During the afternoon hours on June 4, showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front. The area of low pressure tracked across the Great Lakes earlier that morning, with the trailing cold front entering the western portions of the forecast area later that afternoon.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
During the afternoon hours on June 4, showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front. The area of low pressure tracked across the Great Lakes earlier that morning, with the trailing cold front entering the western portions of the forecast area later that afternoon. Shower and thunderstorm activity began to develop around 3:00 pm and continued to affect the area with large hail and damaging winds for the next several 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 4, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 345 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING THEN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK OVER THE REGION SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... SOME CAPPING ACTION GOING ON...BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY THIS EVENING. WILL MENTION THREAT OF SEVERE OVER THE WHOLE AREA...INCLUDING THE WATCH AREA BECAUSE THE AIR IS SO UNSTABLE. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE BY LATE EVENING. WILL MENTION A RISK OF SEVERE. THE NAM MODEL TRIES TO HANG UNTO THE PRECIPITATION LONGER BUT WITH THE RIDGE BUILDING THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DECREASE QUICKLY. WENT CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR THE LOWS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... WILL KEEP SUNDAY INTO MONDAY DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. THE HIGH WILL MOVE EAST MONDAY NIGHT. FOR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE WITH A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RESOLUTION ON THIS IS TOUGH...THE AREA WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR. THE BEST TRIGGER WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... STARTING OFF LONG TERM FORECAST WITH A COLD FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN CANADA AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE CLEARING OUT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER THROUGHOUT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SYSTEM WILL PUSH OFF TO THE EAST AS AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. KEEPING SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER IN THE FORECAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE NORTHER GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES THE FORECAST AREA. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...TEMPERATURES THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S ACROSS THE REGION. HIGHS WILL BACK OFF TO NEAR NORMALS AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH OFF TO THE EAST. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE...ALONG WITH INCREASING CLOUDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AROUND 21Z AND PERSIST THROUGH 00Z. CONTINUED MENTION OF CB AND VCTS FOR ALL TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS SHOWING MOST OF THE CONVECTION SOUTH OF TOL..CLE...ERI. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY REMAIN VFR...WITH SHORT PERIOD OF MVFR EXPECTED IN AREAS OF CONVECTION. AFTER FROPA...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWESTERLY AND DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. .OUTLOOK...SOME NON VFR POSSIBLE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT...PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF FDY TO MFD TO YNG...OTHERWISE MAINLY VFR THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. && .MARINE... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS LATER THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE GREAT LAKES REGION. LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING HOURS...WINDS COULD INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS AS CONVECTION DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA. AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. WINDS AND WAVES WILL DIMINISH AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE. AS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION SUNDAY...WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST. WINDS WILL VEER TO SOUTHERLY ON TUESDAY AHEAD OF NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KIELTYKA NEAR TERM...KIELTYKA SHORT TERM...KIELTYKA LONG TERM...SCHULER AVIATION...SCHULER MARINE...SCHULER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 347 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011 LEZ061-144>149-164>169-OHZ009>014-019>023-027>033-036>038-047-089- PAZ001>003-052000- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY- 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 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-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING- MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- 347 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE MAIN RISK WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WINDS WITH A LESSER RISK OF LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. LEZ142-143-162-163-OHZ003-006>008-017-018-052000- MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-LUCAS-WOOD- OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-HANCOCK-SENECA- 347 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 426 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE 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. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE MAIN RISK WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WINDS WITH A LESSER RISK OF LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
137 PM EDT SAT JUN 04 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 PM HAIL 2 SSW ERIE 42.10N 80.10W
06/04/2011 E1.25 INCH ERIE PA TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL WAS IN MILL CREEK.
1215 PM HAIL ERIE 42.13N 80.09W
06/04/2011 E1.25 INCH ERIE PA TRAINED SPOTTER
1217 PM HAIL ERIE 42.13N 80.09W
06/04/2011 E1.75 INCH ERIE PA TRAINED SPOTTER
1217 PM HAIL ERIE 42.13N 80.09W
06/04/2011 E1.00 INCH ERIE PA TRAINED SPOTTER
1218 PM TSTM WND DMG ERIE 42.13N 80.09W
06/04/2011 ERIE PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOME TREES DOWN.
1220 PM HAIL ERIE 42.13N 80.09W
06/04/2011 E1.00 INCH ERIE PA TRAINED SPOTTER
1235 PM HAIL WATERFORD 41.95N 79.99W
06/04/2011 E1.00 INCH ERIE PA TRAINED SPOTTER
1235 PM TSTM WND DMG WATERFORD 41.95N 79.99W
06/04/2011 ERIE PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOME TREES DOWN.
1240 PM TSTM WND DMG MILL VILLAGE 41.88N 79.97W
06/04/2011 ERIE PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOME TREES DOWN.
&&
KIELTYKAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
359 PM EDT SAT JUN 04 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1235 PM TSTM WND DMG WATERFORD 41.95N 79.99W
06/04/2011 ERIE PA TRAINED SPOTTER
A FOOT AND A HALF DIAMETER LIMB FELL UNTO TWO MOBILE
HOMES.
1245 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS 41.80N 80.06W
06/04/2011 CRAWFORD PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
A TREE DOWN.
1250 PM TSTM WND DMG 12 NNW TITUSVILLE 41.79N 79.76W
06/04/2011 CRAWFORD PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE TREE DOWN NEAR CENTERVILLE.
&&
KIELTYKAThe Cleveland radar (KCLE), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree onto a garage. Several large trees were downed in a local cemetery.
Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail.
Thunderstorms produced nickel to quarter size hail.
Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail.
Thunderstorm winds downed several tree limbs.
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees. Numerous power poles were downed as as well.
Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail.
Thunderstorms produced damaging hail, ranging in size from quarters to golf balls. Numerous vehicles were damaged by the severe hail.
Thunderstorm winds downed two large trees at a local park.
A severe thunderstorm rolled through the county, producing a large swatch of golf ball size hail. Numerous spotters observed the severe hail lasting for several minutes.
Shortly after 9:00pm EDT, a large severe thunderstorm entered the northern part of the county. Law enforcement reported numerous trees downed across the entire county. Around 9:45pm EDT, new convection developed behind the initial severe thunderstorm and caused more thunderstorm wind damage across the area. Law enforcement reported a tree downed on a residence near Lake Buckhorn. County EMA officials determined that the damage was not tornadic in nature, but from straight line winds. Nobody was injured during this event.
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: 322616, 322625, 322617, 315893, 315899, 322615, 315882, 322586, 322624, 315886, 322620.