A line of thunderstorms moved east across northern Ohio.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms moved east across northern Ohio.
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 Apr 11, 8:27 PM EST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 927 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 .SHORT TERM UPDATE (TONIGHT-THU)... UPDATED EARLIER FOR SVR TS WATCH FOR MARION MORROW KNOX COUNTIES. STRONG TS QUICKLY APPROACHING THEM NOW AND WILL RETURN TO MONITORING THEM. FOR THIS UPDATE ADJUSTED HOURLY TEMPS/DEWPOINTS AND LOW/HIGH TONIGHT/THU. ADDED CHC THUNDER INTO TOMORROW MORNING FOR MAHONING STARK AREA AS SOME INSTABILITY STILL FORECAST THERE. WINDS WERE ALSO ADJUSTED UP TO ACCOUNT FOR CONTINUED GUSTINESS EXPECTED TONIGHT. UPDATED FORECAST PACKAGE ALREADY OUT. && .AVIATION(00Z-00Z)... ACTIVE AVIATION WEATHER TONIGHT. THE WHOLE GAMUT OF WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA WITH VFR CONDITIONS AT ERI AND LIFR AT TOL. FIRST WAVE OF PCPN MVNG THRU THE AREA JUST AHEAD OF THE WARM FRONT WHICH IS CURRENTLY JUST SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. MEANWHILE...CLASSIC DOWNSLOPE FLOW IN NE OH/NW PA KEEPING VFR OR MVFR CONDITIONS. THE WARM FRONT SHOULD SURGE N OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY ALLOWING CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING IN A WEAK DRY SLOT. LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE STRONG UPPER WAVE OVER WESTERN INDIANA MAY MAKE IT TO FDY AND MFD...WILL HAVE TO WATCH TOL. IT IS UNCLEAR IF THEY WILL BE SEVERE OR NOT DUE TO STABLE LOW LEVELS. WILL MENTION THUNDER AT THOSE SITES...BUT NOT SEVERE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE GUSTY TONIGHT WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 KT. LLWS ALSO A PROBLEM THIS EVENING WITH 50KT AT 2000 FT. MVFR CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY...WITH ADNL SHOWERS AS THE UPPER LOW REMAINS OVERHEAD. && .SHORT TERM UPDATE (TONIGHT)... QUICK UPDATE TO ADD THUNDER FROM VERMILION TO WOOSTER AND POINTS WEST. LIS LOOK TO GET NEAR ZERO WITH SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY. THUNDER QUICKLY APPROACHING MARION AS WELL. BREAK IN SHOWER ACTIVITY FOR A BIT EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE MORE RAIN PUSHES NORTHWARD. UPDATED FORECAST PACKAGE ALREADY OUT. && .SHORT TERM (TNGT THRU SAT)... SURFACE LOW OVER WEST CENTRAL IL AT THIS TIME IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO MICHIGAN EARLY TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE NORTHEAST AND WEAKEN AS A COASTAL LOW DEVELOPS OFF NEW ENGLAND. RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM IS ACROSS THE AREA AT THIS TIME AND WE ARE HEMMED IN BY SCATTERED THUNDER TO THE SOUTH AND SNOW TO OUR NORTHWEST. BELIEVE THE THUNDER SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA AND GVN THE LOW TRACK WOULD EXPECT THE SNOW SHOULD REMAIN TO OUR NORTHWEST. FOR US OVERNIGHT EXPECT RAIN TO CONTINUE ALTHOUGH WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE OCCLUDED FRONT THE FIRST HALF OF THE NIGHT...BLV RAIN SHIELD WILL BE LESS SOLID. WILL KEEP POPS HIGH ON THURSDAY AS WELL. GFS/NAM SHOWS THAT DEEP MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS OH AND NWRN PA. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA EXPECT AMS TO DESTABILIZE. WILL NEED TO INCLUDE A CHANCE OF SNOW MIXING IN HOWEVER AS A SECONDARY COLD FRONT DROPS 850MB TEMPS TO -6C BY AFTERNOON. XPC THURSDAYS HIGH WILL COME IN THE LATE MORNING OR AROUND NOON WITH STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING AFTERNOON TEMPS. THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL NEED TO KEEP HIGH CHC TO LIKELY POPS IN THE NORTHEAST DROPPING TO CHC/SLGT CHC SOUTHWEST. LATE FRIDAY AND EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT GFS/NAM SHOWS HIGH PRES MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WITH A WEAK UPPR RIDGE. WILL KEEP CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA GIVEN THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ALTHOUGH WL KP FCST DRY DURING THE NIGHT. SATURDAY NEXT SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY ADVANCE INTO THE AREA. 06Z GFS SHOWED THE LOW MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES AND THEN OUT TO SEA WHILE THE 12Z GFS BRINGS IT INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. WILL NEED TO WATCH THIS SYSTEM AS THE 850MB TEMPS ACROSS THE AREA ARE NOW EXPECTED TO BE AROUND -8C. HAVE TAKEN AFTERNOON HIGHS INTO THE 40S WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST ALTHOUGH IF THIS PATTERN HOLDS MAY NEED TO LOWER FURTHER. AT ANY RATE A FEW DEGREES LOWER AND THERE COULD BE ACCUMULATING SNOW. FOR NOW WILL GO WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND/OR SNOW. .LONG TERM(SAT NGT THRU WED)... GFS DEEPENS THE LOW SIGNIFICANTLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THE LOW IS NEAR THE VA COAST. GIVEN TRACK WILL NEED TO KEEP SNOW IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT...MIXING WITH RAIN ON SUNDAY. BY MONDAY THE GFS TAKES THE LOW EAST AND ALLOWS HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. WHILE THE GRAPHICS STILL WILL HAVE SLIGHT CHC POPS THE WORDED FORECAST WILL LEAVE THEM OUT. BY MID WEEK THE GFS BRINGS AN UPPER LOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. BETWEEN THE EXITING SYSTEM TO OUR EAST AND THE APPROACHING SOUTHERN PLAINS SYSTEM THE GFS BUILDS AN UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA SO WOULD EXPECT MONDAY THROUGH WED TO BE DRY WITH MODERATING TEMPS. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...TK/OUDEMAN LONG TERM...TK AVIATION...MRD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 728 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 OHZ036-037-047-121100- MARION-MORROW-KNOX- 728 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 127 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. LEZ142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-038-089-PAZ001>003- 121100- 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-HOLMES-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- 728 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 Cincinnati radar (KILN), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree which slightly damaged a house. A barn nearby was also damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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