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 5, 1:00 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 200 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 .AVIATION (06Z-06Z)... CDFNT JUST INTO NW OH AND LAKE ERIE AND MOVING SLOWLY SE. MOISTURE SOMEWHAT LIMITED BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL OCCUR THIS AM...WITH OCNLY MVFR CONDITIONS. SKIES WILL SLOWLY CLEAR FROM THE NORTH AFTER FROPA. WITH DEW POINTS DECREASING FROM THE NORTH NOT MUCH FOG IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)... BAND OF CONVECTION TRIED TO GET GOING IN LWR MI WITH CDFNT BUT RESULTED IN ONLY SCT ACTIVITY NOW MOVG INTO ONTARIO. AMS WAS STABILIZED WITH BAND AND MID AND HI CLDS THAT MOVD THRU THE AREA THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVE. BETTER CONVECTION OVR IL INTO XTRM WRN IN SHUD PROP SE AND MISS MOST OR ALL OF CWA. WL CUT BACK POPS TNGT INTO CHC CATEGORY WITH BEST CHC FOR ERI AND SWRN PART OF AREA. WL STICK WITH LOW TEMPS GIVEN FM AFTN SHIFT. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THRU SUN NGT)... COLD FRONT FROM NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TO JUST NORTH OF MCI MOVING SLOWLY SE. MODELS IN AGREEMENT PUSHING FRONT NEAR THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. FORECAST QUESTION FOR TODAY IS TIMING THE FRONT AND THE SHOWERS AND TSRA THROUGH THE AREA. TSRA HAVING A HARD TIME BREAKING THE CAP ACROSS FORECAST AREA FOR NOW WITH A CONVECTIVE TEMP OF AROUND 93. CLOUD COVER FROM TSRA WEST OF AREA DEFINITELY HELPING TO INSULATE AREA. BEST LOCATION FOR TSRA DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE MICHIGAN WHERE A WEAK SHORT WAVE IS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL LAKES. EXPECT TSRA TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF FRONT TONIGHT AND PROBABLY MOVE ACROSS NW OHIO BY MIDNIGHT...AND ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. EXPECT A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS SE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY MORNING. BUFKIT SHOWS A DELTA THETA E OF -25 SO AN ISOLATED DOWNBURST IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT MAINLY EARLY...BUT OVERALL THE PROSPECTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS PRETTY MINIMAL. TOMORROW CANADIAN AIRMASS SETTLES OVER AREA USHERING IN MUCH COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS. DEW POINTS BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE 50S TO UPPER 40S SO LOOKS LIKE GOOD SLEEPING WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. && .LONG TERM (MON THRU THU)... UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS OUT BY BEGINNING OF WORK WEEK BUT THE MODELS DIFFER ON THE STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE. DGEX JUST A LITTLE STRONGER WITH RIDGE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. GFSLR WITH THE RIDGE A LITTLE WEAKER SETS UP RETURN FLO TUES WITH SOME PRECIP. LOOKS OVERDONE BUT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT LAST 2 DAYS SO THINK WARRANTS AT LEAST A 30 POP FOR NOW. RIDGE STARTS TO BREAK DOWN MID WEEK ALLOWING A COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL LAKES THURSDAY. GFS A LITTLE FASTER WITH THE SYS SO FOR NOW KEPT NEXT THURSDAY DAY. AS FOR TEMPERATURS TRENDED TOWARD THE ENSEMBLE AVERAGE TEMPS. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OH...NONE. .PA...NONE. SHORT TERM...DJB/ADAMS LONG TERM...DJB AVIATION...KIELTYKA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 614 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-051013- 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 614 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A COUPLE OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a couple trees and several large limbs in Claridon. Two vehicles were damaged by fallen limbs.
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