Scattered thunderstorms developed across northern Ohio with weak low pressure over the region. One thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Mount Gilead.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed across northern Ohio with weak low pressure over the region. One thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Mount Gilead.
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 30, 1:02 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 202 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 .SYNOPSIS... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY MOST OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... SOME CLEARING WORKING NORTH INTO MARION...MORROW...KNOX COUNTY AND STORMS STARTING TO POP. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE...WITH FASTER DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES...CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW. IT WILL TAKE SLIGHTLY LONGER FOR STORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS NE OH/NW PA BUT AS THE CLEARING WORKS IT WAY NORTH WE WILL SEE THE ACTIVITY INCREASE. MOST STORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND THERE IS OF COURSE STILL A CONCERN FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE ACTIVITY BETWEEN MORROW AND HANCOCK COUNTY WILL LIKELY BE SLOWER MOVING AND MAY HAVE MORE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. WILL NOT ISSUE A WATCH AT THIS TIME BUT WILL MONITOR THE MOVEMENT OF THE CELLS. FORECAST TEMPERATURES LOOK OK EXCEPT WE ARE A LITTLE SLOW TO WARM UP WHERE IT HAS BEEN OVERCAST. WE WILL CATCH UP AS WE GET SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS. THE EXCEPTION COULD BE THE TOLEDO AREA WHERE IT MAY STAY CLOUDY...CHOPPED A COUPLE OF DEGREES OFF THE FORECAST HIGHS THERE. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... NOT MUCH NEW TO WRITE ABOUT TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY SLIDE S AND W OF THE AREA. THIS WILL LEAVE AN INVERTED TROUGH DRAPED ACROSS THE AREA MOST OF THE PERIOD. PRECIP COVERAGE WILL BE AT LEAST PARTIALLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND EXPECT COVERAGE TO DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER LATE EVENING. WILL NEED LIKELY WORDING DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL LIKELY BE TUESDAY WHEN THE AREA WILL BE RIGHT UNDER THE TROUGH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN JUICED WITH PWATS OF AROUND 1.5 INCHES. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BUT LOW 80S ARE POSSIBLE FOR WEDNESDAY AS THE AREA FINALLY SEES SW FLOW RETURN. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN BY WEEKS END. LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WILL BUILD BACK WEST AND EXTEND INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS WILL BUILD RESULTING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WEST INTO THE AREA AS WELL. CONVEYOR BELT OF MOISTURE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK RIGHT OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. THIS ALONG WITH QUICK SHOTS OF UPPER LEVEL POSITIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION EXPECTED...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A CONTINUOUS THREAT FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. WILL STILL KEEP AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVEN THOUGH MODELS ARE HINTING AT CUTTING OFF SOME OF THE MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH BY THAT TIME PERIOD. OTHERWISE...WITH ATLANTIC/BERMUDA HIGH IN PLACE...WARM TROPICAL AIR WILL STREAM NORTH INTO THE REGION RESULTING IN WARM TEMPERATURES AND HUMID CONDITIONS. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION. MOST LIKELY SITES TO EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ARE FDY/MFD/CAK/YNG ALTHOUGH THEY ARE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND IFR CONDITIONS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. PATCHY BR/HZ AND STRATUS WILL BE POSSIBLE TOWARDS DAWN...MAINLY FOR AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE RAIN TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RE-DEVELOP ON MONDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY FROM CENTRAL OHIO TO NW PENNSYLVANIA. .OUTLOOK...NON-VFR IN SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS EARLY MORNING FOG THROUGH FRIDAY. && .MARINE... NORTHEAST FLOW DOWN THE LAKE WILL RESULT IN CHOPPY LAKE CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE. MAY APPROACH SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA BY TUESDAY...MAINLY WEST HALF OF THE LAKE. THEN...EXPECTING WINDS TO DIMINISH AND WAVES SUBSIDE TO A FOOT OR LESS BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KOSARIK NEAR TERM...KOSARIK SHORT TERM...KUBINA LONG TERM...LOMBARDY AVIATION...KEC MARINE...LOMBARDY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1021 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 OHZ006-011>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-011430- WOOD-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- 1021 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THIS WEEK SO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL REMAIN ELEVATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ003-007>010-011430- LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN- 1021 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE TODAY. SCATTERED 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THIS WEEK SO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL REMAIN ELEVATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-011430- 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- 1021 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:23 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained weather spotter reported golf ball size hail in Mount Gilead.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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