS/TSTMS THRU WED EVENING. WILL GO DRY THU WITH HIGH PRES OVERHEAD. CONTINUED CHC POPS FRI AND SAT AS THE GFS SHOWS A S/WV APPROACHING THE AREA AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEARBY. ENSEMBLES AND OTHER MED RANGE MODELS AGREE WITH THIS GENERAL SOLN. COOLEST DAYS WED AND THU...WARMING ONCE AGAIN TO ABV NORMAL BY SAT. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON SUNDAY. PA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON SUNDAY. && MRD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 547 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-221145- 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 547 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY OR TONIGHT COULD CAUSE FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE STORM PREDITION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 831 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #250 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR...ASHTABULA LAKESHORE...ASHTABULA INLAND...LAKE...LUCAS...GEAUGA...CUYAHOGA... OTTAWA...WOOD...LORAIN...SANDUSKY...TRUMBULL...ERIE...SUMMIT... PORTAGE...HURON...MEDINA...SENECA...HANCOCK...MAHONING...ASHLAND... CRAWFORD...RICHLAND...WAYNE...WYANDOT...STARK...MORROW...MARION... HOLMES AND KNOX COUNTIES... HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA WEAKENED AND DISSIPATED...SO THE WATCH WAS CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT SO OTHER WATCHES MAY BE ISSUED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ADAMS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1007 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 OHZ027-036-230505- MARION OH-WYANDOT OH- 1007 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 STANIDNG WATER IS STILL COMMON IN MARION AND WYANDOT COUNTIES FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS. SOME ROADS ARE EITHER STILL CLOSED OR HAVE HIGH WATER ON THEM IN MARION AND WYANDOT COUNTIES. THE WATER WILL SLOWLY RECEDE. IN THE MEANTIME MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION IF THEY ENCOUNTER ROADS WITH HIGH WATER AS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TILL NOON SUNDAY. OHZ014-089-230505- ASHTABULA INLAND OH-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE OH- 1007 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004 STANDING WATER IS STILL COMMON IN ASHTABULA COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS. THE WATER WILL SLOWLY RECEDE. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD PROBLEMS. PEOPLE IN ASHTABULA COUNTY NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE FLOOD POTENTIAL. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TILL NOON SUNDAY. KIELTYKA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1219 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1155 PM TSTM WND DMG CHARDON 41.58N 81.21W
05/22/2004 GEAUGA OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
1140 PM TSTM WND DMG CLEVELAND HEIGHTS 41.51N 81.56W
05/22/2004 CUYAHOGA OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN.
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FMKThe Cleveland radar (KCLE), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:27 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in northern Trumbull County.
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