A stationary front lingered over the Upper Ohio Valley on June 23rd and 24th. Showers and thunderstorms developed along the front during the afternoon.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
A stationary front lingered over the Upper Ohio Valley on June 23rd and 24th. Showers and thunderstorms developed along the front during the afternoon. Several of the thunderstorms became severe.
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 23, 6:33 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 733 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010 .SYNOPSIS... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WISCONSIN WILL PASS TO THE NORTH OF LAKE ERIE TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT TRAILING THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... IT COULD BE A BUSY NIGHT. CONVECTION MOVING ACROSS THE AREA HAS BEEN CAUSING POCKETS OF DAMAGE. WILL KEEP THINGS SIMPLE AND JUST GO WITH CATEGORICAL POPS IN THE NORTH WITH LIKELY IN THE SOUTH. STILL EXPECTING A BREAK IN THE ACTIVITY. THE STUFF CURRENTLY OVER THE AREA SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA THE NEXT FEW HOURS BUT STILL EXPECT AN ORGANIZED LINE OF STORMS TO MOVE THROUGH LATER TONIGHT. SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS BUT RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THAT THIS LINE COULD ARRIVE SOMETIME LATE THIS EVENING IN NW OHIO. HAVE USED A BLEND OF GUIDANCE TEMPS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... THE COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE OFF TO THE EAST THURSDAY MORNING WITH PRECIP QUICKLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. WILL TRY FOR DRY WEATHER ALL AREAS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE QUIET WITH HIGH PRESSURE PASSING TO THE SOUTH. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. HAVE STARTED TO BUMP PRECIP CHANCES UP. DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO LOOK AT NEW MODELS SO WILL STICK WITH CHANCE POPS FOR NOW. JUST USED A BLEND OF GUIDANCE TEMPS DURING THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MODELS CONTINUE WITH SCENARIO OF DIGGING UPPER TROUGH INTO EASTERN LAKES MONDAY THEN SHIFTING THE TROUGH SLOWLY EAST TUE THROUGH WED. THE EMF STILL HAS LINGERING MOISTURE FROM THE PASSING LOW ON MONDAY. CONSENSUS IS WITH THE SLOWER SOLUTION. WITH ADDED INSTABILITY FROM THE DIGGING UPPER TROUGH WILL KEEP CHANCE FOR PRECIP ON MONDAY...SLIGHT CHANCE FOR TUE THEN SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE NE ON WED AS UPPER TROUGH MAY STILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A FEW SHRA THERE. A PERSISTENT NORTHERLY FLOW EXPECTED TO PUSH TEMPS BELOW NORMAL FOR TUE AND WED. && .AVIATION /23Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PASSED...THE SECOND LINE IS ON ITS WAY. THE STRONG TO SEVERE TSRA THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON IS NOW EAST OF THE AREA. NEXT LINE OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE TSRA NOW FROM NEAR CHICAGO...SW INTO NE MISSOURI. LINE PROGRESSING EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 40 KNOTS. APPEARS WILL REACH THE TOLEDO AREA TOWARD MIDNIGHT LOCAL...THEN CLE 2 TO 3 HOURS LATER. MODELS HINT THAT THE STORMS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT MY CONFIDENCE IS LOW. .OUTLOOK...SCT NON-VFR POSSIBLE LATE SAT...SUN AND INTO MON IN TSRA AND LATE NIGHT FOG/HAZE. && .MARINE... COLD FRONT TO THE WEST WILL CROSS OVER THE LAKE THROUGH TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS CONTINUING TO INDICATE LIKELY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FROM LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME WILL UPDATE TO INCLUDE SMALL CRAFT LATER THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR LIGHTER WINDS AND WAVES FRIDAY. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KUBINA NEAR TERM...KUBINA SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...ADAMS AVIATION...DJB MARINE...ABE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1236 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 LEZ142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089- PAZ001>003-250445- 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-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- 1236 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 402 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .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 WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEED TONIGHT. LEZ061-250445- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY- 1236 AM EDT THU JUN 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
640 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0639 PM TSTM WND DMG KIPTON 41.27N 82.30W
06/23/2010 LORAIN OH NWS EMPLOYEE
SEVERAL TREES DOWN
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RANDELPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
652 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 PM TSTM WND DMG KIPTON 41.27N 82.30W
06/23/2010 LORAIN OH NWS EMPLOYEE
SEVERAL TREES DOWN
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RANDELPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
749 PM EDT WED JUN 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM TSTM WND GST ROAMING SHORES 41.64N 80.83W
06/23/2010 E60.00 MPH ASHTABULA OH AMATEUR RADIO
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RANDELThe Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:34 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
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