Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along a stationary front across northern Ohio on June 17th. Moderate instability and high moisture were in place across the region with thunderstorms producing locally heavy rainfall.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along a stationary front across northern Ohio on June 17th. Moderate instability and high moisture were in place across the region with thunderstorms producing locally heavy rainfall. The strongest storm of the day moved southeast off Lake Erie and caused wind damage in Lake and Geauga Counties.
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 17, 6:29 PM EST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 729 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO WILL MOVE SOUTH AS A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. A SECOND AND STRONGER COLD FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE REGION FROM THE NORTH ON TUESDAY. THIS HIGH WILL THEN DOMINATE THROUGH THE END OF THE WORKWEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED ALONG THE LAKE BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON HAVE LARGELY ENDED ALTHOUGH WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE NORTH SIDE OF LAKE ERIE. THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST AND MAY REACH NE OHIO/NW PA THIS EVENING. INSTABILITY IS LOWER OVER THERE BUT ONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN VERY PERSISTENT...PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AND MAY HOLD TOGETHER. THE BETTER INSTABILITY THAT REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA IS ACROSS NW OHIO BUT THERE IS LITTLE CU ON VISIBLE SATELLITE SO ANYTHING THAT DEVELOPS WILL LIKELY BE ISOLATED. THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RE- DEVELOP AT THAT TIME. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...ANOTHER TRICKY FORECAST. CONVECTION HAS FORMED ALONG A WEAK STATIONARY BOUNDARY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT THE CONVECTION CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE ON A DOWNWARD TREND. THE 88D IS SHOWING ALL SORTS OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FLOATING AROUND AND HARD TO TELL WHERE AND WHEN MORE STORMS MAY FORM. AS A RESULT WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING OVERNIGHT. A STRONGER COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL LOWER MI WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS ARE ALSO FIRING ALONG THAT FEATURE AND COULD EVENTUALLY FIND THEIR WAY TO THE AREA. SUSPECT THAT MUCH OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN DRY BUT THOSE FEW SPOTS THAT DO SEE PRECIP COULD GET AN INCH OR MORE OF QPF. IT REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE WITH CAPES IN EXCESS OF 2000 J/KG. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS ALSO HIGH SO THE STORMS SHOULD BE EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS. THE ONLY THING REALLY LACKING TODAY IS A GOOD LIFTING MECHANISM. BY LATE TONIGHT THE NW END OF THE AREA SHOULD BE RAIN FREE. LOCATIONS BETWEEN THE STORMS WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY. HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... THE COLD FRONT EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT WILL STALL SOUTH OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY. SOME SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH. DEWPOINTS WILL BE SLOW TO LOWER SO SOME CAPE AND INSTABILITY IS LIKELY. THE DRY SHOULD BEGIN TO WIN OUT LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH BEGINS TO INFLUENCE OUR WEATHER. BY TUESDAY EVENING ALL AREAS SHOULD BE DRY WITH SKIES RAPIDLY BECOMING CLEAR. QUIET AND COOL WEATHER WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. AS USUAL HAVE USED A BLEND OF GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES TODAY. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH STRONG RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL CAUSE A GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPS PEAKING IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S SUNDAY . EXPECTING A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE MONDAY AS BOTH MODELS PUSH THE NEXT FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH. USED THE FASTER GFS FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST. && .AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... COLD FRONT IS SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTH TOWARD THE AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA HAVE WEAKENED BUT CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER MICHIGAN AND MOVE SOUTHEAST. WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TAFS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE...A FEW SHOWERS COULD LINGER AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE IN THE SOUTHEAST TOMORROW MORNING. NOT EXPECTING MUCH WORSE THAN MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES BUT A BRIEF IFR COULD BE REACHED IN ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS SHOULD COME AROUND TO A NORTHERLY COMPONENT AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE. .OUTLOOK...MAINLY VFR EXCEPT FOR EARLY MORNING MIST/FOG. && .MARINE... TROUGH/WEAK SECONDARY FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL LAKES SHOULD MOVE ACROSS LAKE ERIE TONIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT WINDS TURN TO THE NORTHEAST. MODELS NOT IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS AT THIS POINT. GFS WINDS NE AT AROUND 10 KNOTS WHILE NAM IS THE STRONGEST WITH NE WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS. ECMWF AND CONTINUITY WERE 10 TO 15 KNOTS SO WENT WITH THAT FOR THE FORECAST. SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO CREATE CHOPPY CONDITIONS WITH WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET. WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR. WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES SOUTH OVER THE LAKE. QUIET CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KUBINA NEAR TERM...KEC/KUBINA SHORT TERM...KUBINA LONG TERM...DJB AVIATION...LOMBARDY MARINE...DJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 407 AM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047- 089-PAZ001>003-181100- 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-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- 407 AM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OUDEMAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 749 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 OHZ010>013-180045- CUYAHOGA-GEAUGA-LAKE-LORAIN- 749 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR CUYAHOGA...LAKE...NORTHEASTERN LORAIN AND NORTHERN GEAUGA COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT... AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EASTLAKE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LAKEWOOD TO 8 MILES NORTH OF AVON LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OUTFLOW FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... AVON LAKE BY 755 PM EDT. EASTLAKE...WILLOUGHBY...EUCLID AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENTOR BY 800 PM EDT. WESTLAKE...LAKEWOOD AND CLEVELAND BY 805 PM EDT. NORTH RIDGEVILLE AND CLEVELAND HEIGHTS BY 810 PM EDT. CHESTERLAND BY 815 PM EDT. PARMA BY 820 PM EDT. THE TOWNS OF SHEFFIELD LAKE...SHEFFIELD...TIMBERLAKE...LAKELINE... WILLOWICK...AVON...BAY VILLAGE...BRATENAHL...WICKLIFFE AND ROCKY RIVER ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. KEC
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:27 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Broadcast media and members of the public relayed multiple tree limbs down from thunderstorm winds from northwest of Willowick to Chesterland. One 18 inch diameter tree limb fell on a patio causing damage.
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