A cold front moved across northern Ohio kicking off some showers and thunderstorms. One of the thunderstorms became severe and caused power outages in the Cleveland area.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
A cold front moved across northern Ohio kicking off some showers and thunderstorms. One of the thunderstorms became severe and caused power outages in the Cleveland area.
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 Aug 19, 6:34 PM EST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 734 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THROUGH THURSDAY...PUSHING A WEAK COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER LAKE ERIE BEHIND THIS SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT...SHIFTING TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FILL IN ACROSS SW LOWER MICHIGAN INTO INDIANA AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. THIS REGION IS ALSO LOCATED AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINNING OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THIS COMPLEX IS THE REMNANTS OF A LONG LIVED MCS THAT TRACKED OUT OF MISSOURI THIS MORNING AND IS NOW MERGING WITH THE CONVECTION DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT. STORM MOTION THIS AFTERNOON IS TO THE NORTHEAST...ALTHOUGH THE CLUSTER OVER MICHIGAN IS SHOWING A TENDENCY TO SLOWLY SINK SOUTH WITH TIME. IT LOOKS LIKE THE CLUSTER MOVING OUT OF INDIANA WILL APPROACH THE TOLEDO AREA TOWARDS 6 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS JUST WEST AND NORTH OF TOLEDO AND THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED IN NW OHIO IF THUNDERSTORMS CAN MAINTAIN STRENGTH. THUS FAR THE GREATEST THREAT HAS BEEN HEAVY RAIN WHERE STORMS HAVE BEEN TRAINING IN MICHIGAN WITH NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER. AS OF 330 PM...NO WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED WITH THE CONVECTION IN NRN INDIANA WHICH IS STARTING TO OUTPACE THE FRONT. THERE IS SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WITH ML CAPES AROUND 1500 J/KG FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS BUT SHEAR IS LACKING. CORRIDOR OF DEEPER MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AHEAD OF THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL LOW OVERNIGHT AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MOST AREAS. STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN AS WE LOSE DIURNAL HEATING OVERNIGHT AND MAY BE MAINLY SHOWERS EAST OF I-77 BY MORNING. DEWPOINTS/HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES MILD TONIGHT. LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE MID 60S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... NEARLY VERTICALLY STACKED UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE LOW WILL BE OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL RESIDE WITHIN THE AREA OF SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW ACROSS MAINLY NE OHIO AND NW PA. CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 2500 J/KG WITH SEVERAL MECHANISMS FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION DURING THE AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL FIRE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE LOW SLOWLY MOVES EASTWARD. HIGHER RESOLUTION MODELS ALSO SHOW SOME CONVERGENCE DOWNWIND OF LAKE ERIE THAT WILL SET UP SOUTH OF I-90. LARGE SCALE FORCING WILL ALSO INCREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS A 35 KNOT MID-LEVEL JET STREAK MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE TROUGH. ALL OF THIS COMBINES TO MAKE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ON THURSDAY ACROSS AT LEAST THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. LESS CERTAIN IS IF ANYTHING CAN FIRE ACROSS NW OHIO AHEAD OF THE JET STREAK WHICH CAN NOT BE ENTIRELY RULED OUT SO WILL LEAVE A LOW POP IN THE NW OHIO. WHATEVER BREAKS EXIST IN THE CLOUDS TO START THE DAY IN NE OHIO/NW PA WILL FILL IN QUICKLY AS DIURNAL HEATING INCREASES...WHILE A GOOD DEAL OF SUN IS EXPECTED IN THE DRIER AIR IN NW OHIO. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM 77-85 AND WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE WEST WHERE THEY WILL RECEIVE MORE SUN. WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY DRY AS WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH WITH NEGATIVE THETA-E ADVECTION THROUGH THE COLUMN. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALSO BUILDS IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING SURFACE LOW WHICH SHOULD REDUCE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION DOWNWIND OF LAKE ERIE IN NE OH/NW PA ON THURSDAY. FARTHER SOUTH...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FIRE ALONG STALLED BOUNDARY ON THURSDAY. THURSDAY NIGHT COULD ALSO BE ACTIVE ACROSS THE SW HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA AS ENERGY MOVES AROUND THE BUILDING RIDGE THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A WARM FRONT STARTING TO LIFT BACK NORTH ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF THE WARMING TREND FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH HIGHS REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 80S IN THE WEST ON FRIDAY. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE LONG TERM BEGINS ON SATURDAY WITH BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOWING AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. A RIDGE WILL EXTEND NORTH INTO THE CENTRAL LAKES. NOT MUCH CHANGES THROUGH SUNDAY INTO MONDAY EXCEPT THAT LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA WILL TILT THE AXIS OF THE RIDGE EAST A BIT HOWEVER IT SHOULD STILL REMAIN WEST OF THE AREA. TUESDAY THE LOW MOVES TO NORTHERN ONTARIO FLATTENING THE RIDGE ACROSS THE LAKES. GIVEN THE RIDGE POSITION...WOULD EXPECT THAT ANY CONVECTION THAT GOES OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE WILL DESCEND ON THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. FOR NOW THOUGH IT WOULD BE FAIRLY DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE TIMING OTHER THAT A SMALL CHANCE POP FOR AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION. WILL HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE POP IN FOR THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING PERIODS. ALSO...GUIDANCE SUGGESTS MORE CLOUD COVER THEN SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN THE RIDGE SO LOWERED CLOUD PERCENTAGES TO GET PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. TEMPS AT OR ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... ONGOING CONVECTION WILL KEEP THINGS INTERESTING THIS EVENING. THE WORST OF THE ACTIVITY REMAINS OVER LAKE ERIE BUT SCATTERED STORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT OR SO. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE STORMS APPROACHING KFDY TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T BECOME SEVERE. OUTFLOW FROM THE STORMS OVER THE LAKE WILL LIKELY IMPACT KCLE IN AN HOUR OR SO AND COULD SEE SOME BRIEF GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS. WIDESPREAD MVFR FOG IS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH PATCHY IFR AT THE USUAL INLAND SPOTS. THERE WILL LIKELY BE MORE PRECIP IN THE EAST TOMORROW BUT WILL BROAD BRUSH IT FOR NOW. LIGHT S TO SW FLOW WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME WESTERLY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OUTLOOK...NON VFR POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY. && .MARINE... LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY INTO MID WEEK...EVENTUALLY REACHING WESTERN NEW YORK BY THURSDAY MORNING. FLOW AROUND THE LOW IS NOT PARTICULARLY STRONG SO AM EXPECTING VARIABLE BUT GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD RESULTING IN WAVES OF 2 FEET OR LESS ON THE LAKE. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KEC NEAR TERM...KEC SHORT TERM...KEC LONG TERM...TK AVIATION...KUBINA MARINE...TK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 335 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 LEZ061-145>149-165>169-OHZ010>014-020>023-031>033-038-089-PAZ001>003- 200745- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY- 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 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-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA- LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WAYNE- STARK-MAHONING-HOLMES-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- 335 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LEZ142>144-162>164-OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-200745- MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH- 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-LUCAS-WOOD- OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD- RICHLAND-ASHLAND-MARION-MORROW-KNOX- 335 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN MICHIGAN SOUTHWARD INTO INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON THEN MOVE EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST OHIO DURING THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 553 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 OHZ003-006-192245- LUCAS-WOOD- 553 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR LUCAS AND NORTHERN WOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYLVANIA TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF DESHLER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SYLVANIA...WHITEHOUSE...HOLLAND...WATERVILLE...WESTON...TOLEDO... PERRYSBURG...ROSSFORD...BOWLING GREEN AND NORTHWOOD...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. OUDEMAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 637 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 OHZ003-006>008-192330- LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-WOOD- 637 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHEASTERN LUCAS...OTTAWA... SANDUSKY AND WOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF OREGON TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. OUDEMAN
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:12 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees from Lakewood to the west side of Cleveland. A truck was crushed by one of the trees in Lakewood. At least 23,500 utility customers lost power during this event.
Penny sized hail was observed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, August 2014
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: 539775, 539774.