7 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jul 13, 1:41 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 241 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 .SHORT TERM(TONITE THRU FRI)... RMNS OF DENNIS WL CONT TO RMN STALLED OVR SERN IN AREA THRU FRI. WK BANDS OF ENERGY WL CONT TO ROTATE ARND THE LOW BUT GNLY TOO WK AND NUMEROUS TO TRY AND TIME. WL SHOW SOME NORMAL DIURNAL CYCLE TO POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR AFTN AND EVE PEAK OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. WL CONT TO CUT POPS SOME DUE TO OVERALL DRY CONDS LIMITING COVERAGE OF PRECIP. && .LONG TERM(FRI NITE THRU WED)... WK RMNS OF TROP SYS FINALLY MOV SLOLY NE ACRS LERI AREA FRI NITE THRU SUN WITH CONTD CHC FOR SHRA/TSRA. RDGG SHOWING FOR MON SO WL DROP CHC OUT OF FCST AND ONLY CARRY SLGT CHC FOR TUE AND WED AS NEXT WK CDFNT MAY AFFECT AREA. && .AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... BANDS OF CONVECTION HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY FROM ERI S TO LBE WHERE THE CAPE VALUES ARE 2000-3000 J/KG. WEAKER CONVECTION IS LOCATED ON THE NRN AND EASTERN EDGE OF THE CYCLONIC CLOUD SHIELD OVER NW AND CNTRL OH FROM FDY TO CMH. CAPE IS LOWER DUE TO LESS MORNING HEATING. WL INCLUDE A TEMPO GROUP OVER ERI AND FDY AND MFD TO REFLECT HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TSTM. ELSEWHERE THERE IS JUST A CHANCE OF A TSTM SO WL INCLUDE VCSH TO REFLECT THE SCT NATURE OF STORMS. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OH...NONE. .PA...NONE. SHORT TERM...ADAMS LONG TERM...ADAMS AVIATION...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 627 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-141020- 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 627 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
411 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG SAEGERTOWN 41.71N 80.14W
07/13/2005 CRAWFORD PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
0342 PM TSTM WND GST 5 E CONNEAUTVILLE 41.76N 80.27W
07/13/2005 60 MPH CRAWFORD PA TRAINED SPOTTER
BRANCHES DOWN
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LOMBARDYThe Cleveland radar (KCLE), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were reported down across the entire county.
Winds were estimated at 60 mph as severe thunderstorms moved through the area. Also, a trained spotter reported several trees down. A tree was also reported to have fallen on a house causing structural damage.
A few trees and large limbs were reported down.
Several trees were reported down.
Numerous trees were reported downed. A road was temporarily closed because of a fallen tree.
Numerous trees and large limbs were reported down on a golf course in the area. As many as 25 trees were either completely downed or had large limbs broken from them.
A few trees and large limbs were reported down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2005
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: 5466266, 5466267, 5466272, 5466268, 5466269, 5466270, 5466271.