8 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 Sep 22, 1:38 PM EST, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 238 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THRU SAT)... WL HV TO DEAL WITH SLGT SVR THREAT THIS EVE AS CDFNT MOVS THRU PUSHING UNSTBL AMS SE OF AREA BY LATER TNGT. THINK MOST OF THE PRECIP SHUD BE SE OF AREA BY FRIDAY SO PLAN TO ONLY CARRY SML CHC FOR SERN COS FRI MORN. MODELS NOW COMING BACK ARND TO SHOWING STRONGER RDG BLDG ACRS AREA LATE FRI INTO SAT THUS SPLITTING THE BAND OF PRECIP THAT WAS SHOWN TO PERSIST OVR PART OF CWA FRI NITE AND SAT. NOW WL BACK POPS OFF BOTH PDS WITH EXPECTATION THAT ENERGY WL RE-FOCUS BACK WITH NEXT SYS PROGGED FOR SUN. && .LONG TERM (SAT NIGHT THRU THU)... GFS AND ECMWF CONT TO SHOW CDFNT MOVG THRU LATE SUN. QUESTION IS WHETHER MSTR FM REMNANTS OF RITA WL EJECT NE AHD OF FNT WHICH WL GREATLY AFFECT POPS AND QPF. WL GNLY PLAY CLOSE TO GFS/HPC GUIDANCE FOR NOW. MOST PRECIP SHUD END NW TO SE SUN NITE BUT A LTL CUD LINGER INTO MON MORN FOR SERN COS. HI PRES MOVG ACRS AREA FOR DRY WX LATER MON INTO TUE NITE. MAY NEED SLGT CHC FOR SHRA/TSRA AS EARLY AS LATE TUE NITE FOR XTRM W...OTWR WL CARRY CHC ON WED AND WED NITE FOR FROPA THEN XPCT RETURN TO DRY WX ON THU WITH NEXT RDG BLDG TWD AREA. && .AVIATION(18Z-18Z)... && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OH...NONE. .PA...NONE. SHORT TERM...ADAMS LONG TERM...ADAMS AVIATION...ABE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 533 AM EDT THU SEP 22 2005 OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027-028-230945- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-WYANDOT- CRAWFORD- 533 AM EDT THU SEP 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE... SPC HAS PLACED NORTHWEST OHIO IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. OHZ010>014-020>023-029>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-230945- LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-MEDINA-SUMMIT- PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION- MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD- 533 AM EDT THU SEP 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 747 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2005 OHZ009>014-089-PAZ001>003-230030- ASHTABULA LAKESHORE OH-LORAIN OH-CUYAHOGA OH-GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH- ASHTABULA INLAND OH-SOUTHERN ERIE PA-NORTHERN ERIE PA-CRAWFORD PA- ERIE OH- 747 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2005 THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS LAKE ERIE AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THE STORMS WILL ARRIVE ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE BETWEEN 830 AND 9 PM. IF THE STORMS MAINTAIN THEIR INTENSITY THERE COULD BE WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH OVER THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES FROM NEAR SANDUSKY EAST TO CLEVELAND AND ASHTABULA TO ERIE PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WOULD LIKELY OCCUR NEAR THE LAKESHORE. THE STORMS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER INDOORS. KOSARIK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 755 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2005 OHZ003-006>009-017>019-230100- HANCOCK OH-SENECA OH-HURON OH-SANDUSKY OH-WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-ERIE OH- OTTAWA OH- 755 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2005 ...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD THE REGION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES BY 850 PM...AND OTTAWA...SANDUSKY...HANCOCK AND SENECA COUNTIES BY 930 PM. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM APPLIANCES AND WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. LOMBARDY
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:31 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large limbs were reported down.
Numerous trees and power lines were reported down.
Several trees and power lines were reported down.
Severe thunderstorm downburst winds caused substantial damage in Perkins Township, just south of the City of Sandusky, during the late evening hours of the 22nd. The damage was concentrated in an area just west of the Sandusky Mall. The thunderstorm winds were estimated to be around 70 mph. Forty to fifty homes in Perkins Township were damaged. A few homes had moderate damage but most of the damage was minor. A house nearly one hundred and fifty years old had its chimney knocked down from the severe winds. Another house had a roof collapse into the living room. A garage at another location collapsed after the roof was completely torn off. Other houses primarily had damage to their roofs. A church had two sections of it's roof torn off, and four windows blown out of it. Fifteen to twenty trees were completely uprooted in the area, and hundreds of other trees were knocked down or sustained major damage from large limbs broken off of them. Along with trees, many areas had power lines that were downed.
A few large limbs were reported down.
Lightning struck a house which resulted in it catching on fire. Damage from both the fire and water was substantial.
Several trees and power lines were reported down.
A few large limbs were reported down.
A few large limbs were reported down.
Lightning struck a transformer and caught it on fire. The fire spread to an industrial building nearby catching the building on fire. There was major structural damage as a result of the fire.
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, September 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: 5474062, 5474061, 5474064, 5473938, 5473844, 5474115, 5474063, 5473845, 5473846, 5474116.