A strong cold front moved across northern Ohio during the evening hours of November 27th. Winds behind the front briefly gusted to more than 40 mph.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
A strong cold front moved across northern Ohio during the evening hours of November 27th. Winds behind the front briefly gusted to more than 40 mph. A few trees and large limbs were downed by the gusty winds.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 27, 3:10 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 310 PM EST SAT NOV 27 2004 .SHORT TERM (TNGT-MON)... BIG QUESTION IS THE TIMING OF THE PCPN AND WHETHER A WIND ADVISORY IS NEEDED. MODELS EXPAND THE PCPN RAPIDILY EAST THIS EVE. I AM NOT SURE WHY THAT WOULD BE THE CASE...SOME PCPN IS COMING UP THRU KY AND THAT SHOULD MOVE INTO MUCH OF THE AREA AFTER 00Z. MODELS CONSISTENT IN SHOWG 50 KTS AT 850 MB AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...HOWEVER...AMS SEEMS TO BE STABLE. BIGGEST CONCERN IS RIGHT WITH THE FROPA...HOWEVER...AMS SEEMS TOO STABLE LAPSE RATE SFCT O 850 MB LESS THAN 4C AS PER BUFKIT FOR THE WINDS TO COME DOWN. WINDS UPSTREAM SEEM TO BE BELOW THE ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ATTM CANT SEE WHY THAT WOULD CHANGE. THE LAKESHORE NEAR ERIE PA MAY BE WINDIER IN THE SE FLOW WITH THE DOWNSLOPE...HOWEVER...IT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. WITH THE TIMING OF THE FROPA GUID MINS SEEM TOO COLD TNGT. PCPN SHOULD BE MAINLY RAIN AND THE PCPN SHOULD END BEFORE THE COLD AIR COMES IN...IT COULD BE CLOSE SO WILL CONTINUE THE MENTION OF POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SNOW W. ETA TRIES TO HAV A RDG OVER THE SNOWBELT ON SUNDAY WHILE THE GFS HAS IT FARTHER SOUTH. TYPICALLY THE RIDGE IS FARTHER SOUTH SO THAT MEANS SOME SNOW SHOWERS. HOWEVER WITH THE AMS DRYING OUT AND THE INVERSION LOW THEY SHOULD NOT GET OUT OF CONTROL WILL KEEP IT CHANCE POPS. HIGH PRES MOVS IN FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. WIL GO WITH THE SLOWER TIMING FOR THE RETUN OF MOISTURE AS THE HIGH MOVES SLOWLY E. && .LONG TERM (MON NGT THRU SAT)... NGM AND GFS TRYG TO HINT AT INCREASING MSTR FOR MON NGT AND TUE...HOWEVER...ONLY UVV ON TUE...WILL GO WITH 20 POPS. TIMING OF THE NEXT SYS A LITTLE TRICKY. WILL CONTINUE THE TREND OF A THREAT OF PCPN TUE NIGHT...ATTM IT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE WARM ENOUGH FOR RAIN. WILL CONTINUE THE CHC WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DEFINITELY SOME CONFLICT...LITTLE MOISTURE BUT OMEGA AND A S/WV. ECMWF AND GFS DIFFERNT NEAR THE END OF THE PERIOD WITH THE ECMWF MOVING THE RIDGE IN QUICKER. SINCE THE RIDGE WILL MOV IN SLOWLY SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS EASTERN PORTION OF FORECAST AREA. ATTM WITH THE FLOW WILL GO WITH THE SLOWER MODEL...SINCE GOING WITH THE SLOWER MODEL WILL KEEP SATURDAY DRY. && .AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTH TOWARD THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL KEEP INCREASING GUSTY SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AROUND 06Z. 50 KNOT 850 MB JET EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA CAUSING PRE FRONTAL GUSTY WINDS TO 30 KNOTS AT TIMES. WINDS DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH FROPA AND PICK UP AGAIN AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER FROPA AS GOOD MIXING OF WINDS ALOFT IN THE MID LEVELS TAKES PLACE. VFR CONDITIONS WILL GIVE WAY TO MVFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL IFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE NIGHT. I AM EXPECTING SNOW TO BECOME MIXED WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SOME LIGHT SNOW TOWARD MORNING THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST. ERIE SHOULD REMAIN ALL RAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. OH...GALE WARNING TNGHT LE. PA...GALE WARNING TNGHT LE. && SHORT TERM...KIELTYKA LONG TERM...KIELTYKA AVIATION...LOMBARDY &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 640 AM EST SAT NOV 27 2004 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-281139- 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 640 AM EST SAT NOV 27 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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 IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 341 PM EST SAT NOV 27 2004 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-272340- 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 341 PM EST SAT NOV 27 2004 WINDS MAY BE GUSTY ESPECIALLY LATER TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. WINDS COULD BRIEFLY GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA LATE TONIGHT. ALONG THE ERIE PENNSYLVANIA AND ASHTABULA COUNTY LAKESHORE WINDS COULD BE GUSTY ALL NIGHT BECAUSE OF DOWNSLOPE WINDS. WINDS COULD GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH. MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION WHEN THE WINDS BECOME GUSTY. KIELTYKA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
22 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, November 2004
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: 5425844, 5425845, 5425846, 5425847, 5425848, 5425849, 5425850, 5425851, 5425852, 5425853, 5425854, 5425855, 5425856, 5425857, 5425858, 5425859, 5425860, 5425861, 5425862, 5425863, 5425864, 5425865.