Hail, Erie
- When
- August 2, 2:15 AM EST
- Where
- Erie County, Erie
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -80.080
Hail up to quarter size was observed.
Hail in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2008
A trough of low pressure along with upper level energy progressed through the region during the afternoon and evening hours of the 1st. Sunny skies across the area through the morning hours also contributed to increased instability across the area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
A trough of low pressure along with upper level energy progressed through the region during the afternoon and evening hours of the 1st. Sunny skies across the area through the morning hours also contributed to increased instability across the area. Showers and thunderstorms developed across western Ohio during the mid afternoon hours. Another area of showers and thunderstorms moved over Lake Erie during the evening and overnight hours. The showers and thunderstorms moved into northwest Pennsylvania during the overnight hours.
What forecasters said that day
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 Aug 2, 12:39 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 12:39 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 139 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008 .SYNOPSIS... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE ERIE TONIGHT AND INTERACT WITH A STATIONARY BOUNDARY THAT IS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN OHIO. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO PENNSYLVANIA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN SLIDE EASTWARD AND OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST ON MONDAY AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM TAKES SHAPE ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/... NOW THAT THE TSRA OVER THE SWRN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA HAVE PUSHED SOUTH OF THE AREA CAN CONCENTRATE ON THE STORMS MOVING ACROSS LAKE ERIE. CURRENTLY WEAK LOW NOW BETWEEN DTW AND TOL WITH COLD FRONT EXTENDING WEST INTO SRN IOWA. WARM FRONT FROM THE LOW OVER LAKE ERIE NORTH OF ERIE PA. SHOWERS AND TSRA MOVING ACROSS LAKE ERIE AND LOWER MICHIGAN WILL BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS HE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. STATIONARY BOUNDARY STILL LOOKS TO BE NEAR A FKL TO MNN TO FWA LINE. STARTING TO BREAK THE CAP ACROSS NORTHWESTERN OHIO AND EXPECT TO SEE SOME SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA THROUGH THE EVENING. CAPE VALUES ARE RUNNING BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 ACROSS THIS AREA WITH THE SHEAR EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AS THE SHORT WAVE OVER THE UPPER LAKES APPROACHES. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE EVOLUTION OF A POTENTIAL MCS OVER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AS IT ROLLS ACROSS LAKE ERIE TO THE NORTH OF THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREAT LIKELY STRONG WINDS. HOWEVER LARGE HAIL MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THE EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... COOLER AND DRIER IN THE WAKE OF THE SHORT WAVE ENERGY FOR SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. STILL MAY SEE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NORTHEASTERN CWA ON SATURDAY BUT SHOULD BE WELL EAST BY SUNDAY. DRIER AIR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR SOME COOL TEMPERATURES WITH MID 50S FOR SEVERAL LOCATIONS. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EASTWARD LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE RETURN OF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES MONDAY NIGHT THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE PLEASANT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S. WARMER FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS RETURN. HIGHS WILL APPROACH 90 DEGREES ON MONDAY WITH UPPER 80S TO MIDDLE 90S COMMON ON TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE RATHER SIMILAR DURING THE PERIOD IN LOWERING HEIGHTS ACROSS THE EASTERN STATES AND CARVING OUT A LARGE DEEP UNSEASONABLY COOL UPPER TROUGH OVER ONTARIO AND THE UPPER LAKES THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN TOWARD NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /06Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... LOW PRESSURE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF LAKE ERIE WITH COLD FRONT STRETCHING SW THROUGH NW OH. CURRENT TS ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA WINDING DOWN FOR ALL SITES EXCEPT FOR YNG WHERE TS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH BY 0630Z. FOR DAYBREAK TODAY MENTIONED SOME MVFR VSBYS ACROSS SITES BUT THINKING THAT WESTERN SITES TOL AND FDY WILL HAVE BEST CHC OF SEEING MVFR VSBYS. FDY ALREADY DOWN TO 5SM AND EVEN MENTIONED TEMPO OF IFR TOWARDS DAYBREAK. FOR TODAY LOOKS LIKE UPPER TROUGHS SWINGS THROUGH THE AREA WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME SCT CU WEST OF CLE-MFD LINE. EAST OF THERE LOOKING FOR CU TO DEVELOP QUICKLY THIS MORNING AND LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON. DID NOT MENTION ANY SHRA/TS AT SITES GIVEN LOW CONFIDENCE. AT THIS TIME THINKING BEST ACTIVITY MAY ACTUALLY DEVELOP EAST OF THE AREA. FOR CLE AND ERI NEAR LAKESHORE MENTIONED BKN CU DURING MORNING...BUT WITH ONSHORE FLOW LAKE SHADOW WILL PUSH CU FIELD INLAND ALLOWING SITES TO SCT OUT BY 18-20Z. BY 00Z CU SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH DISSIPATED ACROSS SITES AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. WINDS LGT AND VRB AFTER 03Z SUN WITH SKC. MAY BE THE CHANCE FOR SOME MVFR VSBYS THOUGH AFT 06Z SUN. OUTLOOK...EXPECT PRIMARILY VFR SAT NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SOME MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUE AND WED FROM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT IMPROVING CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY. && .MARINE... LOW PRESSURE MOVING EAST FROM NEAR CHICAGO WILL TAKE A THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY FROM JUST SOUTH OF THE LAKE NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT. THE LOW WILL PASS ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO WITH THE SYSTEM EAST OF THE AREA FOR SATURDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN VARIABLE WINDS OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS AND WINDS/WAVES DEPENDENT UPON THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT COULD BE SEVERE. A WEAKER SECONDARY TROUGH WILL SWING ACROSS THE EASTERN LAKES SATURDAY FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. SO NORTH-NORTHWEST FLOW WILL RELAX GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. WAVES GETTING NEAR 4 FOOT SATURDAY AFTERNOON EAST HALF. HIGH OVERHEAD SUNDAY AND EAST OF THE LAKE MONDAY WITH THE LAKE CALM. NEXT COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE FOR WEDNESDAY. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MULLEN NEAR TERM...DJB/MULLEN SHORT TERM...MULLEN LONG TERM...REL AVIATION...ABE MARINE...OUDEMAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 2:26 PM EST, 11 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 326 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ009>014-019>023-029>033-038-047-089- PAZ001>003-021930- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY- 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- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-ERIE OH-LORAIN- CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE- TRUMBULL-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-HOLMES-KNOX- ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- 326 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS MICHIGAN MAY DEVELOP INTO A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING AND MOVE ACROSS LAKE ERIE INTO NORTHERN OHIO. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. OHZ003-006>008-017-018-027-028-036-037-021930- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-HANCOCK-SENECA-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-MARION- MORROW- 326 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 787 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN OHIO NEAR A STATIONARY FRONT THAT STRETCHES FROM MARION TO FORT WAYNE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TOWARDS NORTHERN OHIO FROM MICHIGAN LATER TONIGHT WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 1, 11:00 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1200 AM EDT SAT AUG 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1155 PM HAIL 7 NE PORT CLINTON 41.58N 82.84W
08/01/2008 E0.75 INCH OTTAWA OH TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL WAS AT CATAWBA.
1155 PM HAIL PORT CLINTON 41.51N 82.94W
08/01/2008 E0.88 INCH OTTAWA OH PUBLIC
&&
KIELTYKALocal storm report, Aug 1, 11:29 PM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1229 AM EDT SAT AUG 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 AM TSTM WND DMG SANDUSKY 41.46N 82.71W
08/02/2008 ERIE OH PUBLIC
SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES DOWN.
&&
KIELTYKALocal storm report, Aug 1, 11:46 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1246 AM EDT SAT AUG 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM HAIL MARBLEHEAD 41.53N 82.72W
08/02/2008 E0.75 INCH OTTAWA OH PUBLIC
1226 AM TSTM WND DMG CHARDON 41.58N 81.21W
08/02/2008 GEAUGA OH TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE TREE DOWN.
1235 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 N MIDDLEFIELD 41.49N 81.08W
08/02/2008 GEAUGA OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW TREES DOWN.
&&
KIELTYKALocal storm report, Aug 2, 12:48 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
148 AM EDT SAT AUG 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0105 AM HAIL BRISTOLVILLE 41.37N 80.87W
08/02/2008 E0.75 INCH TRUMBULL OH PUBLIC
&&
KIELTYKAThe radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:13 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 2 to 3, 2008
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Colorado, August 2, 2008
- Rip Current in Indiana, August 2, 2008
- Excessive Heat in Louisiana, August 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 2 to 3, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 2, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Vermont, August 2, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, August 2 to 3, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, August 2, 2008
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, August 2008
Sources
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: 130743.