Widespread severe weather developed across north central and northeast Ohio during the afternoon and evening hours of June 25th. Ohio was located on the periphery of high pressure over the Southeastern states.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
Widespread severe weather developed across north central and northeast Ohio during the afternoon and evening hours of June 25th. Ohio was located on the periphery of high pressure over the Southeastern states. Moisture increased from the southwest around the ridge with dewpoints increasing to near 70 degrees. An unstable airmass developed during the afternoon as temperatures rose into the mid 80s with mixed layer CAPE values near 2000 j/kg. Energy moving through the flow aloft helped to initiate convection and provided the shear necessary for damaging winds and large hail.
Numerous tress were brought down by strong winds across northeast Ohio. Portions of Lorain and Cuyahoga counties were hit particularly bad with downed trees and power outages with several trees falling on homes and garages. First Energy reported 29,000 customers without power in Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties with at least 10,000 more customers without power in northeast Ohio. A man was also seriously injured while driving on Interstate 480 when a sign fell off the Valley View bridge and hit his car. The north side of Canton was also hit particularly hard with numerous reports of downed trees, damage to a grocery store, and a picnic shelter destroyed at Nimishillen Park.
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 25, 12:32 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 132 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES TODAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL LAKES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO CROSS THE ENTIRE REGION BY FRIDAY MORNING. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... TWEAKED TEMPS UP A DEGREE OR TWO FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THINK CLOUDS WILL ERODE SOME BEFORE AFTERNOON TSRA DEVELOP THAT TEMPS COULD APPROACH YDY. ORIGINAL DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN MICHIGAN. IT STILL APPEARS THAT THESE WILL REMAIN JUST NORTH OF THE TOLEDO AREA BUT WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CLOSELY. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS ISOLATED THUNDER THIS MORNING FOR NW OHIO WITH BETTER CHANCES SPREADING EVERYWHERE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WE ARE STILL WORRIED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER OVER THE REGION TODAY AND HOW IT WILL MESS WITH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FORECAST. WILL STICK WITH THE PREVIOUS HIGHS FOR NOW. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... WARM ADVECTION OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND AN APPROACHING MIDDLE LEVEL PIECE OF JET ENERGY HAS BEEN ENOUGH TO GENERATE SOME THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS AREA OF CONVECTION WILL LIKELY LIFT INTO MICHIGAN BUT WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THE TOLEDO AREA CLOSELY. ANOTHER PIECE OF JET ENERGY WELL NORTH OF THE REGION IS ALSO HELPING TO GENERATE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER ONTARIO. IT APPEARS THERE MAY BE SOME LIFT AS FAR SOUTH AS NE OHIO AND NW PA. THIS MAY END UP PRODUCING SOME ISOLATED THUNDER FOR THE MORNING HOURS. THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THE DAY HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER WISCONSIN AND IS ABOUT TO MOVE ONTO LAKE MICHIGAN. THIS MCS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ITS MOVEMENT TO THE EAST THROUGH THE MORNING. IT WILL LIKELY WEAKEN SOME THROUGH THE MORNING. WE WILL MONITOR THE CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES AND RADAR TRENDS TO SEE IF THIS REALLY DOES OCCUR. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE OUTFLOW FROM THIS COMPLEX WILL INITIATE NEW CONVECTION OVER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA BY EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING INTO NW OHIO. THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WILL EXIST WITH THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO...GENERALLY NEAR AND WEST OF I-71. CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDINESS WILL BE AN ISSUE TODAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES. HIGHS SHOULD BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN YESTERDAY WITH THE EXPECTATION OF MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES DEVELOPING FOR MOST LOCATIONS BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... EXPECT TO SEE THE COMPLEX OF STORMS SPILL ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR SOUTH IT WILL MOVE BEFORE DISSIPATING. A SIMILAR SCENARIO WILL OCCUR AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES OVER LAKE MICHIGAN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON AND COULD AFFECT THE ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY WITH A COLD FRONT PASSING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NW PA BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER ON THURSDAY WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION. COOLER TEMPERATURES MAY BE ENOUGH TO LIMIT THE SEVERE THREAT. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LINGER INTO FRIDAY AS ADDITIONAL ENERGY MOVES THROUGH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. CLOUD COVER WILL HAVE IMPACTS ON THE HIGHS ON THURSDAY AND MAY MAKE IT SLIGHTLY COOLER. HOWEVER HIGHER HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL NOT MAKE IT FEEL MUCH COOLER. COOLER ON FRIDAY WITH HIGHS VERY CLOSE TO SEASONAL AVERAGES. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... IF I DID NOT KNOW ANY BETTER I WOULD SWEAR WE ARE HEADED BACK INTO A WINTER PATTERN AND YET IT IS SUMMER. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IS TRENDING BACK TOWARD SOME MAJOR AMPLIFICATION OF THE RIDGE IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. TYPICALLY WHEN THIS HAPPENS...A DEEP DIGGING TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES SENDING THE POLAR JET STREAM WELL SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN STATES. THE OTHER ISSUE AT HAND IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVERHEAD THAT REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. AN UPPER LEVEL PATTERN LIKE THIS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE MOISTURE INTO THE FORECAST AREA AND KEEP A RELATIVELY COOL POOL OF AIR ALOFT OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL HELP TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION OVER THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE EARLY PART OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. DAY TIME HEATING ALONG WITH THE UPPER LEVEL THERMAL PROFILE AND UPPER LEVEL POSITIVE VORTICITY MAXIMUMS ROTATING AROUND THE LOW WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE CONVECTION EXPECTED. SO WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO SUNDAY. SOME DRIER AIR TRIES TO RETURN TO THE AREA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND THIS SHOULD HELP TO REDUCE THE THREAT FOR THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL KEEP SOME COLD AIR ADVECTION INTO THE AREA AND CLOUD COVER WILL PLAY A BIG PART IN KEEPING TEMPERATURES FROM SOARING. WILL TREND TOWARD THE COOLER TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... CUMULUS LINE NEAR AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN EASTERN/SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA IN THE VICINITY OF KYNG TO KCAK. ANOTHER BOUNDARY ACROSS NWRN OHIO. CONCERNED FOR THUNDERSTORM INITIATION BOTH LOCATIONS. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. REMAINDER OF THE AREA US ALSO GENERALLY BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH AMPLE MOISTURE IN PLACE. EXPECTING A BREAK THIS EVENING IN THE WAKE OF ANY AFTERNOON CONVECTION. THIS WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST AROUND/AFTER MIDNIGHT. OVERNIGHT NAM SHOWS INCREASING MOISTURE AND CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE AREA SO BELIEVE MVFR/LOCAL IFR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INCREASING FROM OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. .OUTLOOK...NON-VFR IN SCATTERED/NUMEROUS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS EARLY MORNING MIST/FOG THROUGH SUNDAY. && .MARINE... THE LAKE IS EXPECTED TO BE RELATIVELY QUIET AS SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND THIS FEATURE ALONG WITH HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHEAST WILL CAUSE THE GRADIENT TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA. SO MUCH SO THAT WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE WEST AND WILL LIKELY NEED SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY ON FRIDAY AND LAKE BEGINS TO SUBSIDE. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MULLEN NEAR TERM...DJB/MULLEN SHORT TERM...MULLEN LONG TERM...LOMBARDY AVIATION...TK MARINE...LOMBARDY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 416 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047- 089-PAZ001>003-260830- 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- 416 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER WISCONSIN AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION BY MID AFTERNOON AND COULD PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE POTENTIAL OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO EXIST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
26 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple campers blown over by strong thunderstorm winds.
The newspaper reported trees and limbs down in Vermilion with street light blown over.
Trained spotters and the Mayor reported half a dozen trees down in the city of Sheffield Lake and along East River Rd. One tree fell on a house on Lake Rd. Downed trees and limbs continued southeast to Avon where a large branch fell on a fruit stand. Spotters in Avon estimated wind gusts of 60-70 mph. First Energy reported at least 14000 customers lost power.
The public reported quarter size hail near State and Taft Streets in Barberton.
Amateur radio reported a 40 inch circumference tree was uprooted on Route 99 near Monroeville. Trained spotters reported tree damage continued east to Norwalk where tree branches were down.
A trained weather spotter estimated winds gusts of 60-70 MPH in Westlake with trees down on Bradley Road. The ASOS at Cleveland Hopkins Airport reported a 50 knot gust at the same time. Dispatch also reported six trees down in Berea with one tree down on a house on Buckeye Drive. First Energy reported 15000 customers lost power.
A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail with power lines down in the area.
The media reported trees and powerlines down in North Ridgeville.
Broadcast media reported Clifton Blvd is closed with trees and power lines down across the road in Lakewood. A tree was also blown down on a house.
Broadcast media reported a large sign blew off the Valley View Bridge and hit a car traveling on Interstate 480. The man was seriously injured from the accident. Trees were also down in Garfield Heights.
Sheriff reported large tree limbs down in Chesterland.
The media reported trees down along Patch Rd. in Burton.
A trained weather spotter reported a pine tree snapped along with numerous limbs and branches down north of route 303 in Valley City.
The media reported numerous trees down in Jefferson and Sheriff's office confirmed trees and powerlines down across the county. First Energy reported 5000 customers lost power.
A trained weather spotter reported two large trees blown down in Solon, one of which was two feet in diameter.
A trained spotter reported penny size hail near Stroup and Waterloo Roads in Atwater.
The sheriff reported trees and powerlines down in Canfield.
A trained spotter reported many trees and utility poles knocked down.
Sheriff department reported tree limbs down in Auburn Township.
County officials reported trees down on Liberty Rd north of Mount Vernon.
Police reported about 15 trees down in Youngstown.
A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail in Wooster.
A trained spotter reported numerous trees down in Leavittsburg. Several of the them were healthy maple trees that were snapped about three feet up and a few fell on garages and powerlines.
A trained spotter and media relayed reports of damage on the north side of Canton. At least 20 trees damaged with several snapped in half, some topped off and a few uprooted. Some of the damage was in Crystal Park. Large branches were also down on a car on on 19th St NW. Fishers Grocery store was damaged and a picnic shelter was completely destroyed at Nimishillen Park.
Media relayed reports of quarter size hail in Hartville.
A 150 foot tall black walnut tree fell on a house in Ellsworth.
Police reported many trees and powerlines knocked down in Beaver Township and New Springfield area.
Police and ODOT reported penny size hail in Millersburg.
County dispatch and the media relayed reports of trees and power lines down in Eastlake and Willoughby. Ten trees were also reported down in Willowick.
An NWS employee reported penny size hail in North Royalton.
The public reported five large healthy trees blown down by thunderstorms winds on Catawba Island.
Dispatch reported multiple trees down from Northfield to Twinsburg. First Energy reported 6000 customers lost power.
The Sheriff's office relayed reports of trees and limbs down across Elyria.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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