Numerous showers occurred across northern Ohio with weak low pressure over the region. Two of the thunderstorms were strong enough to produce quarter size hail in the Akron area and continuing east into Portage County.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
Numerous showers occurred across northern Ohio with weak low pressure over the region. Two of the thunderstorms were strong enough to produce quarter size hail in the Akron area and continuing east into Portage County.
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 29, 2:55 PM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 355 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH AND WEST THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK BUT REMAIN NEAR ENOUGH TO BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... CLOSED UPPER LOW DIVING SOUTH ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIGGING THE TROUGH FAR TO THE SOUTH FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THIS WILL RESULT IN SLOWLY BUILDING HEIGHTS ACROSS THE AREA AS THE TROUGH BECOMES ESTABLISHED TO OUR WEST. OUR FLOW WHICH HAS BEEN LIGHT FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL BACK MORE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND SOME OF THE SHOWERS FROM THE MIDWEST WILL ROTATE INTO THE AREA. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE AREA ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH WHERE THERE MAY BE ENHANCED CONVERGENCE...STILL CONCERNED ABOUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE PRECIPITABLE WATER IS DOWN A LITTLE BUT THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE CELLS IS A CONCERN. PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GO WITH A FLOOD WATCH SINCE THERE IS LESS CONVECTION AND RAINFALL RATES ARE SOMEWHAT LOWER BUT WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES FROM BOWLING GREEN TO MANSFIELD AND MOUNT VERNON. IT MAY BE CLOUDIER WITH MORE SHOWERS AROUND TONIGHT AND DEWPOINTS WILL PROBABLY TRY TO COME BACK UP SO FORECAST LOWS WILL BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE...GENERALLY IN THE LOWER AND MID 60S EXCEPT SOME UPPER 50S EXTREME NE OH/NW PA. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... THE TROUGH IS PROGGED TO REMAIN TO OUR WEST...AND SLOWLY RETROGRADE. AS HEIGHTS RISE AND WE GET ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TROUGH AND THE JET STREAM WILL SWING BACK UP ACROSS THE AREA. UPPER DIVERGENCE WILL INCREASE AND THE CAPE AND SHEAR WILL INCREASE SLOWLY. DEWPOINTS WILL RISE WITH THE SHOWERS...PROBABLY A BIT MORE THAN GUIDANCE INDICATES. WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN THE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN...PROBABLY AS EARLY AS SUNDAY AND ON MONDAY FOR SURE. THE SAME ISSUES WILL REMAIN...LOCALLY STRONG STORMS WILL BE BACK WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THE RIDGE MAY BUILD ENOUGH FOR SOME DIMINISHING IN THE SHOWER COVERAGE BY MID WEEK BUT IT MAY BE QUITE A WHILE BEFORE WE CAN GO WITH A DRY FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL DEPEND ON THE AMOUNT OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS AT ANY LOCATION BUT HIGHS AND LOWS WILL INCREASE A DEGREE OR TWO EACH DAY. SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NAM AND GFS MOS GUIDANCE FOR SUNDAY...THEN TRENDED MORE TOWARD THE WARMER GFS/MAV GUIDANCE SINCE IT ONLY TAKES A FEW PEAKS OF SUNSHINE THIS TIME OF YEAR TO GET TEMPS UP...AT LEAST FOR A WHILE EACH DAY. HIGHS GENERALLY WARMING FROM THE MID 70S TO THE LOWER 80S...NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH RETROGRADES WESTWARD FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK ON THE FRINGE OF THE BERMUDA HIGH. WITH THE TROUGH AXIS LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...A DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL SET UP FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TOWARDS EASTERN OHIO/PA...PUSHING FURTHER WEST TOWARDS NEXT WEEKEND. GFS IS ADVERTISING PW VALUES UP NEAR 2 INCHES FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND EXPECT ABOVE NORMAL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HUMID AIR MASS IN PLACE. TEMPERATURES WILL START TO CREEP BACK UP OUTSIDE OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT REMAIN OVER THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD. ERI IS THE LEAST LIKELY TO RECEIVE RAIN TODAY AS THE MARINE AIR MASS MOVES ONSHORE THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE ALL OTHER SITES STAND THE CHANCE TO SEE SHOWERS WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH IFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 00Z. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING EXCEPT FOR ACROSS NW OHIO WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE AN AREA OF RAIN TRIES TO LINGER OR RE-DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE THERE WILL BE A DECREASE IN CLOUD COVERAGE OVERNIGHT WHICH MAY ALLOW PATCHY FOG/STRATUS TO DEVELOP AFTER 08Z. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RE-DEVELOP AGAIN ON SUNDAY. .OUTLOOK...NON-VFR IN SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS EARLY MORNING FOG THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .MARINE... LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN OHIO WILL SHIFT SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER TONIGHT AND LINGER THERE UNTIL MONDAY. THE LOW WILL THEN SLOWLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER THAT AND MEANDER OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES THROUGH MID-WEEK. NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 KNOTS ON SUNDAY WITH WAVES BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET ON THE WESTERN BASIN. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTHEAST UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT WHEN THEY START TO VEER TO THE WEST AND EVENTUALLY SOUTH FOR THE LATTER PORTION OF THE WEEK. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK AS LOW PRESSURE LINGERS OVER THE REGION. THE PRESENCE OF THE UPPER LOW WILL INCREASE INSTABILITY AND CREATE A CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS ON THE LAKE INTO MONDAY. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KOSARIK NEAR TERM...KOSARIK SHORT TERM...KOSARIK LONG TERM...KEC AVIATION...KEC MARINE...KEC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 526 AM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-300930- 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- 526 AM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT SO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL REMAIN ELEVATED. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK SO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL REMAIN ELEVATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-300930- 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- 526 AM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. WATERSPOUTS COULD OCCUR WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1205 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013
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0650 AM FLOOD GENEVA 41.80N 80.95W
06/29/2013 ASHTABULA OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT OF ABOUT TWO AND HALF INCHES
PRODUCED FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS. WATER GOT
DEEP ENOUGH TO FLOOD SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN TOWN INCLUDING
AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
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KOSARIKThe Cleveland radar (KCLE), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:41 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Reports of quarter size hail were received from trained spotters and via twitter north of downtown Akron.
The public reported quarter size hail falling near Rootstown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2013
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: 461058, 461059.