An isolated severe thunderstorm downed a couple of trees in Ashland County. Scattered power outages were reported in the area.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm downed a couple of trees in Ashland County. Scattered power outages were reported in the 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 Jul 26, 2:01 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 301 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE OVER WISCONSIN WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST INTO NEW ENGLAND BY MONDAY THEN MOVE NORTH THROUGH EASTERN CANADA TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS MONDAY NIGHT WILL PUSH UP THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...BUT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY/... CONSOLIDATING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL COME TOGETHER OVER LAKE MICHIGAN BY 12Z SUN. STRONG CONVECTION ALREADY FIRING FROM NRN INDIANA INTO NW OH SO WILL START OFF FORECAST PERIOD WITH FOCUS ON THAT AREA...WITH MENTION OF POSSIBLE SEVERE. THE BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND MOISTURE LOOKS TO POOL OVER IL AND INDIANA SO THIS SHOULD BE THE AREA WHERE A MCS DEVELOPS TONIGHT. AN EASTWARD MOVEMENT LOOKS MOST LIKELY SO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA SEEMS THE BEST BET TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE COMPLEX AND ANY POTENTIAL SEVERE WX. TEMPS TONIGHT WILL BE WARMER WITH LOWS MOSTLY 65 TO 70 AS WARM ADVECTION CONTINUES ALONG WITH THE ADDED CLOUD COVER. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY SHOULD HAVE THE COMPLEX WORKING EAST ACROSS THE SOUTH. THINK THERE WILL BE SOMEWHAT OF A LULL BEHIND THIS COMPLEX THEN DAYTIME HEATING AND INCREASING DYNAMICS FROM A VIGOROUS UPPER IMPULSE APPROACHING FROM THE WNW WILL DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS AND LEAD TO NUMEROUS CELLS DEVELOPING DURING THE LATER PART OF THE DAY INTO SUN NIGHT. ONCE AGAIN THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS. COOLER AIR WILL START TO SPREAD IN THE SECOND HALF OF SUN NIGHT SO THE AIRMASS WILL START TO STABILIZE TO END THE THUNDER THREAT FROM WEST TO EAST. THE UPPER TROUGH STILL OVER THE EAST ON MON MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH COOL AIR ALOFT FOR SOME THUNDER BUT FOR THE MOST PART SHOULD JUST SEE SHRA. DRIER AIR PUSHING SE INTO THE WEST SHOULD END THE THREAT FOR RAIN BY MON NIGHT. LAKE EFFECT CONDITIONS WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE MON NIGHT AND TUE SO PROBABLY WILL SEE SCT SHRA HANG AROUND THE SNOWBELT. ANOTHER UPPER S/W IS EXPECTED TO DIVE SE TO HELP REINFORCE THE MAIN TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN LAKES MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WEEK. THUS...MAY SEE THE SCT SHRA CONCENTRATED IN THE SNOWBELT BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY TUE NIGHT. TEMPS SUN SHOULD STILL BE NEAR NORMAL THEN THE COOL AIR WITH THE UPPER TROUGH WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA MON AND REMAIN IN PLACE ALL WEEK SO TEMPS WILL STAY BELOW NORMAL FOR TUE. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... UNSEASONABLY COOL UPPER TROUGH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH SOME WEAKENING. WEAK VORT LOBES WILL PIVOT AROUND THE UPPER TROUGH AND WITH RELATIVELY WARM LAKE ERIE... LAKE ENHANCED INSTABILITY SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED. 850 MB TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM FROM LESS THAN 10C TO NEAR 12C WHICH SHOULD ALLOW SURFACE TEMPS TO SLOWLY WARM BUT REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECT THIS AFTERNOON BUT SCATTERED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY DEVELOP AFTER 20-21 UTC BUT CONFIDENCE IN TIMING AND LOCATION IS LOW SO HAVE INCLUDED JUST VCTS IN TAFS. EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET WITH MVFR FOG DEVELOPING AFTER 06 UTC AND PERSISTING UNTIL 13-14 UTC. CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY BY NOON WITH THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY FROM MFD TO CAK TO YNG. OUTSIDE OF STORMS SW WINDS 5 TO 12 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED. OUTLOOK...NON VFR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUN EVENING THRU MON. && .MARINE... AN UNSETTLED PERIOD IS EXPECTED AS THE UPPER FLOW AMPLIFIES AND WINDS INCREASE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ON SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND CROSSES THE LAKE SUNDAY EVENING. WITH THE LAKE NEAR 23C AND COLD ADVECTION BEGINNING AFTER THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...HIGHER WINDS WILL MIX TO THE LAKE SURFACE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20-27 KNOTS. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY RELAX TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS A WEAK SURFACE HIGH BUILDS OVER THE REGION FROM THE WEST. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...ADAMS NEAR TERM...ADAMS SHORT TERM...ADAMS LONG TERM...LAPLANTE AVIATION...LAPLANTE MARINE...LAPLANTE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 317 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027-028-033-036-089- PAZ001>003-271930- 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- MAHONING-MARION-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- CRAWFORD PA- 317 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT MAINLY FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TOLEDO TO YOUNGSTOWN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. OHZ029>032-037-038-047-271930- RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX- 317 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AREA SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm downburst downed a couple of trees south of Ashland. Scattered power outages were reported in the area.
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