An area of low pressure tracked across central Ohio during the morning and afternoon hours of June 10th, 2011. The trailing cold front in combination with a very unstable, warm and moist airmass triggered convection during the late afternoon hours.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
An area of low pressure tracked across central Ohio during the morning and afternoon hours of June 10th, 2011. The trailing cold front in combination with a very unstable, warm and moist airmass triggered convection during the late afternoon hours. Showers and thunderstorms moved across the area well into the evening hours.
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 10, 2:40 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 340 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WARM FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE OVER MISSOURI MOVES TO NORTHERN INDIANA BY MORNING. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE TO NEAR TORONTO BY SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE TRAILING COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. COOLER LESS HUMID HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... VERY UNSTABLE AIR IS POISED JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL INDIANA JUST SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT WITH CONVECTION DEVELOPING THERE WITH WEAKER CONVECTION JUST NORTH OF TOL. LOCAL AREA IS STILL SOMEWHAT CAPPED FOR SURFACE BASED CONVECTION BUT ELEVATED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE. LATEST HRRR MODEL RUN SHOWS CONVECTION REDEVELOPING OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE. WITH WARM HUMID AIR POISED TO MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION...HAVE USED THE WARMER MET GUIDANCE FOR MINIMUM TEMPERATURES. LOCAL AREA IS STILL SOMEWHAT CAPPED FOR SURFACE BASED CONVECTION BUT ELEVATED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE. && . .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY IN THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION IN THE AFTERNOON. CAPE WILL INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST COUNTIES BEFORE FRONTAL PASSAGE WHERE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER IS. DEEP SHEAR WILL BE IN THE 30 KT RANGE WHICH MAY SUPPORT SOME STORM ORGANIZATION. HAVE USED THE MAV TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE. AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE COOLER LESS STABLE AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION WITH AN EVENING LINGERING CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES BEFORE MIDNIGHT. FAIR AND COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... DRY HIGH PRES WILL BE DOMINANT THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. AS THE WEEK WEARS ON THE TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY REBOUND INTO THE 80S...AND BY WED THE S FLOW WILL RETURN DEW POINTS IN THE 60S. THIS WILL BRING BACK THE CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION. A TROF OF LOW PRES WILL APPROACH THE AREA OF LATE WED...WITH A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA ON THU. MORE TYPICAL SUMMER TIME WX EXPECTED FOR LATE WEEK WITH WARM/HUMID CONDITIONS WITH A CHANCE FOR TSRA. && .AVIATION /19Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SUBSIDENCE BEHIND EARLIER CONVECTION IS ALLOWING CLOUDS TO DISSIPATE. OVERRUNNING WHERE NE FLOW CONTINUES WILL KEEP SOME IFR CEILINGS IN PLACE...HOWEVER BACKING AHEAD OF A WEAK DISTURBANCE OVER INDIANA WILL HELP ERODE THIS BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER NW OH. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO FILL BACK IN TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS AND RECENT RAIN COULD LEAD TO SOME MVFR VSBY IN A FEW SPOTS...HOWEVER CLOUD COVER COULD LIMIT COVERAGE. MEANWHILE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO OUR W AS AN AREA OF LOW PRES AND POSSIBLY AN MCS MOVES E OVER INDIANA AND INTO OH OVERNIGHT. TIMING IS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...BUT AIRMASS WILL BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT TSRA NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGER COMPLEX...SO HARD TO RULE OUT CB IN ANY PERIOD TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. OUTLOOK...COLD FRONT WILL SINK SOUTH SATURDAY WITH DRIER AIR IN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND IT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS IN TSRA ONLY EXPECTED ON SAT AT THIS TIME. && .MARINE... NORTHEAST FLOW HAS BEEN ENOUGH TO KICK UP THE WAVES ON LAKE ERIE EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TO SCA CRITERIA AND WAVES HAVE BEEN 2 TO 3 FEET SO WILL CANCEL THE ADVISORY FOR WESTERN WATERS. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OVER THE LAKE TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT S WINDS. AN AREA OF LOW PRES WILL MOVE ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN AND LAKE HURON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE LAKE ON SATURDAY WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NW. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15KT WITH GUSTS TO 20KT...BUT BELIEVE DURATION WON'T SUPPORT SCA AT THIS TIME. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OVER LAKE ERIE FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...REL NEAR TERM...REL SHORT TERM...REL LONG TERM...JAMISON AVIATION...JAMISON MARINE...JAMISON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 646 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ006-008-012>014-089-PAZ001>003-112300- 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-WOOD-SANDUSKY- LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- 646 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ003-007-009>011-112300- LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA- 646 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ017>023-027>033-036>038-047-112300- HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX- 646 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 460 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
707 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
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0615 PM HAIL NEW LONDON 41.08N 82.41W
06/10/2011 M1.00 INCH HURON OH PUBLIC
SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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KSCHULERThe Cleveland radar (KCLE), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:11 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees.
Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail.
Thunderstorm winds downed two large trees.
Thunderstorms produced half dollar to hen egg size hail. Numerous vehicles and homes sustained damage from the large hail.
A supercell thunderstorm produced a significant downburst which damaged and destroyed several large grain storage silos in the area. A garage roof was blown off and shingles were blown off several structures. A large barn was blown off its foundation. Large tree limbs were downed as well as four power poles.
Thunderstorms produced nickel to quarter size hail.
Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail, lasting several minutes. Numerous vehicles sustained damage.
Thunderstorms produced a swath of pea to quarter size hail.
Thunderstorms produced an estimated 60mph wind gust.
Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail.
Thunderstorm winds downed several 6-8 tree branches. Road signs in the area were blown over.
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees across northern portions of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2011
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: 323139, 323091, 323140, 323137, 323141, 323093, 323095, 323098, 323099, 323103, 323110, 323107.