A strong cold front moved through northern Ohio during the afternoon and evening hours of the 19th. Ahead of this cold front in a very warm and moist airmass, severe thunderstorms developed during the midday hours.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
A strong cold front moved through northern Ohio during the afternoon and evening hours of the 19th. Ahead of this cold front in a very warm and moist airmass, severe thunderstorms developed during the midday hours. The activity continued through the afternoon before diminishing during the evening hours as the cold front moved east of the area.
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 Jun 19, 9:00 AM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1000 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOLLOWED BY COOLER HIGH PRESSURE ON WEDNESDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY SLIP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LOWER LAKES THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE IS LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT FROM ONTARIO MAY TRY TO DROP SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... UPDATED TO REMOVE AFTERNOON WORDING. FRONT IS STILL WELL TO THE WEST BUT SHOWERS/STORMS AHEAD OF FRONT ALONG PREFRONTAL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR ACTIVITY TO FILL BACK IN TODAY. THE SHOWERS/TROUGH SHOULD BE THROUGH THE TOLEDO AREA BY AROUND NOON AND I SUSPECT THAT WHILE MOST OF NW OHIO WILL SEE A SHOWER OR TWO THE TIMING IS MORE FAVORABLE FOR NEW CONVECTION FARTHER EAST...FROM I-71 CORRIDOR EAST AS PREFRONTAL TROUGH PUSHES ACROSS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR NEW SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DEVELOP RIGHT ALONG THE ACTUAL FRONT SO WILL NOT REMOVE THE CHANCE FOR ANOTHER SHOWER/STORM THIS AFTRN NW OHIO. MODELS NOTORIOUS FOR ELIMINATING INSTABILITY TOO QUICKLY IN THESE MOIST SHOWERY ENVIRONMENTS AND CURRENTLY PLENTY OF THIN SPOTS IN THE CLOUDS. SHOULD SEE DECENT HEATING ACROSS NE OH/NW PA AHEAD OF FRONT/TROUGH. SPC HAS THE AREA OF EXTREME NE OH/NW PA IN SLGT RISK TODAY AND WILL I WILL MENTION THE ENTIRE AREA EAST OF I-71 AS HAVING A CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS AND WILL FCST MAX TEMPS A CATEGORY OR SO ABV GUIDANCE. THREAT OF ANY SHOWERS SHOULD END WITH ACTUAL FRONTAL PASSAGE WHICH SHOULD CLEAR THE TOLEDO AREA AROUND 19Z AND CLE AROUND 23Z AND REACH THE PA/OF BORDER BY 02Z. CLEARING SOON AFTER FROPA WITH COOLER AND LESS HUMID BY LATE AFTRN/EVENING NW OH AND TONIGHT REMAINDER OF FCST AREA. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... FLOW ALOFT STARTS TO BECOME NORTHWEST BY MID WEEK WITH A LARGE AND RELATIVELY FLAT RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN STATES. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO BECOME DOMINANT OVER THE EASTERN STATES RIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AIRMASS BEHIND FRONT IS COOLER THAN NORMAL AND SEE NO REASON THAT WE WILL NOT SEE THE CAA AND DRIER AIR CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. NOTICEABLY COOLER AND LESS HUMID WITH THE COOLEST TEMPS NEAR THE LAKESHORE EAST OF CLE ACROSS NW PA. FAVOR COOLER TEMP GUIDANCE FOR WEDNESDAY ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE AS COOL AS ETA AND WILL COMPROMISE BETWEEN GFS AND ETA HIGHS TEMPS...FROM LOWER 80S NW OHIO TO LOWER 70S NW PA. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... WEAK COLD FRONT TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN LAKES ON THURSDAY. NOT SURE ABOUT THE TIMING OR THE AVAILABILITY OF MUCH MOISTURE. MIGHT SEE A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS REDEVELOP INLAND FROM LAKE ERIE DURING THE DAY BUT COVERAGE SHOULD BE SPARSE AT BEST AND WILL USE A 20 POP AT THIS TIME. DO NOT LIKE THE LOOK OF THE MODELS FARTHER OUT AS THE GFS AND EVEN THE ECMWF APPEAR TO HAVE TOO MUCH CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. SHORT WAVE AND SURFACE LOW SEEM WAY TO STRONG ON SATURDAY AND FEATURE MAY WELL BE WEAKER AND FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST. CANADIAN MODEL SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDEL ON PATTERN. NO CONFIDENCE THAT THERE WILL BE ANY SIGNIFICANT SHOWERS/STORMS FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY SO WILL CUT BACK ON POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE AT THIS TIME. ANOTHER COLD FRONT PROGGED TO TRY AND DROP SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN GREAT LAKES SUNDAY BUT MODELS TRENDING TOWARD A WEAKENING FRONT WITH LITTLE PUSH TO THE SOUTH AS RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS SO WILL KEEP FCST DRY AND INCREASE TEMPS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. NEXT COLD FRONT MIGHT TAKE UNTIL TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION /12Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... CDFNT MOVG E ACRS AREA TDA WL PRODUCE SCT SHRA/TSRA. THE STRONGER TSRA SHUD OCCUR ARND CAK...YNG AND ERI DUE TO MAXIMUM DAYTIME HEATING AHD OF THE CDFNT ADDING TO THE STORMS STRENGTH THERE. GNLY VFR CONDS WL PREVAIL WITH AREAS OF MVFR IN THE SHRA AND LOCALIZED BRIEF PDS OF IFR IN SOME OF THE TSRA. WNDS CUD GUST TO 50KT IN THE STRONG TO LCLY SVR TSRA BUT SHUD BE SML IN AREA DUE TO LIMITED THREAT SO PROB WL MISS TAF SITES. UNLESS TSRA IS IMMINENT AT TAF TIME WL ONLY CARRY THUNDER FOR A FEW HRS IN ERN TAFS PER PREVIOUS TAF PACKAGE. CLEARING SKIES EARLY TNGT FOR CONTD VFR. HI PRES DOMINATES MOST OF THE EXTENDED PD THRU SAT AND SHUD RESULT IN VFR CONDS. QUESTION OF PSBL WK LOW PRES SYS MOVG THRU FRI NITE OR SAT BUT MODELS DIFFER ON THIS SO NOT SURE WHICH WAY TO GO YET ON THIS. && .MARINE... S TO SWLY FLOW WL SHIFT TO W THEN NW WITH FROPA LATER TDA AND EARLY TNGT THEN GRADUALLY DMNSH AS HI PRES MOVS IN WED AND WED NITE. MODELS GREATLY DIFFER ON PSBL WV OF LOW PRES MOVG THRU LERI AREA SOMETIME FRI THRU SAT SO LOW CONFIDENCE ON WNDS THEN. W TO NW FLOW AND COOLER AIR TNGT CUD BRING WVS TO 3 TO 5 FT WITH NEED FOR SCA. OTRW...WVS SHUD RMN 1 TO 3 FT OR LESS NEXT 5 DAYS. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KOSARIK NEAR TERM...LW/KOSARIK SHORT TERM...KOSARIK LONG TERM...KOSARIK/REL AVIATION...ADAMS MARINE...ADAMS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 514 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 LEZ142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089- PAZ001>003-200915- MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OHIO-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OHIO- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OHIO-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OHIO- AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OHIO-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OHIO- GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OHIO-CONNEAUT OHIO TO RIPLEY NY- MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- VERMILION TO AVON POINT OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-GENEVA-ON- THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OHIO BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- CONNEAUT OHIO 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- 514 AM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 71...ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. KOSARIK
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:05 UTC.
15 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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Several tree limbs and power lines were reported down across Middlefield Township.
Several trees were reported down.
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Two large trees were reported down.
Penny size hail was observed.
Numerous trees were reported down between Richfield and Peninsula. Many of the downed trees were located in the northern portion of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Several trees were reported down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2007
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: 45730, 44790, 44776, 45731, 44841, 45781, 44840, 45729, 44819, 44872, 44822, 44729, 45738, 44821, 44824, 44778.