A warm front lifted north across the area during the afternoon leaving a warm and unstable airmass in place. An area of thunderstorms moved across northern Ohio during the afternoon and evening producing a few areas of severe weather.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
A warm front lifted north across the area during the afternoon leaving a warm and unstable airmass in place. An area of thunderstorms moved across northern Ohio during the afternoon and evening producing a few areas of severe weather. The worst of the damage was an EF1 tornado in Brunswick in Medina County. The tornado was on the ground for 1.7 miles, touching down near Diana Drive and Maria Drive, then tracking northeast and lifting near Clover Road and Carpenter Road. Approximately 45 buildings were damaged, with two homes sustaining major damage. Maximum wind speeds were estimated around 110 mph with a maximum path length of 120 yards. Strong winds were reported just east/southeast of Toledo with two semi-trucks blown over in northern Wood County and approximately 10,000 power outages in Lucas County. Additional tree damage was reported with thunderstorms near Painesville in Lake 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 23, 12:34 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 134 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TUESDAY NIGHT. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN REACHED ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS PLENTY OF CUMULUS CLOUD DEVELOPMENT. EXPECTING POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THAT AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AS INSTABILITY INCREASES. ADJUSTED HOURLY TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL UPWARD SLIGHTLY TO ACCOUNT FOR HIGHER TEMPERATURES. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY. WITH MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA IN THE WARM SECTOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION AT ANY TIME. THE 00Z RUN OF THE MODELS INDICATED THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. I WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE THE PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE GFS IS TRYING TO SHOW A WAVE DEVELOP ON THE FRONT ON TUESDAY. THIS SCENARIO MAY BE OVER DONE AND I AM LEANING MORE TOWARDS THE NAM SOLUTION. THE MODELS INDICATE A SECONDARY TROF WEDNESDAY MORNING...SO I WILL HOLD ON TO A LOW CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... FOLLOWED WPC THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD WHICH FAVORS CLOSER TO THE ECMWF. GENERALLY AM EXPECTING AN UPPER RIDGE FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WITH HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE AREA OR TO THE SOUTHEAST. TEMPS SEASONAL TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE. WITH CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... A WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED NORTH ACROSS THE AREA ALLOWING A JUICY AIRMASS TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION. CONVECTION MOVING ACROSS NW OH SHOULD AFFECT KTOL AND KFDY IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. FURTHER EAST...EXPECT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COVERAGE SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN SCATTERED SO WILL GO WITH A VICINITY MENTION FOR A FEW HOURS. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD MVFR FOG IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH MORE PRECIP ON TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT S TO SW FLOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE PERIOD. OUTLOOK...NON VFR POSSIBLE MON NIGHT THRU FRI IN SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS POSSIBLE MORNING FOG/MIST. && .MARINE... HIGH PRESSURE MOVING EAST OF THE LAKES WILL SUPPORT A SOUTHEAST FLOW TODAY INTO TONIGHT AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT. THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE ONTO THE WESTERN BASIN THIS EVENING AND BISECT THE LAKE TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE MOVING EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHWEST AFTER THE WARM FRONT PASSES. A COLD FRONT WILL FOLLOW TUESDAY NIGHT...DROPPING SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE LAKE THURSDAY...MOVING EAST ON FRIDAY. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD OUTSIDE OF ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SO AM EXPECTING TO REMAIN WELL BELOW SMALL CRAFT LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...GARNET NEAR TERM...LOMBARDY SHORT TERM...GARNET LONG TERM...TK AVIATION...KUBINA MARINE...TK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 110 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ007>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089- PAZ001>003-241715- 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-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- 110 PM EDT MON JUN 23 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ003-006-241715- LUCAS-WOOD- 110 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR LUCAS AND NORTHERN WOOD COUNTIES. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LOMBARDY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 228 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 OHZ003-006-231930- LUCAS-WOOD- 228 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT... AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SWANTON...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUSTAR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF WHITEHOUSE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF WESTON BY 300 PM EDT. WATERVILLE BY 310 PM EDT. BOWLING GREEN BY 315 PM EDT. 9 MILES SOUTH OF PERRYSBURG BY 320 PM EDT. THE TOWNS OF GRAND RAPIDS...TONTOGANY...HASKINS...LUCKEY AND PEMBERVILLE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES INTO THE AREA. LOMBARDY
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:12 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported large tree limbs brought down by thunderstorms winds in Painesville.
Two semi-trailers were blown over by thunderstorms winds at Oregon and Wales Rd.
The public reported tree damage from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated around 60 mph. A spotter also relayed a report of 10,000 Toledo Edison customers were without power.
The public reported penny size hail.
The tornado started in the vicinity of Diana Drive and Maria Drive in the city of Brunswick around 655 pm. The storm traveled northeast for 1.7 miles crossing State Route 303 and ended near Clover Drive and Carpenter Road. It is estimated at least forty five homes and businesses were affected by the tornado. Two homes sustained major damage near oak tree drive and royal oak drive. The path was intermittent with a combination of EF0 and EF1 Damage. It is estimated that the most significant damage was created from winds of 110 mph.
The public estimated nickel size hail.
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