Thunderstorms developed along a cold front pushing south across during the early morning hours of July 2nd. Summit County Emergency Management reported thunderstorm winds brought trees down in Cuyahoga Falls.
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Thunderstorms developed along a cold front pushing south across during the early morning hours of July 2nd. Summit County Emergency Management reported thunderstorm winds brought trees down in Cuyahoga Falls.
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 Jul 1, 7:28 PM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 828 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL FOLLOW LATE WEDNESDAY OR EARLY THURSDAY. A LARGE AREA OF CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA LATE IN THE WORK WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NOSE OF THE UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA. UPDATING TO ADD HIGHER POPS TO THE SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS ACTIVITY. ACTIVITY COULD WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET AS WE LOSE DAY TIME HEATING. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... COULD SEE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE EAST TOMORROW MORNING AS THE THE TAIL END OF THE JET LIFTS NE OF THE AREA...THEN SHOULD SEE A BREAK IN PRECIP FOR THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY. SECONDARY COLD FRONT STILL ON TRACK TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT. SO UNFORTUNATELY COULD WELL SEE SOME SCATTERED PRECIPITATION MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST TOMORROW EVENING. IF LUCKY MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER ANY FIREWORKS DISPLAYS. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. LIMITED MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS SO FOR NOW WILL JUST CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS. BELOW NORMAL TEMPS RETURN AS THE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. FRIDAY SHOULD BE MOSTLY SUNNY AND COOL WITH TEMPS IN THE 70S AND LOW HUMIDITY. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE STILL DOMINATING THE WEATHER OVER THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. SOME MOISTURE BEGINS TO PUSH INTO THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PERIOD MILD AND NEAR NORMAL. && .AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... PRECIP REMAINS JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA AND FOR THE MOST PART SHOULD REMAIN THAT WAY. A FEW SHOWERS COULD AFFECT THE EASTERN TAF SITES THIS EVENING BUT AFTER THAT EXPECT DRY WEATHER. ANY CIGS OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE BRIEF AND VFR. DO EXPECT PATCHY MVFR FOG TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF THE AREA BY 18Z. A FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS FRONT MOVES THROUGH. SW FLOW WILL BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT AND THEN WSW TO W AND GUSTY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. OUTLOOK...AREAS OF NON VFR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WED EVE. SCATTERED SHRA MAINLY SNOWBELT LATER WED NIGHT INTO THU. && .MARINE... WINDS SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL TURN MORE WESTERLY TONIGHT AS A WEAKENING COLD FRONT CROSSES THE LAKE BY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL DROP SE ACROSS THE LAKE WEDNESDAY AND SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. WINDS SHOULD TURN MORE TO THE NORTH LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY THEN HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE LAKE FOR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY YIELDING LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DJB NEAR TERM...LOMBARDY SHORT TERM...DJB LONG TERM...BC AVIATION...KUBINA MARINE...BC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 325 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 OHZ010>014-020>023-028>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-021930- LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE- TRUMBULL-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION- MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- CRAWFORD PA- 325 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .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. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027-021930- 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-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-WYANDOT- 325 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1216 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2014 PAZ002-003-020500- CRAWFORD-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1216 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM EDT... AT 1215 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CORRY TO SPARTANSBURG TO MEADVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH MAY BLOW AROUND SMALLER OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS. TWIGS AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY ALSO BE BROKEN.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 101 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2014 PAZ003-020545- CRAWFORD- 101 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM EDT... AT 101 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SPARTANSBURG TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TITUSVILLE TO 8 MILES EAST OF MEADVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH MAY BLOW AROUND SMALLER OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS. TWIGS AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY ALSO BE BROKEN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:11 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Summit County Emergency Manager reported thunderstorm winds brought trees down in Cuyahoga Falls.
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