3 thunderstorm wind, 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 26, 1:48 PM EST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 248 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 .SHORT TERM(TONIGHT THRU FRI NIGHT)... LOOKS LIKE WARM AND POTENTIALLY WET WEATHER WILL BE THE RULE THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. AREA OF SHRA/TSRA CURRENTLY MOVING INTO NW OH CONTS TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN. THIS TREND WILL LIKELY CONT NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS PRECIP MOVES INTO RELATIVELY STABLE AIR AS MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS HAVE HELD TEMPS IN MID 80S. HOWEVER...STILL EXPECT MORE ACTIVITY TO SPROUT UP LATER THIS EVE AS DECENT LOW LEVEL JET GETS SET UP JUST TO THE W. AT THE SAME TIME...NICE VORT SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WILL ROTATE ACROSS AREA. NOT MUCH SFC CONVERGENCE BUT SHEAR WILL INCR AS UPPER WAVE ARRIVES THUS EXPECTING MAINLY MULTICELL ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP. SUM STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS ESP WRN AREAS. BIGGER CONCERN THO IS POTENTIAL TRAINING OF ECHOS. BOTH GFS/NAM PRINTING OUT COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF QPF BUT STILL THINK THIS MAY BE A LITTLE OVERDONE. AT ANY RATE...WILL CONT WITH LIKELY POPS TONIGHT AND AGAIN FOR THU. WILL CONT WITH PRECIP IN THE FORECAST THRU FRI NIGHT WITH MOIST ATMOSPHERE AND DEWPOINTS MAINLY IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S. AGAIN WON/T BE MUCH IN THE WAY OF SFC FORCING BUT THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH LEFT OVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FLOATING AROUND TO INITIATE AT LEAST SCT STORMS. HAVE LOWERED HI TEMPS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS A TAD FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST GIVEN AMOUNT OF CLOUDS AND PRECIP EXPECTED. EVEN WITH FULL SUN TEMPS WILL STRUGGLE GIVEN MOIST GROUND AND LEVEL OF GREENNESS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS. && .LONG TERM (SAT THRU WED)... SUMMERLIKE PATTERN WILL CONT THRU THE END OF THE PERIOD. TEMPS WILL CONT TO AVERAGE ABOVE NORMAL WITH DEWPOINTS ALSO REMAINING FAIRLY HIGH. LATEST EXTENDED GUID NOW KEEPING QUASI STATIONARY BOUNDARY FURTHER N THAN ADVERTISED BY EARLIER RUNS. THIS OF COURSE WILL RESULT IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES MENTIONED ABOVE. COULD SEE A STRAY TSRA JUST ABOUT ANYTIME WITH THE WARM AND HUMID SWLY FLOW. BUT...WILL CONFINE SMALL PRECIP CHANCES TO SAT AND SUN WHEN FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE THE CLOSEST. WILL THEN TRY FOR DRY WX THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD AS SFC RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE S. COLD FRONT WILL FINALLY APPROACH FORECAST AREA AT END OF THE PERIOD SO PRECIP WILL AGAIN BE A THREAT JUST AFT PERIOD ENDS. && .AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... VIS SAT SHOWING NICE TRANSITION FROM HIGH CI ACROSS WESTERN AREAS TO LOWER LEVEL CU ACROSS EASTERN HALF OF FORECAST AREA. EXPECTING HI CLDS TO CONTINUE PUSHING INTO AREAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NOT EXPECTING MUCH ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT EXPECTING SOME ACTIVITY ACROSS MI-IN TO GET INTO WESTERN SITES AROUND 00Z. ONLY MADE SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO TIMING WITH ACTIVITY AS IT PUSHES THROUGH AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GUIDANCE INDICATING SOME FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVITY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SO CONTINUED WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF TSRA AND -RA W/REDUCED VSBYS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME DURING OVERNIGHT. AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE PASSES THROUGH AREA DURING THUR WILL KEEP PRECIP AND LOWER CEILINGS VSBYS THROUGH THE END OF FORECAST PERIOD. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OH...NONE. .PA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...KUBINA LONG TERM...KUBINA AVIATION...ABE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 526 AM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 LEZ142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089- PAZ001>003-271100- 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-LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA- SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-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- CRAWFORD PA- 526 AM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE... NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT MAY BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A CLEVELAND TO MANSFIELD LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. OUDEMAN
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 154 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were reported down from North Baltimore east to the northwest side of Fostoria. Several power poles were snapped northwest of Fostoria, and a barn was damaged along State Route 199.
Numerous trees were reported down throughout the city of Fostoria. Four houses and two cars sustained damage from trees falling on them. A restaurant in Fostoria had two walls knocked down causing considerable structural damage.
Several large trees were reported down. A building was also displaced off of it's foundation causing considerable structural damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2006
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: 5527466, 5527467, 5527468.