16 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 25, 10:02 AM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1102 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 .SHORT TERM UPDATE (THIS AFTERNOON) ALREADY PUT ZONES OUT FOR THIS AFTERNOON TO INCLUDE SEVERE TSTM WATCH 677 FOR WESTERN PORTION OF CWA FROM LORIAN ASHLAND KNOX COUNTIES WEST TO CWA BOARDER. INCREASED POPS FOR THE AFTN ACROSS THE WESTERN AREAS INCLUDED IN WATCH AND HIGHLIGHTED SVR POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS. KEPT POPS IN EASTERN AREAS AROUND 50 PERCENT THROUGH REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON. ALSO STRESSED IN ZONES WAS THE HUMID CONDITIONS. DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE 75 TO 80 DEGRESS RANGE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NW PA. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN SLOW TO RISE THIS MORNING WITH SOME AREAS UNDER SCT-BKN CLDS BUT MAINTAINED AFTERNOON FORECAST OF HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S FOR MOST EXCEPT NW PA. && .AVIATION(12Z-12Z)... WK COLD FRONT TO PASS INTO NRN OH TODAY. STRONG CAP IN PLACE COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPS AND ANTICYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY STORMS THIS AFTN. THIS EVENING...THE NAM SUGGESTS THAT A COMPLEX WILL MOVE TO WRN OH BY 04Z AND THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BTWN 06-12Z. THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT RETURNING N AS A WARM FRONT. BOTH GFS AND NAM SIMILAR WITH THIS FEATURE. FOR NOW...WL PUT VCTS IN TOL AND FDY...BUT LEAVE THUNDER OUT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE TAFS UNTIL THE SITUATION BECOMES A LITTLE BETTER DEFINED. MVFR/LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS THIS AM SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR BY 15Z. && .SHORT TERM UPDATE... BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND OUT OF THE AREA OVER NEXT COUPLE HOURS. MORE CONVECTION IS MOVING EAST ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON SO WILL JUST KEEP A BLANKET CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. ZONES WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. && .PREVIOUS SHORT TERM UPDATE... THUNDERSTORMS QUICKLY DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE THIS MORNING AFTER INITIAL ZONE ISSUANCE. VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY APPEARS TO BE TRIGGERING NEW ACTIVITY AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. BOUNDARY EVIDENT IN THE WIND SHIFT AND RAPID CHANGE IN PRESSURE RISE FALL COUPLET MOVING THROUGH MICHIGAN AT THIS TIME. ZONES ALREADY UPDATED. && .PREVIOUS SHORT TERM... .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURS)... TROUGH SWINGING THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING WHILE NEWLY BORN MCS MOVES SOUTH SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA ALONG THE INSTABLITY AXIS. DRY AIR MASS STARTS TO WORK INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING FROM THE WEST FOLLOWED BY MORE MOISTURE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. I AM GOING TO INCLUDE A MENTION OF A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WEST EVEN THOUGH GUIDANCE POPS ARE VERY LOW. REASONING IS SERIES OF WEAK SHORTWAVES MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA AND HEAT INDUCED INSTABILITY COULD PRODUCE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. MOST AREAS SHOULD REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE DAY. THEN...FOR TONIGHT LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO WISCONSIN BY 06Z AND THEN TO LAKE MICHIGAN BY 12Z. REINFORCING WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR YET EVEN ANOTHER HOT DAY ON TUESDAY...QUITE POSSIBLY WARMER THAN TODAY IF PRECIPITATION AND CLOUDS HOLD OFF UNTIL EVENING. TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BY EVENING SO WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE COLD FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS INSTABILITY ONCE AGAIN IS ON THE INCREASE. COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN COOLER AND DRIER AIR FOR TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA AND DOMINATE THROUGH THURSDAY. I LEANED MORE TOWARD THE MET TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT GUIDANCE THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... GFS KP HIGH PRES AND GNRLY DRY STBL AMS IN PLACE THRU SAT SO CLR/PC/SUNNY ALL WORK HERE. TEMPS SHOULD BE CLOSE TO NORMAL WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S AND HIGHS UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S THURSDAY AND FRIDSAY AND LOW TO MID 80S SAT AND SUN. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OH...NONE. .PA...NONE. SHORT TERM (AFTN) UPDATE...ABE PREV. SHORT TERM...LOMBARDY LONG TERM...TK AVIATION...MRD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 701 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-261058- 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 701 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE WARM AND TROPICAL AIR MASS WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE THROUGH THE DAY CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK AND NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. LOMBARDY
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:58 UTC.
16 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Observed winds as the severe thunderstorms moved through the area were estimated at 60 mph. Numerous trees, large limbs, utility poles, and power lines were downed.
Several trees and large limbs were reported down.
Penny size hail was observed.
Several trees and large limbs were reported down.
A few large limbs and utility poles were downed as the northern edge of a line of severe thunderstorms moved through the area.
Several trees and power lines were reported down, especially on the south end of Bucyrus.
A few trees and a utility pole were reported down. As a result, power lines were also brought down.
Several trees and large limbs were reported down. Near Willard, a roof and some siding was blown off a mobile home.
A trained observer estimated winds to be 60 mph as the severe thunderstorms passed through the area.
Several trees were reported down. One tree fell onto a house and caused some damage.
A few large limbs were reported down.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a few trees, numerous large tree limbs and some power lines across the area. One person was injured by falling debris.
A few large trees were reported down.
Numerous trees were reported down across the county.
Thunderstorm winds were estimated between 70 and 75 mph by a trained spotter. There were also reports of downed trees, large limbs and power lines across the area as the severe thunderstorms moved through the county.
Numerous trees, large limbs, and powers lines were reported down across the county.
A large tree and a flag pole were downed due to severe thunderstorm winds.
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: 5466429, 5466372, 5466430, 5466431, 5466440, 5466435, 5466432, 5466373, 5466433, 5466438, 5466437, 5466439, 5466427, 5466434, 5466436, 5466428, 5466374.