1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 8, 1:38 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 238 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THRU WED)... WL CARRY A SLGT CHC EARLY THIS EVE FOR ISOLD CONVECTION TIL AMS STABILIZES. UPR RDG SHUD KP AMS CAPPED INTO WED WHEN WK UPR WV DRIVING A SFC CDFNT MOV ESE TWD AREA BRINGING A CHC FOR TSRA W TO E LATER WED. WK SFC CONVERGC LIMITING MSTR SO POPS WL BE KEPT IN THE LOW CHC RANGE. .LONG TERM (WED NIGHT THRU MON)... CDFNT RMNS ON TRACK FOR EARLY THU MORN SO WL CONT TO HV CHC FOR CONVECTIVE PRECIP THEN INTO THU MORN XCPT ALL DAY THU SE. RDG MOVS THRU SO PD OF DRY WX THU NITE. NEXT CDFNT SLOLY SAGS INTO AREA LATE FRI THRU SAT THEN HANGS NEAR LERI...WAVERING BACK AND FORTH AS WVS OF LOW PRES RIDE ENE ALG THE FNT CONTG CHC FOR CONVECTIVE PRECIP SAT THRU MON. HI TEMPS BUMPED UP A LTL OVR GUIDANCE ON SEVERAL DAYS AS HAS BEEN THE TREND DURG THE ONGOING HOT AND DRY SUMMER AS THE DROUGHT CONTS TO WORSEN IN SOME AREAS. && .AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... AN AREA SHWRS/TSTMS THAT WAS JUST SE CWA THIS MRNG ASC WK SFC TROF AND AND WK UPR LVL S/W CONTS TO DCRS. HOWEVER FEW SHWRS DVLPNG IN THE W. FCST CAPE INCRSD TO ABV 2K THEIR THIS AFTN. COMB RCHNG CONV TEMPS AND OR WK CONV ALG BNDRY TRIG THE FEW SHWRS. WL CARRY LCL VCTS TO ARND 23Z FOR INLAND AREAS. OTRW VFR CONDS THIS AFTN AND ERY TNGT THAN MOST AREAS WILL DROP TO MVFR VSBY IN BR 06Z-08Z...LCL IFR BR. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OH...NONE. .PA...NONE. SHORT TERM...ADAMS LONG TERM...ADAMS AVIATION...WCR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 639 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-091038- 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 639 AM EDT MON AUG 8 2005 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.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:18 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms dumped locally heavy rains on the northern portion of Lorain County. A spotter west of Lorain measured 2.40 inches of rain. Street and underpass flooding was reported in the City of Lorain.
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