A complex of thunderstorms moved southeast through northern Ohio during the afternoon and evening hours of the 19th. The thunderstorms tracked along a boundary that stretched across the southern Great Lakes and into the central Appalacians.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
A complex of thunderstorms moved southeast through northern Ohio during the afternoon and evening hours of the 19th. The thunderstorms tracked along a boundary that stretched across the southern Great Lakes and into the central Appalacians. The thunderstorms became severe across north-central Ohio. Later into the overnight hours of the 20th, a cold front approached western Ohio where additional showers and thunderstorms moved into the area. Some of the storms became severe across Northwest Ohio. Showers and thunderstorms continued east across northern Ohio during the overnight, but there were no severe reports.
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, 2:44 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
344 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A WARM FRONT NEAR LAKE ERIE WILL DRIFT NORTH OVER THE LAKE
TONIGHT AND THEN SLIDE BACK SOUTH AS A COLD FRONT SATURDAY
MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE PLAINS STATES WILL MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...
SYNOPTIC MODELS OF LITTLE USE IN TRYING TO TIME THE TSTORM CLUSTERS.
SEEMS LIKE WE WILL HAVE A LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING EVENT AND THEN
ANOTHER EVENT TONIGHT AS MAIN SHORT WAVE CROSSES THE RIDGE.
THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE A NEW WATCH BY NOW BUT SPC BUT OUTFLOW OF
CURRENT STORMS CONTINUE TO CUT OFF THE MOST UNSTABLE INFLOW.
NO REASON TO THINK WE WILL NOT MAINTAIN THE MAJORITY OF THE 12Z
LOW LEVEL JET ACROSS THE MIDWEST INTO TONIGHT. INSTABILITY TO THE
WEST WILL BE OFF THE CHARTS BY LATE AFTERNOON. AREA FROM TOL TO
LPR TO MFD AND CAK SEEMS MOST VULNERABLE INCLUDING A FAIR AMOUNT
OF SHEAR SO WILL HAVE TO WATCH INDIVIDUAL CELLS FOR ROTATION. IF
THE CELLS MERGE TOGETHER INTO A LINE THEN IT WILL BECOME MORE OF A
HIGH WIND THREAT.
AREAS THAT GET HEAVY RAIN THAT HAD IT EARLIER TODAY WILL
NEED FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AS WELL AS AREAS THAT GET REPEAT
STORMS. LEANING TOWARD LEAVING THE FLOOD WATCH WHERE IT IS. CAN
EXPAND IT LATER IF NECESSARY. I BELIEVE THE BULK OF THE
THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE A TURN TO THE RIGHT.
CORFIDI VECTORS REMAIN FROM THE NORTHWEST UNTIL TONIGHT AND THEN
BECOME MORE WESTERLY BUT WITH THE GREATEST INSTABILITY AND WARM
FRONT CURVING TO THE SOUTHEAST STILL THINK THE HEAVIEST STORMS
WILL TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST... JUST NOT AS FAST AS RECENT
EVENTS.
ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE MUGGY TONIGHT FOR MOST OF THE AREA MIN TEMPS
WILL EVENTUALLY BE RAIN COOLED AND FORECAST WILL BE NEAR THE COOLER
GUIDANCE... MAINLY IN THE UPPER 60S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT THE SHOWER/STORMS WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY
EAST OF THE AREA BY 9-10 AM SATURDAY AND STILL BELIEVE THIS TO
MAINLY BE THE CASE BUT AS SHORT WAVE CROSSES THE TOP OF THE RIDGE IT
IS PROGGED TO DIG SOUTHEAST ON SATURDAY. IN TURN... THE MODELS
DEEPEN THE SURFACE LOW ACROSS PA. THEY MAY BE A LITTLE OVERDONE...
BUT WITH THE SURFACE LOW SLOW TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST AND DEEP
MOISTURE CIRCULATING AROUND A DEEPENING UPPER LOW I HAVE NOTICED IN
THE PAST THAT NUMEROUS SHOWERS CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE
VICINITY OF THE SURFACE LOW. COULD BE THUNDERSTORMS BUT WOULD THINK
THAT IT WOULD BE A HEAVY RAIN CONCERN ON SATURDAY...MAINLY ACROSS
NE/EAST CENTRAL OHIO. WITH A CLOUDY NW FLOW ON SATURDAY TEMPS MAY
NOT RISE MUCH....THEY SHOULD HOLD IN THE 70S EXCEPT FOR PERHAPS NW
OHIO WHERE THE DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN AND SOME SUNSHINE WILL BREAK
OUT.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EAST SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. DID NOT
SPEND A LOT OF TIME ANALYZING THE MODELS BUT STILL THINKING WE
SHOULD SEE DRY WEATHER AND TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. WILL LIKELY BE A LAKE
BREEZE BOTH DAYS.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK. BOTH THE
ECMWF AND GFS ENSEMBLES TRY TO BREAK DOWN THE RIDGE THURSDAY TO
ALLOW OF A WEAK FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH LATE IN THE DAY. PUT IN CHC
POPS FOR TSRA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. MODELS DIVERGE LATE
FRIDAY WITH THE GFS MOVING A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM INTO THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FRIDAY...WHILE THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO HAVE LARGE
AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES. FOR NOW WILL KEEP
FRIDAY DRY.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
BIGGEST CONCERN TONIGHT WILL BE TSRA. FIRST...MCS MOVING ACROSS
NRN INDIANA AT 30-35 KT SHOULD TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST ONCE IT GETS
NEAR TOL...DO EXPECT SOME TSRA TO REACH INTO NORTH CENTRAL OHIO.
POTENTIAL FOR SOME SEVERE TSRA THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.
SECOND AREA OF CONCERN IN NE OH. THERE IS A WARM FRONT CURRENTLY
ACROSS SW OH BUT THERE IS ALSO A BOUNDARY ACROSS NE OH WHICH COULD
SPAWN A FEW POPUP TSRA THIS EVENING...DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO BE A
WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED EVENT.
SHOULD BE A BREAK THEN WITH THE TSRA THIS EVENING WITH ANOTHER
ROUND OF TSRA DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. WILL SEE TSRA DEVELOP AHEAD OF
COLD FRONT WHICH STRETCHES FROM MN INTO TX PANHANDLE. MODELS NOT
IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT BUT SHOULD BE
NEAR CLE 12Z SATURDAY.
FOR SATURDAY SHOWERS AND TSRA IN THE MORNING...WITH GRADUAL
CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
OUTLOOK...SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY VFR.
&&
.MARINE...
WARM FRONT JUST SOUTH OF THE LAKE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE
PUSHING NORTH OVER THE LAKE TONIGHT. THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOW
PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WARM FRONT WILL CROSS OVER THE
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES SATURDAY MORNING...AT WHICH TIME THE COLD FRONT
WILL ALSO CROSS OVER THE LAKE. ONCE THE COLD FRONT PASSES OVER WINDS
WILL TURN FROM SOUTHWESTERLY TO WEST AND NORTHWEST BY LATE SATURDAY.
ALSO ONCE THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DIMINISH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD OVER THE LAKE
THROUGH SUNDAY. DURING THAT TIME WINDS WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THE
NORTHWEST BUT GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY SUNDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL REMAIN IN VICINITY OF THE LAKE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK ALLOWING
FOR RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS AND WAVES OVER THE LAKE. HOWEVER...THE
LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE ONSHORE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK
WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR WAVES TO APPROACH THE 1 TO 3 OR 2 TO 4 FOOT
RANGE.
WINDS WILL TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AS WARM FRONT NOW ACROSS
THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. POTENTIAL
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THE LAKE FRIDAY AS FRONT MOVES NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE LAKE. GREATEST POTENTIAL WOULD BE FRIDAY MORNING MAINLY
OVER THE WESTERN HALF...THEN FOR THE ENTIRE LAKE TOMORROW AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS STORMS REDEVELOP NEAR THE WARM FRONT. STORMS WILL
MOVE EAST FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT CHOPPY CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY AS
A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE LAKE SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS AND
WAVES LIGHTEN UP SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE LAKE.
&&
.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR OHZ003-006>011-
017>022-027>033-036>038-047.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...KOSARIK
NEAR TERM...KOSARIK
SHORT TERM...KOSARIK
LONG TERM...DJB
AVIATION...DJB
MARINE...ABEHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1105 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ012>014-023-089-PAZ001>003-201515- 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-LAKE-GEAUGA- ASHTABULA INLAND-TRUMBULL-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- 1105 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR OHIO AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF LAKE ERIE WHILE NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE WILL HAVE A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. OHZ003-006>011-017>022-027>033-036>038-047-201515- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-HANCOCK-SENECA- HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE- STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX- 1105 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST 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 FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. AREAS THAT GET MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXPIRES AT 10 AM SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
There were several reports from both law enforecement and trained spotters in Jeromesville of thunderstorm wind damage. Many trees were reported down along with power lines. A trained spotter reported a tree down on a building causing roof damage.
Many trees were reported down in the area.
Several trees were reported down in the area.
Penny size hail was reported.
Penny size hail was reported.
Penny size hail was reported.
A few trees were reported down in the western portion of the county.
A few trees were reported down.
Several large limbs were reported down.
Numerous trees, a few utility poles, and wires were reported down in the area. One tree fell onto a house, but the extent of the damage to the home was not known.
Penny size hail was observed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2009
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: 182822, 182827, 182828, 182821, 182825, 182826, 182829, 182820, 182831, 182830, 182832.