A very strong area of low pressure passed to the north of Lake Erie on November 6th. A cold front trailing the low swept east across northern Ohio and produced damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
A very strong area of low pressure passed to the north of Lake Erie on November 6th. A cold front trailing the low swept east across northern Ohio and produced damaging winds. The front moved through the Toledo area around daybreak and reached the Interstate 71 corridor by midday. The front exited Ohio to the east during the afternoon. Westerly winds behind the front gusted in excess of 50 mph. Hundreds of trees were downed across northern Ohio. Fallen trees damaged several homes. There were also many reports of snapped power poles and downed lines resulting in scattered outages. Severe thunderstorms occurred ahead of the cold front and also caused considerable damage.
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 Nov 6, 6:45 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 645 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 .AVIATION(12Z-12Z)... DEEP LOW WRN MI WILL MOVE OVER LAKE SUPERIOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TODAY...EXPECT FROPA AT CLE NR 17Z. BEHIND FRONT WINDS SW WINDS WITH GUSTS INTO THE MID 30S. AHEAD OF FRONT BKN LINE OF TSRA MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...MOVING EAST BETWEEN 50 TO 60 KNOTS. HAD WIND GUST TO 54 KNOTS WHEN IT MOVED THROUGH TOL. COULD SEE SOME TSRA REDEVEOLPMENT NE OH NW PA AHEAD OF FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS CONDITIONS BEGIN TO DESTABLIZE. && .SHORT TERM(TODAY-MONDAY)... FORECAST ON TRACK...NO CHANGES TO WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES EXCEPT TO MOVE HANCOCK TO HIGH WIND WARNING. WARNING COULD BE EXTENDED IN THE EASTERN AREAS LATER TODAY AS STRONG WINDS WILL START THERE LATER. && LONG TERM (TUESDAY-SATURDAY)... START OUT THE EXTDD WITH A FAIRLY FLAT SWLY FLOW ALOFT TENDING TWD MORE AMPLIFIED FLOW MID WEEK AS TROF MOVS INTO THE CNTRL U.S.. MODEL DIFR WITH GFS MUCH MORE AMPLIFIED THAN ENS FCST AND ECWMF. FOLLOWING HPC GUID WENT WITH MORE AMPLIFIED SOLN BUT NEARLY AS MUCH AS OPN GFS. THIS SHOULD BRING THE TROF THRU THE AREA BY FRI. CDFNT WILL MOVE THRU ON WED WITH WAVE PSBL ALG FNT THU KEEPING SOME SHWRS IN OVER THE ERN AREAS. THIS FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE AND FAIR WEATHER FOR THU AND FRIDAY. STILL TEMPS NEAR OR ABV NORMAL. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OH...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR N OHIO OHZ003-006>014-017>023-089 FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM SUNDAY. WIND ADVISORY FOR REMAINDER OF N OHIO OHZ027>033-036>038-047 FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM SUNDAY. GALE WARNING LAKE ERIE WEST HALF 12Z SUNDAY THRU 08Z MONDAY. STORM WARNING LAKE ERIE EAST HALF 12Z SUNDAY THRU 08Z MONDAY. .PA...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR NORTHWEST PA PAZ001-002-003 FROM 7AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM SUNDAY. GALE WARNING LAKE ERIE WEST HALF 12Z SUNDAY THRU 08Z MONDAY. STORM WARNING LAKE ERIE EAST HALF 12Z SUNDAY THRU 08Z MONDAY. && SHORT TERM UPDATE...KOSARIK SHORT TERM...KIELTYKA LONG TERM...WCR AVIATION...DJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 421 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-070930- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA- ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE- TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING- MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE- 421 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS MORNING WILL BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH AREAS WITH A WIND ADVISORY ELSEWHERE TODAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY IS BECAUSE OF A COLD FRONT AND STRONG LOW PRESSURE THAT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA. TREES AND POWER LINES COULD COME DOWN IN THE WARNING AREA WITH MAINLY LIMBS AND JUST A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY MAINLY THIS MORNING. LEZ142>149-162>169-070930- MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH- AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH- GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- MAUMEE BAY OH TO RENO BEACH OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-GENEVA-ON- THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- 421 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GALE AND OR STORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY MAINLY THIS MORNING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
447 AM EST SUN NOV 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0439 AM TSTM WND GST TOLEDO 41.66N 83.58W
11/06/2005 59 MPH LUCAS OH TRAINED SPOTTER
AT LATHOB AND BANCROFT ON THE WESTSIDE OF TOLEDO.
&&
KIELTYKAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
649 AM EST SUN NOV 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 AM TSTM WND DMG BOWLING GREEN 41.38N 83.65W
11/06/2005 WOOD OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL POLES AND A BARN BLOWN DOWN...CATTLE RUNNING IN
THE ROAD.
0530 AM TSTM WND DMG GIBSONBURG 41.39N 83.32W
11/06/2005 SANDUSKY OH AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE LIMB DOWN ON HOUSE AND BLOCKING ROAD.
0530 AM TSTM WND DMG WOODVILLE 41.45N 83.36W
11/06/2005 SANDUSKY OH AMATEUR RADIO
TREE LIMB AND POWERLINE DOWN ON HOUSE.
0545 AM TSTM WND DMG PORT CLINTON 41.51N 82.94W
11/06/2005 OTTAWA OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON TRAILER IN PORTAGE TOWNSHIP.TWO TREES DOWN
IN CATAWBA TOWNSHIP.
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KIELTYKAThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
17 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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