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 moved into Northwest Pennsylvania just after daybreak.
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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 moved into Northwest Pennsylvania just after daybreak. Winds ahead and along this front gusted to nearly 50 mph. Several trees and large limbs were reported down in Erie and Crawford Counties. A few 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 10, 4:29 AM EST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 429 AM EST FRI MAR 10 2006 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THRU SUNDAY)...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON. CURRENTLY LOW OVER SE LOWER MICHIGAN WITH THE COLD FRONT NR THE OHIO/INDIANA BORDER. WINDS ACROSS OHIO AND NW PA AHEAD OF FRONT HAS SUSTAINED WINDS INTO THE 30S WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE HURON THIS MORNING DRAGGING THE TRAILING COLD FRONT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. FRONT FORECAST TO BE EAST OF FORECAST AREA BY MID MORNING...AFTER WHICH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DROP. CURRENTLY RADAR SHOWING 60 KNOT WINDS AT 3,000 FEET WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NAM 925 MB FORECAST WINDS FOR NOW...NAM 925 MB WINDS FORECAST TO DROP TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS BY 21Z. BACK EDGE OF RAIN JUST MOVING EAST OF THE TOLEDO AREA AND SHOULD BE EAST OF THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BY LATE MORNING. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT CONTINUES EAST AND MOVES OFF THE EAST COAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SECOND LOW MOVES ACROSS UPPER MIDWEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON (LOW COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM NRN WI TO SRN CANADA DEPENDING UPON WHICH MODEL YOU BELIEVE. TREND ON ALL 3 MODELS IS THE SAME...LIFTING A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME INCREASED LIFT AND MOISTURE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. NAM SEEMS TO BE OVERDOING POPS A BIT SATURDAY AFTERNOON SO WENT WITH THE GFS CHC POPS INSTEAD. NAM AND GFS BRING STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS FORECAST AREA SUNDAY MORNING...WITH GFS RUNNING ABOUT 3-4 HOURS SLOWER. EITHER WAY BOTH SHOW RAIN AND FALLING TEMPS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. && .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. && .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...DJB 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 307 AM EST FRI MAR 10 2006 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-101000- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON... RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD... ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD... MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO... MEADVILLE 307 AM EST FRI MAR 10 2006 STRONG WINDS WERE PUSHING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA STRONG SOUTH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WERE OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO. AT 2 AM A WIND GUST OF 50 MPH WAS REPORTED AT MARION OHIO. AT 3 AM A WIND GUST OF 53 MPH WAS REPORTED AT MANSFIELD. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS. A FEW TREES OR TREE LIMBS AS WELL AS POWER LINES COULD BE BROUGHT DOWN BY THE WINDS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 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: 5494530, 5494531, 5494532.