19 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 Jun 5, 2:43 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 343 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-WED)... THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO FIRE WITH AMPLE INSTABILITY/NO CAP AND APPROACHING STRONG SHORTWAVE ACROSS MI/IN/IL. CLE CWA JUST AS RIPE...BUT LACKING FORCING FEATURE FOR THE TIME BEING. EXPECT SHOWERS/TS TO MOST LIKELY CLIP WESTERN COUNTIES WITH SOME REACHING STRONG/SEVERE LIMITS...ESPECIALLY IN MODERATE RISK AREA. COLD FRONT AND MAIN UPPER TROUGH STILL WAY OFF TO THE WEST BUT WILL MOVE THROUGH OVERNIGHT/CLOSER TO MORNING. THATS WHERE MORE OF THE CHALLENGE COMES IN. HOW MANY SHRA/TS WILL BE SPARKED/CONTINUE BY/WITH THESE FEATURES ACROSS THE CWA. GUID POPS VARY FROM NO RAIN TO MID CHC POPS. HAVE BEST POPS THIS EVENING WEST...LOWERING THEM AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON AND WITH EASTWARD PROPAGATION. IF SOLID LINE FORMS FROM CONVECTION TO OUR WEST...WE HAVE BETTER CHCS OF PRECIP MAKING IT FURTHER EAST. WENT WITH GENERIC PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR TONIGHT...BUT THAT MAY NEED TWEAKING...AT LEAST IN THE GRIDS...DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH DEBRIS CLOUDINESS LINE OF STORMS PRODUCE. WARM NIGHT TONIGHT. TOMORROW MAIN TROUGH WILL STILL NEED TO EXIT THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL SCT SHRA/TS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST COUNTIES TOMORROW AFTERNOON. TEMPS NOT TO COME DOWN TOO MUCH AFTER THIS SYSTEM PASSES TOMORROW...STILL MID/UPPER 80S WITH NO HUMIDITY RELIEF. THEN WE SHOULD REMAIN DRY FROM TUE-THU AS A FLAT RIDGE DEVELOPS...KEEPING US ON THE WARM SIDE. && .LONG TERM (THU-SUN)... BY FRI A FRONT WILL BE IN THE VICINITY JUST TO OUR NORTHWEST WITH MOISTURE ROTATING AROUND SUBTROPICAL HIGH. HAVE INCREASED/TWEAKED TIMING OF GOING POPS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD TO REFLECT INCREASED CHC THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...AND THEN BRINGING CHC PRECIP THROUGH WITH THE FRONT. THIS FRONT LOOKS TO STALL SOMEWHERE IN THE REGION...HERE OR NORTH...KEEPING CHC INTO SAT...DEPENDING ON HOW WELL RIDGE ESTABLISHES ITSELF. SUN MOST UNCERTAIN WITH WESTERN TROUGH POSSIBLY LIFTING OUT. && .AVIATION (18-18)... WL CONT PREV TAF TREND OF BRINGING THREAT FOR SCT TSRA ACRS TAFS SITES FM W TO E THIS AFTN AND EVE AS WEAKENING CDFNT MOVS E INTO ERN OH BY 18Z MON. AMS VERY UNSTBL THIS AFTN AND EVE FOR STG TO PSBLY SVR TSRA BUT LACKING GUD FOCUS MECHANISM. WL USE CURRENT CONDS AT 17Z TO TRY AND BEST TIME ANY TEMPO GPS FOR TSRA...OTRW WL JUST USE VCTS TO INDICATE TIME PD WHEN FELL BEST THREAT FOR SCATTERED TSRA MAY EXIST. TOL WL BE MOST LIKELY TAF SITE FOR PSBL SVR TSRA WITH WND GUSTS OF 50 KT OR MORE. SLY WND FLOW SHIFTING TO SW SHUD KP FOG THREAT AWAY TNGT. THREAT FOR PRECIP SHUD BE OVR FM CLE TO MFD AND POINTS W BY 12Z MON MORN. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OH...NONE. .PA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...OUDEMAN LONG TERM...OUDEMAN AVIATION...ADAMS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 501 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-060900- 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 501 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A CHANCE (SLIGHT RISK) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO...GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 71...BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS FORECAST A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. A COLD FRONT WAS OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. STORMS WILL DEVELOP WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT OVER LOWER MICHIGAN AND INDIANA ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN AN AREA OF MAXIMUM DESTABILIZATION TODAY. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THE STORMS WILL THEN WEAKEN OVERNIGHT AS THEY MOVE EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... STORMS WILL REDEVELOP AHEAD OF THE WEAKENING COLD FRONT ON MONDAY. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 71 AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA MONDAY MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BY EVENING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING...PARTICULARLY FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. KOSARIK
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:43 UTC.
19 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds were estimated at nearly 60 mph in western part of the county. A tree was reported down in Perrysburg and a twelve inch tree limb was down in Toledo. In Waterville, a tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds.
Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 58 mph.
Penny size hail was observed.
A trained spotter estimated winds around 70 mph. Numerous trees, large limbs, and powers lines came down as a result of the high winds across the county. A tree was reported to have fallen on a car causing damage. At a high school, a set of stadium lights were knocked down due to the high winds.
Winds around 60 mph were reported in Findley as thunderstorms moved through the county. Numerous trees, large limbs, and power lines were down across the county from Arcadia south to Vanlue.
Observed winds by a trained spotter were estimated at 58 mph.
Observed winds by a trained spotter were estimated at 60 mph. Strong winds damaged a roof of a house and uprooted a tree 24 inches in diameter. Numerous other trees were downed across the county along with power lines. In Woodville, two tree limbs between 12 and 18 inches in diameter were taken down as the storms passed through the county.
Numerous trees and power lines reported down around Marion.
Several trees and power poles knocked down.
A few large limbs reported down.
Observed winds by a trained spotter were estimated at 60 mph.
A few large limbs reported down.
A roof was blown off a barn.
Numerous trees and power lines downed by strong winds.
A few large limbs reported down.
A large tree and a few large limbs were reported down.
One tree was reported down in Fredericktown, and a few large limbs were reported down in Mt. Liberty.
Numerous large limbs down along with power lines.
A few large limbs reported down.
A few large limbs reported down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5459320, 5459666, 5459665, 5459321, 5459659, 5459325, 5459324, 5459667, 5459664, 5459668, 5459322, 5459669, 5459660, 5459661, 5459670, 5459323, 5459662, 5459663, 5459671, 5459672.