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 Jul 12, 1:40 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 240 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2005 .SHORT TERM(TONITE THRU THU)... RMNS OF DENNIS WL BE NLY STNRY OVR SRN IN AREA THRU FRI KEEPING MOST ENERGY CLOSE TO CNTR. DAILY INSTABILITY MAY ADD A FEW SHRA/TSRA TO AN OVERALL SML CHC FOR MOST OF CWA XCPT IN SW DUE TO BETTER PROXIMITY TO UPR LOW. MNLY E TO NELY FLOW SHUD KP NE OH AND NW PA LKSHORE FAIRLY QUIET DURG AFTN AND EVE ACTIVITY BUT MAY ADD LLVL CONVERGC WHERE SRN EXTEND OF BNDRY ENDS UP LATE EACH AFTN. MAY TRY AND SHOW SOME OF THIS DIFFERENTIAL IN PRECIP THREAT WITHOUT CUTTING THE MUSTARD TOO THIN. WITH MID AND HI CLD DEBRIS OVR AREA MUCH OF TNGT AND WED NITE WL RAISE LOWS A BIT MANY PLACES. && .LONG TERM(THUR NITE THRU TUE)... WITH RMNS OF TROP SYS OVR SRN IN AREA WL START LONG TERM AS CONTINUATION OF SHORT TERM WITH CONTD CHC FOR SHRA/TSRA WITH POPS TAPERED OFF FM W TO E. AS SYS FINALLY WEAKENS THEN CDFNT PROGGED TO MOV ACRS AREA TUE SO CONTD CHC MON AND TUE. && .AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... LOW LVL MOISTURE RETURN HAS ALLOWED DEWPOINTS TO INCREASE INTO THE 60S MOST AREAS. COMBINED WITH WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THRU TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR MVFR VSBYS TO OCCUR AFTER OVERNIGHT. IN FACT...A FEW PLACES MAY SEE VSBYS AROUND 2SM. OTHERWISE...THE BEST MOISTURE WITH THE REMNANT LOW FROM DENNIS CONTINUES TO BE MAINLY WEST OF THE AREA. WITH DAYTIME HEATING...THERE MAY BE A FEW SHOWERS OR STORMS THIS AFTN/EVE...BUT NOT ENOUGH COVERAGE TO PUT INTO THE TAFS (EXP W WHERE MOISUTRE IS BETTER). MORE MOISUTRE MOVES INTO THE WEST TMRW MRNG WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR A FEW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP/MOVE INTO THE AREA. WL GO WITH PROB30 GRPS FOR NOW IN TOL AND FDY. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OH...NONE. .PA...NONE. SHORT TERM...ADAMS LONG TERM...ADAMS AVIATION...MRD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 538 AM EDT TUE JUL 12 2005 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-130935- 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 538 AM EDT TUE JUL 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EVENING COULD BE STRONG. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT COULD HAVE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN. SOME PONDING OF WATER MAY OCCUR. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 529 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2005 OHZ021-122230- SUMMIT OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AKRON 529 PM EDT TUE JUL 12 2005 AT 526 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUST TO 35 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few large limbs and power lines were reported down.
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