26 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 Jun 30, 6:30 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 730 AM EDT THU JUN 30 2005 .AVIATION (12Z-12Z)... WIDESPREAD MARGINAL VIS WITH FOG/HAZE THIS MORNING WILL IMPROVE TO PREDOMINATELY VFR BY MID MORNING. SQUALL LINE STRETCHING FROM MI TO NWRN INDIANA MOVING EAST AROUND 40KT SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AS IT MOVES INTO SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIRMASS...BUT COULD REACH A TOL TO FDY LINE BEFORE IT DOES DISSIPATE. THEN LATER THIS AFTERNOON CONDITIONS BECOME UNSTABLE WITH CAPES EXCEDING 2000 J/KG AND LIS -4 TO -6 PRODUCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FORECAST AREA...EXPECIALLY WESTERN OHIO. THEN OVERNIGHT THE COLD FRONT NOW ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE INTO NE BY THIS TIME SATURDAY. && .SHORT TERM(TODAY-FRIDAY)... AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT OVR THE NRN PLAINS WL MOVE TOWARD THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...PASSING THRU THE ENTIRE AREA BY FRI AFTN. SOME PATCHY FOG HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA WITH CLR SKIES AND CALM WINDS. MAY SEE SOME LOCALLY DENSE GROUND FOG IN THESE AREAS...BUT NO ADVY ATTM. WL MENTION IN TEXT HOWEVER WITH SOME OBS SITES REPORTING VSBYS BLO 1SM. CONVECTION OVER WI ATTM SHOULD MOV INTO LOWER MI AND DIMINISH THIS MRNG. COULD SEE SOME REMNANT SHOWER ACTIVITY FROM THIS CONVECTION OVER TOL AREA BUT THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THIS CONVECTION WL BE THE LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES THAT WL BE AROUND THIS AFTN AS Q-VECT CVRG MOVES INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTN. THIS KINEMATIC FORCING SHOULD COMBINE WITH SBCAPE VALUES OF 2000-3000 J/KG TO CAUSE AN AREA OF STORMS TO DEVELOP OVER MI/IN THIS AFTN AND MOVE INTO WRN OH LATE THIS AFTN INTO THIS EVENING. INITIALLY THOUGHT ABOUT ADDING SVR MENTION IN THE TEXT...BUT OPTED NOT TO FOR THIS AFTN AS WIND FIELDS AND SHEAR FIELDS WL NOT BE VERY STRONG UNTIL TONIGHT AS THE S/WV AND FRONT APPROACHES. FRONT DOES NOT MOVE THRU THE REGION UNTIL LATER TONIGHT INTO FRI MORNING. COULD BE AN INTERESTING SCENARIO TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH MDLS ARE NOT PLAYING IT UP MUCH IN QPF FIELDS. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SUGGEST THAT A STRONG LOW LVL JET WL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT OVER MI/WRN OH WHICH ALLOWS FOR SHEAR VALUES TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT DURING FROPA. NAM SHOWS VERY STRONG 0-1KM SHEAR AS 925MB WINDS RISE TO 45KT IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF FROPA. AM NOT SURE IF THIS MAY BE A CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ARTIFACT...BUT EVEN THE GFS SHOWS HIGHER SHEAR VALUES AHEAD OF THE FROPA. THINKING IS THAT THERE WILL BE AFTN AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE DAYTIME HEATING AND LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES OVER THE WEST AND WK UPR Q-VECT CVRG. THEN...AS THE FRONT MOVES THRU LATE TONIGHT INTO FRI MRNG...THERE WL BE A BROKEN LINE THAT DEVELOPS AND MOVES THRU THE REGION OVERNIGHT INTO FRI MRNG. CERTAINLY THINK SVR IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONG FORCING...CONTINUED INSTABILITY AND BETTER SHEAR WITH FROPA. GFS ACTUALLY MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE IN HANGING ONTO INSTABILITY OVERNIGHT...WHILE NAM SHOWS LESS (ALTHOUGH STILL 1000-1500 J/KG MUCAPE). AM ACTUALLY A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT FAR ERN OH AND NW PA FRI MRNG/EARLY AFTN. BOTH MDLS DO NOT MOVE THE FRONT THRU THIS REGION UNTIL 18-21Z FRI. THIS COMBINED WITH THE INCREASING SHEAR AND DAYTIME HEATING MAY ALLOW FOR AN INTENSIFICATION OF THE LINE OF STORMS AS IT MOVES THRU THE ERN AREA FRI. IN FACT...SPC HAS PLACED THE FAR ERN AREAS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR DAY 2 WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE. UPSTREAM TEMPS WERE IN THE LOWER 90S ON WED AND THIS SEEMS REASONABLE FOR TODAY GIVEN 850MB TEMPS CLOSE TO 20C. TOUGHER TEMP FCST ON FRI WITH FROPA. COULD SEE SOME WARM TEMPS OVER THE EAST FRI IF THE FRONT CAN BE DELAYED LONG ENOUGH. HAVE INCREASED TEMPS TO 80-85 EAST AND KEPT LOWER 80S WEST. && .LONG TERM (FRI NIGHT THRU WED)... NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO THE EXTENDED. WITH RAINFALL FRI AND COOLER TEMPS FRI NIGHT...PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT FRI INTO SAT MRNG. WKND LOOKS VERY PLEASANT WITH A CANADIAN HIGH OVER THE AREA THRU SUNDAY. HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE 70S SAT AND AROUND 80 SUNDAY UNDER CLEAR SKIES. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY DRIFT SOUTH INTO THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY PER HPC THINKING. WE WILL INTRODUCE PCPN ON TUESDAY TO REFLECT THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OH...NONE. .PA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MRD LONG TERM...MRD/REL AVIATION...DJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 524 AM EDT THU JUN 30 2005 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-011100- 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 524 AM EDT THU JUN 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COLD FRONT OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TOLEDO AND FINDLAY AREAS IS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WHILE THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN OHIO IS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED MOST OF OHIO UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE HAIL OF AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AND WINDS 58 MPH OR GREATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED EXTREME EASTERN OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY WILL BE EAST OF AKRON AND CLEVELAND...AND MAINLY IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MRD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1043 AM EDT THU JUN 30 2005 OHZ003-006>008-017-018-027-301542- HANCOCK OH-LUCAS OH-OTTAWA OH-SANDUSKY OH-SENECA OH-WOOD OH- WYANDOT OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOOSTER 1043 AM EDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF MICHIGAN SOUTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF INDIANA. THIS LINE HAS SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE LINE OF STORMS NEAR TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN AND FINDLAY IN BETWEEN 1130 AM TO NOON. THE LINE WILL REACH PORT CLINTON...FREMONT...TIFFIN AND UPPER SANDUSKY SHORTLY AFTER NOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:58 UTC.
26 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous large limbs reported down across the county.
A few large limbs reported down.
A few trees were reported down.
A tree and a few large limbs reported down.
A few trees reported down from severe thunderstorm winds.
Penny size hail was observed.
A few large limbs were reported down.
Many large limbs reported down.
Many large limbs reported down.
A 60 mph wind gust was estimated by law enforcement in Avery. As the storm progressed east, a 62 mph wind gust was measured in Vermillion by a trained spotter.
A trained spotter estimated winds at 60 mph, with several trees and powers lines down.
Numerous trees and large limbs were reported down from thunderstorm winds. Also, railroad gate crossing bars were broken due to severe thunderstorm winds.
A measured 63 mph wind gust was reported by local law enforcement.
Several trees and large limbs were reported down.
Several trees reported down from thunderstorm winds.
A few trees were reported down from severe thunderstorm winds.
A few large limbs were reported down.
Winds were estimated by a trained spotter at 60 mph.
Several trees were reported down across the county.
Several trees were reported down.
Several trees and power lines down reported from thunderstorm winds.
A few trees were reported down, which also took down power lines in the area.
Several large limbs and power lines downed from severe thunderstorm winds.
Two trees were reported down.
A few large limbs were reported down.
Penny size hail was observed.
A 73 mph wind gust was measured, which snapped a 20 foot tall lightpost in half and knocked down a windmill. A paddle boat was lifted out of the water and numerous trees and power lines were downed. Nickel size hail was also reported with this storm.
Numerous large limbs and radio antennas blown down from 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, June 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: 5460135, 5460222, 5460128, 5460130, 5460125, 5460126, 5460136, 5460123, 5460124, 5460127, 5460129, 5460212, 5460131, 5460213, 5460132, 5460221, 5460214, 5460224, 5460215, 5460216, 5460217, 5460133, 5460225, 5460218, 5460219, 5460220, 5460134, 5460223.