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 May 25, 1:50 AM EST, 13 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 250 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004 .DISCUSSION... BRIEF DRY SPELL APPRS TO BE COMING TO AN END. ETA WL BE MODEL OF CHOICE TDA AS GFS AGN APPRS TO BE HAVING CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ISSUES. WRMFNT STRETCHES FM OH RVR W TO LOW PRES NR KSTL. THESE FEATURES WL BE MAIN FCST FOCUS THE NXT 30 TO 36 HRS. WRMFNT PROGGED BY ETA TO BE ALG THE S SHORE OF LERI BY 18Z. THIS SEEMS A LTTL FAST ESP CONSIDERING FACT OUTFLOW FM CONVECTION MOVG INTO IN SHOULD SLOW DOWN NWD PROGRESSION SOMEWHAT. THIS CONVECTION APPRS TO BE MOVG TO THE SE AND SHOULD MAINLY STAY AWAY FROM FCST AREA THIS AM. HOWEVER..WL CONT WITH CHC WORDG WRN AREAS THIS AM JUST TO COVER ANY ACTIVITY THAT DOES MAKE IT INTO CWA. SHOULD BE PLENTY OF CLOUDINESS THIS AM FM DEBRIS CLDS BUT DO EXPCT P/SUNNY SKIES TO DVLP THIS AFT. BIG QUESTION IS WEATHER THERE WL BE ENUF SUN TO REALLY DESTABLIZE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES FOR SVR WX LATER TDA. ETA CAPES NOT PROGGED TO BE ALL THAT HIGH TDA AND IF CLOUD COVER HANGS ARND THIS WL PROB BE THE CASE. FOR NOW CHC WORDG ALL AREAS BY ERLY AFT WITH LIKELY POPS TGNT. COULD BE ANOTHER MCS TGNT AS LOW PRES PASSES TO THE N AND WL PROB WORD FOR HEAVY RAIN IN ZNS. HIGH BLDS IN BHND CDFNT ON WED AND WL END PRECIP THREAT FM W TO E DURG DAY. LAKE BREEZE POT ERLY THIS AFT BUT GRAD SHOULD BCM STG ENUF BY LT AFT TO END THIS. SO...WL KEEP TEMPS FCST SIMILAR TO PREV PACKAGE WITH LOW TO MID 70S MOST AREAS. GUID TEMP OTHR PDS REASONABLE. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. && KUBINA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 559 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-251158- 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 559 AM EDT TUE MAY 25 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 CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT IN NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN OHIO IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH TO NEAR LAKE ERIE THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. THEN TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL RACE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TRIGGERING A SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 235 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004 PAZ001-002-251930- NORTHERN ERIE PA-SOUTHERN ERIE PA- 235 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH ERIE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE AMOUNT 0.25 INCH IN FIFTEEN MINUTES. THERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF ERIE COUNTY BY 3 PM EDT.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds caused damage at a cemetery in Ravenna. Fifteen headstones and six trees were toppled.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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