An area of strong low pressure over Central Indiana at midnight on March 10th moved northeast across Lower Michigan and into southeastern Ontario by daybreak. A strong cold front trailing this low swept east across northern Ohio during the predawn hours of the 10th.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
An area of strong low pressure over Central Indiana at midnight on March 10th moved northeast across Lower Michigan and into southeastern Ontario by daybreak. A strong cold front trailing this low swept east across northern Ohio during the predawn hours of the 10th. Winds ahead and along this front gusted in excess of 50 mph. Peak gusts of 57 mph were recorded in Lorain, Holmes and Stark Counties. Many trees and large limbs were reported down across the region. Scattered power outages were also reported.
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 Mar 9, 11:42 PM EST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1142 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006 .AVIATION (06Z-06Z)... LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP THROUGH ILLINOIS INTO MISSOURI WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. CEILINGS SHOULD REMAIN VFR THROUGH THE NIGHT AND GO MVFR TOMORROW MORNING AS THE LOW PUSHES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. LARGE SWATH OF RAIN HEADED NORTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA SO WILL ACCOUNT FOR THAT IN TAFS ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITIES SHOULD DROP TO NO MORE THAN MVFR THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .SHORT TERM(TONIGHT INTO FRI MRNG)... DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE NOW OVER SRN ILLINOIS. THIS LOW SHOULD TRACK INTO SRN LOWER MI BY 06Z. A FEW CONCERNS FOR THIS UPDATE ARE WINDS...AND POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORM ESPECIALLY WITH LOW TOPPED CONVECTION IN THE AREA OF STEEPER LAPSE RATES UNDER THE COLD POOL. THE 21Z RUC SUGGESTS THAT THE AREA OF STORMS OVR THE BOOTHEEL OF MO AND WRN KY/TN WL MOVE TOWARD THE AREA OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS NIL ATTM ACROSS OHIO...AS THE COLDER AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPR LVL WAVE MOVES OVERHEAD AFTER 06Z...EXPECT LAPSE RATES TO STEEPEN CAUSING MUCAPE VALUES PER 21Z RUC OF 100-200 J/KG ACROSS THE AREA BY 09Z. ALTHOUGH THIS DOES NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH...WITH STRONG DYNAMICS AND HIGH SHEAR VALUES...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO MIX THE STRONGER WINDS ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER DOWN TO THE SFC. WL THEREFORE KEEP THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FCST...BUT NOT MENTION GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STORMS SINCE IT IS STILL UNCERTAIN THAT THE STORMS WILL SUSTAIN THEIR CURRENT STRENGTH AS THEY MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA. AS FOR THE WIND ADVY...AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS SHIFT THAT THE THERE ARE SOME COMPLICATING FACTORS WITH STRONG SYNOPTIC WINDS. IT IS VERY HARD FOR STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP IN THE WARM SECTOR UNLESS THEY ARE BEING HELPED BY CONVECTION. IN FACT...ONLY MARGINAL ADVY GUSTS ARE OCCURRING IN THE WARM SECTOR AT THIS TIME. TO GET STRONGER WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT STRONG COLD ADVECTION IS NEEDED WITH A STRONG ISOALLOBARIC COMPONENT. THE NAM AND GFS SHOW THAT THE BEST COLD ADVECTION WL BE OVER MI. HOWEVER THE PURE GRADIENT WINDS COMBINED WITH 3 HR PRES RISES OF 6-9MB WILL PROBABLY BE ENOUGH FOR ADVY TYPE WINDS SEVERAL HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF FROPA. STILL THINK 25-30 G45 MPH SEEM REASONABLE...ALTHOUGH IF THE CONVECTION CAN SUSTAIN ITSELF FROM MO INTO THE REGION SOME STRONGER THUNDERSTORM GUSTS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. AS FOR TEMPS...IT SEEMS HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT TEMPS WL REALLY DROP MUCH UNTIL FROPA WHICH WILL BE BETWEEN 10-13Z. THINK THE WRN AREAS HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR COOLING INTO THE MID-UPR 40S...BUT THINKING THE ERN AREAS WILL STAY IN THE 50-55 RANGE. WL THEREFORE BUMP UP TEMPS ALL ZONES TONIGHT. ZONES OUT BY 915 PM...NPW OUT BY 945 PM. && .SHORT TERM(TONIGHT THRU SATURDAY NIGHT)... WENT WITH A WIND ADVISORY AS MODELS AT FROPA ARE TRYING TO BRING DOWN AT LEAST 40 KNOTS OF WINDS. IN FACT THE 18Z NAM AND 12Z GFS NOW HAVE 50 TO 55 KNOTS AT 925 MB AT FROPA. THE COLD ADVECTION ISNT REAL STRONG BUT THE POTENTIAL IS THERE TO COME DOWN. IT IS A MARGINAL EVENT. FOR THIS EVENING AMS SHOULD BE STABLE JUST FOR SHOWERS AND THEN AS THE FRONT GETS CLOSER AND ELEVATED CONVECTION SHOULD KICK IN. ATTM DONT THINK IT WILL BE SEVERE AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST AMS SHOULD BE MORE STABLE. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED. SOME PCPN JUST WITH FROPA AND THEN DECREASING CLOUDS. GFS HANGS UNTO THE PCPN A LITTLE LONGER WHICH MIGHT NOT BE BAD WITH UVV. FLOOD GUIDANCE IS HIGH OVER 2 INCHES FOR NORTHWEST OHIO THUS NO WATCH ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AS RAINFALL WILL BE AROUND AN INCH. THE FLOOD GUIDANCE FOR NW PA IS LOW...BUT RAINFALL SHOULD BE LIGHT...HOWEVER...THIS NEEDS TO BE WATCHED. DRY FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN A TROUGH FOR SATURDAY CHANCE POPS. GFS AND NAM HAVE SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES ON THIS. SATURDAY NIGHT ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES IN. GUIDANCE TEMPS OK. && .LONG TERM(SUN-THU)... GFS AND ECMWF IN AGREEMENT WITH A COLD FRONT FOR SUNDAY AND THEN THE FRONT PUSHING BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN ANOTHER COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES AND A THREAT OF RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS. LOW LEVEL THICKNESS STAYS UP FOR A BIT. TEMPS ARE TOUGH SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH A BOUNDARY IN THE AREA. ANOTHER BOUNDARY IN THE AREA THURSDAY FOR A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .OH...NONE. .PA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MRD/KIELTYKA LONG TERM...KIELTYKA AVIATION...LOMBARDY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 815 AM EST THU MAR 9 2006 LEZ142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089- PAZ001>003-101030- 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- 815 AM EST THU MAR 9 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 THE STORM PREDICITION CENTER HAS NORTHWEST OHIO IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. THE GREATEST THREAT WOULD BE FROM DOWN BURST WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT IN NORTHWEST OHIO. KIELTYKA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
28 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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: 5494521, 5494522, 5494523, 5494524, 5494525, 5494526, 5494527, 5494528, 5494529, 5498083, 5498084, 5498085, 5498086, 5498087, 5498088, 5498089, 5498090, 5498091, 5498092, 5498093, 5498094, 5498095, 5498096, 5498097, 5498098, 5498099, 5498100, 5498101.