Low pressure moved up the Ohio River Valley during the morning hours of the 15th. Overrunning precipitation associated with this low spread across northern Ohio during the predawn hours of the 15th.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
Low pressure moved up the Ohio River Valley during the morning hours of the 15th. Overrunning precipitation associated with this low spread across northern Ohio during the predawn hours of the 15th. Temperatures just below freezing allowed the precipitation to fall as freezing rain. Up to a quarter inch of ice accumulution was 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 15, 2:45 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 345 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007 .SHORT TERM FORECAST(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... BEHIND THE CLOCK TONIGHT. RADAR SHOWING RAIN FILLING IN ACROSS THE REGION WITH AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN JUST NOW MOVING INTO OUR SOUTHWEST COUNTIES WITH REGIONAL RADAR SHOWING THE BAND EXTENDING SW ACROSS INDIANA. LOOKING AT THE OBS IS LOOKS LIKE RAINFALL RATES OF A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH ARE OCCURRING WITH THE BAND. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A SHORT WAVE MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST SHOWN ON THE NAM AND AN IMPRESSIVE COUPLET OF UPPER DIVERGENCE AND LOWER LEVEL CONVERGENCE SHOWN ON THE NAM. AREA IS ALSO IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF AN EXITING JET MAX. AT ANY RATE EXPECT TO SEE THIS RAIN EXPAND ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST SUNRISE IF NOT INTO THE MORNING. FLOOD WATCH LOOKS GOOD. THE OTHER PROBLEM OF THE DAY IS THAT TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY DROPPED INTO THE MID 30S AND WILL BE STEADY OR CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY. BASED ON CURRENT TEMPS AND BUFKIT FCST SOUNDINGS COULD SEE THE NORTHERN AND ESPECIALLY THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES MIX WITH AND CHG TO SNOW EVEN BEFORE SUNRISE. OTHERWISE THAT SHOULD BE THE TREND FOR MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH THE MORNING. STARTED TO KEEP A MIX BUT FCST SOUNDINGS ARE COOLER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS AND SHOW THE AMS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW THRU THE AFTERNOON. DRY AIR DOES MIX IN FOR THE AFTERNOON SO WILL KEEP SNOW ACCUMS LIGHT. TONNIGHT THE NAM DEVELOPS A WAVE ON THE FRONT WHICH BY THAT TIME WILL BE IN THE TENNESSE VALLEY. MODELS SHOW DEEP MOISTURE DOES GET INTO THE EASTERN COUNTIES AND THEN REMAIN THERE ON FRIDAY. WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS BACK TO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. NO CHGS FOR SATURDAY AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION(06Z-06Z)... THE COLD FRONT IS NOW THRU THE REGION. TEMPS ARE DROPPING OFF QUITE FAST AND EXPECT A CHANGEOVER TO FROZEN PCPN OVER THE NEXT 2-4 HOURS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. MIGHT ACTUALLY MIX OR CHANGEOVER OVER THE NW BY 07Z. CIGS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE RIGHT NOW...WITH IFR CIGS OVER THE INTERIOR AND MAINLY MVFR ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. WILL KEEP MVFR CIGS ACROSS THE WEST AND IFR CIGS EAST WHERE THE HEAVIER PCPN IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. AN AREA OF HEAVIER PCPN IS CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL OHIO...MOVING NORTHEAST. EXPECT THIS HEAVIER PCPN TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN TIER. AS THE COLD AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...IT SEEMS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THIS PCPN WILL TURN TO SLEET OR SNOW AS IT MOVES INTO MFD/CAK/YNG. IN FACT...THE 00Z NAM SHOWS SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AT CAK BY NOON THU. AM NOT READY TO BUY OFF ON THAT QUITE YET...HOWEVER WILL FCST IFR TYPE VSBYS AT CAK/MFD/YNG WHEN THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW OCCURS BTWN 09-11Z. AS THE HIGH BUILDS IN ON THU...EXPECT SOME DRYING AND CIGS TO RISE TO VFR ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THU AFTN. && .LONG TERM(SUNDAY THRU WED)... UPPER TROF EXITING THE EAST EARLY IN PERIOD TRANSITION TO FAIRLY FLAT PATTERN MID PERIOD WITH SLIGHT AMPLIFIED FLOW AT END WITH GREAT LAKES AND UPPER OHIO VALLEY COMING UNDER WEAK UPPER RIDGE. WEATHER SYSTEMS MOVING FAIRLY QUICKLY. HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES ACROSS SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY WARM FRONT EARLY MONDAY AND COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE THEN FOLLOWS QUICKLY INTO AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CAUGHT UNDER THE WESTERLY FLOW DONT EXPECT ANY BIG CHANGES IN TEMPERATURES. SUNDAY TEMPERATURES START OUT BELOW NORMAL WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO THE NORMAL FOR REST OF THE PERIOD. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...FLOOD WATCH TIL NOON THURSDAY. PA...FLOOD WATCH TIL 4 PM THURSDAY. && SHORT TERM...TK LONG TERM...WCR AVIATION...MRD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 650 AM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-151100- 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- 650 AM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FOR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LEZ142>149-162>169-151100- 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- 650 AM EDT WED MAR 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND 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 IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LOMBARDY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1024 PM EDT WED MAR 14 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0504 PM HAIL TOLEDO 41.66N 83.58W
03/14/2007 E0.88 INCH LUCAS OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0517 PM HAIL 4 NE PERRYSBURG 41.59N 83.57W
03/14/2007 E0.75 INCH WOOD OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0523 PM HAIL 1 ENE WALBRIDGE 41.59N 83.47W
03/14/2007 E0.75 INCH WOOD OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0545 PM HAIL 5 NE CLAY CENTER 41.62N 83.29W
03/14/2007 E0.88 INCH OTTAWA OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0552 PM HAIL 10 WNW PORT CLINTON 41.56N 83.12W
03/14/2007 E0.88 INCH OTTAWA OH TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL PERSISTED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE
ENDING.
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W PORT CLINTON 41.51N 83.04W
03/14/2007 OTTAWA OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
SIDING WAS PEELED OFF A MOBILE HOME. LARGE TREE LIMBS
WERE DOWNED.
0617 PM HAIL 5 E PORT CLINTON 41.51N 82.84W
03/14/2007 E0.88 INCH OTTAWA OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0623 PM HAIL MARBLEHEAD 41.53N 82.72W
03/14/2007 E0.88 INCH OTTAWA OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0627 PM HAIL MARBLEHEAD 41.53N 82.72W
03/14/2007 E0.88 INCH OTTAWA OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0732 PM TORNADO ELYRIA 41.38N 82.11W
03/14/2007 LORAIN OH EMERGENCY MNGR
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG GRISWOLD ROAD ABOUT 732 PM.
PATH ABOUT 3/4 MILE TO NEAR THE MIDWAY MALL. A DETACHED
SINGLE CAR GARAGE WAS DESTROYED ON GRISWOLD AND MINOR
DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SOME NEARBY BUILDINGS INCLUDING A
NURSERY.SOME VEHICLES WERE ALSO DAMAGED. WINDOWS AND SOME
ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR A SHOPPING PLAZA AT THE MIDWAY
MALL. NO WIND ESTIMATES WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL A SURVEY
IS COMPLETED.
&&
ABEThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Freezing rain spread into Ashland County during the early morning hours of March 15th. The freezing rain transitioned to light snow around daybreak. Around a quarter inch of ice accumulated along with a dusting of snow. A few power outages and accidents were reported.
Freezing rain spread into Richland County during the early morning hours of March 15th. The freezing rain transitioned to light snow around daybreak. Around a quarter inch of ice accumulated along with a dusting of snow. A few power outages and accidents were reported.
Freezing rain spread into Knox County during the early morning hours of March 15th. The freezing rain transitioned to light snow around daybreak. Around a quarter inch of ice accumulated along with a dusting of snow. A few power outages and accidents were reported.
Freezing rain spread into Morrow County during the early morning hours of March 15th. The freezing rain transitioned to light snow around daybreak. Around a quarter inch of ice accumulated along with a dusting of snow. A few power outages and accidents were reported.
Freezing rain spread into Marion County during the early morning hours of March 15th. The freezing rain transitioned to light snow around daybreak. Around a quarter inch of ice accumulated along with a dusting of snow. A few power outages and accidents were reported.
Freezing rain spread into Wayne County during the early morning hours of March 15th. The freezing rain transitioned to light snow around daybreak. Around a quarter inch of ice accumulated along with a dusting of snow. A few power outages and accidents were reported.
Freezing rain spread into Summit County during the early morning hours of March 15th. The freezing rain transitioned to light snow around daybreak. Around a quarter inch of ice accumulated along with a dusting of snow. A few power outages and accidents were reported.
Freezing rain spread into Stark County during the early morning hours of March 15th. The freezing rain transitioned to light snow around daybreak. Around a quarter inch of ice accumulated along with a dusting of snow. A few power outages and accidents were reported.
Freezing rain spread into Portage County during the early morning hours of March 15th. The freezing rain transitioned to light snow around daybreak. Around a quarter inch of ice accumulated along with a dusting of snow. A few power outages and accidents were reported.
Freezing rain spread into Mahoning County during the early morning hours of March 15th. The freezing rain transitioned to light snow around daybreak. Around a quarter inch of ice accumulated along with a dusting of snow. A few power outages and accidents were reported.
Freezing rain spread into Trumbull County during the early morning hours of March 15th. The freezing rain transitioned to light snow around daybreak. Around a quarter inch of ice accumulated along with a dusting of snow. A few power outages and accidents were reported.
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, March 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: 24004, 24025, 24036, 24039, 24041, 24045, 24049, 24050, 24053, 24061, 24055.