1 lightning, 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 15, 7:42 PM EST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 842 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2005 .SHORT TERM UPDATE (TONIGHT)... WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...THE CONVECTION IS DYING OFF QUITE RAPIDLY. GOING FCST HAS CHC POPS ALL NIGHT...BUT THINK IT MAY BE MORE OF SLIGHT CHANCE VARIETY ONCE THE LEFTOVER CONVECTION DIMINISHES AFTER MIDNIGHT. WL THEREFORE GO WITH SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE...WITH ALL THE LOW LVL MOISTURE AROUND...AND SKIES CLEARING...THINK THERE WILL BE SOME PATCHY FOG ONCE AGAIN BY MORNING. HOWEVER...THINK PATCHY IS THE BEST WORDING ATTM SINCE THERE IS A LITTLE MORE MID LVL CLDS THAN LAST NIGHT. TEMPS AROUND 70 OR IN THE LOWER 70S ARE GOOD WITH DWPTS AROUND 70. && .AVIATION (00Z-24Z)... DIURNAL CONVECTION DYING OFF. MOST AREAS SHUD STAY DRY TNGT BUT CUD BE A STRAY SHRA HERE AND THERE AS PESKY UPR LOW OVR IN OPENS UP AND BGNS TO LIFT NNE. HZ AND BR WL THICKEN SOME TNGT BUT SHUD BE LIMITED SOME BY MID CLDS HANGING OVR MUCH OF AREA. PATCH OF BEST UPR SUPPORT OVR NW SAT MORN SO WL INCLUDE SHRA MENTION THERE IN THE MORNG TRANSITIONING TO TSRA EARLY IN THE AFTN WITH TSRA CHC SPREADING EWRD OVR REST OF AREA BY MID AFTN. && .SHORT TERM(TONIGHT THRU SUN)... BIG QUESTION IS SHOULD THE FORECAST FOR THIS EVE BE SCT OR LIKELY. ATTM WITH SOMEWHAT LIMITED MOISTURE WILL JUST FORECAST SCT...WITH NOT THAT MUCH OVER THE LAKE WITH THE STABILITY KEEPING THINGS DOWN OVER THE LAKE. CONCERN IS THAT STORMS ARE SLOW MOVING SO POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ISOLATED AND PULSE AND WILL BE NEAR WHERE STORMS INTERSECT THE LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARY. THE PCPN SHOULD DECREASE AFTER SOME HEATING BUT WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS. FOR SAT A VORT AND UPR LOW MAY AFFECT MORE OF NW OH...THUS LIKELY THERE AND 50 POP ELSW. CHANCE POPS CONTINUES ON SUNDAY WITH A S/WV MOVING THROUGH...AIRMASS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. GUID TEMPS GENERALLY OK. && .LONG TERM(SUN NGT THRU FRIDAY)... COLD FRONT TRIES TO PUSH THROUGH ON TUESDAY...BOTH GFS AND ECMWF CONCUR WITH THAT. DID LINGER A LITTLE PCPN SE FA IN THE EARLY EVE ON TUESDAY. TEMPS JUST COOL A LITTLE BUT DEW POINTS SHOULD BE MORE ACCEPTABLE. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK...THUS DRY. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OH...NONE. .PA...NONE. SHORT TERM UPDATE...MRD SHORT TERM...KIELTYKA LONG TERM...KIELTYKA AVIATION...ADAMS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 450 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2005 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-160848- 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 450 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AGAIN TODAY AS THE REMNANTS OF DENNIS REMAIN OVER THE REGION. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:32 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck near a house and sparked an electrical fire. The house sustained serious damage.
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