Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front moving east across the area. One of the thunderstorms produced one inch diameter hail and gusty winds in Wyandot County.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front moving east across the area. One of the thunderstorms produced one inch diameter hail and gusty winds in Wyandot 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 Aug 23, 5:55 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 655 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE AREA WILL BE BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR WEST AND SOUTHWEST...AND LOW PRESSURE OVER ONTARIO AND THE GREAT LAKES. WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION AROUND THE LOW AND KEEP OUR WEATHER UNSETTLED INTO MIDWEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... PREVIOUS FORECAST TIMING LOOKS VERY GOOD SO HAVE ONLY MADE MINOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. MAIN CHANGES WERE TO HOURLY TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS BECAUSE OF THE RAIN COOLED AIR ACROSS NW OHIO.. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT EXTEND FROM NRN LWR MI SSE INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA. THIS PRECIP WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE TOLEDO AREA BETWEEN AROUND 7PM. FOLLOWING THE NAM12...CAPES SHOULD REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE EVENING SO WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THUNDERSTORMS AS THE LINE MOVES EAST REACHING FROM CLEVELAND TO MANSFIELD AROUND 03Z AND INTO NWRN PA AROUND 06Z BASED ON CURRENT TIMING. DRY AIR AND POST FRONTAL RIDGING SHOULD CLEAR SKIES BEHIND SO BROUGHT IN CLEARING IN THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. CLEARING ACROSS THE CENTRAL COUNTIES SHOULD OCCUR "LATE" AND DID ENTER THAT ZONE WORDING FOR THE CLEVELAND AREA. CONTINUED WITH LIKELY POPS KCLE WEST AND CHANCE POPS EAST OF CLEVELAND EXPECTING A DIURNAL DECREASE. GUIDANCE TEMPS FROM THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S FINE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... THE SHORT TERM WILL BE DOMINATED BY THE UPPER LOW...DEVELOPING TO OUR NORTH...EVENTUALLY DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS THE NRN LAKES AND SRN ONTARIO. ASSOCIATED WRAP AROUND MOISTURE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS WILL DESCEND INTO THE AREA THROUGH MID WEEK. ALSO...CONCERNED THAT ANY SUNSHINE WILL JUST RESULT IN CLOUDS REDEVELOPING AS THE COOL AIR ALOFT FILLS IN ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ALSO...WITH 850MB TEMPS DROPPING TO 6-8C...LAKE EFFECT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS NERN OHIO AND NWRN PA. AS TO TIMING DETAILS...AM EXPECTING A DECENT AMOUNT OF POST SYSTEM SUN EARLY MONDAY WITH CONVECTIVE CU INCREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN AS 850MB TEMPS DROP TO 9-10C. STILL PARTLY CLOUDY LOOKS GOOD AS THE COLDER AIR WILL STILL BE NORTH OF THE AREA AS WELL AS THE BEST MOISTURE. MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY HOWEVER MODELS SHOW ANOTHER TROF/SECONDARY COLD FRONT/ WHICH DROPS 850MB TEMPS TO AROUND +6C BY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE LAKE. AM EXPECTING LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS TO DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE TUESDAY AS CLOUDS FILL IN. WILL COVER WITH CHANCE POPS FOR NOW. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS FOR LAKE EFFECT TUESDAY EVENING...BUT INCREASE TO LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE NAM12 AS A SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH. WEDNESDAY NOT A LOT OF CHANGE TO WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS NORTHEAST OHIO AND NWRN PA. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY WILL BE FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS ELSEWHERE TUE AND WED ALTHOUGH THAT WILL DEPEND ALSO ON HOW MUCH MOISTURE WRAPS INTO THE AREA SO FOR NOW WILL LEAVE OUT. GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK FINE IN THE MID 70S MONDAY AND CLOSER TO 70 TUESDAY AND WED. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EAST IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. ON THURSDAY...THE 850MB THERMAL TROUGH WILL STILL BE OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH 850MB TEMPS +6 TO +8 LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE CURRENT FORECAST AND WILL REMAIN WITH THIS UPDATE. A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE TROUGH MOVES EAST BRINGING AN END TO THE SHOWERS AND A GRADUAL DECREASE IN CLOUDS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THIS RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN DOMINATE OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. HIGH CLOUDS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WITH SOME CU DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE WEST. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT. COVERAGE WILL BE MINIMAL AS THESE STORMS ARE WORKING WITH FAIRLY DRY AREA. HOWEVER...A NARROW AREA OF MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH AREA OF SHOWERS AS IT PASSES OVER THE TAF SITES. THE TIMING FOR THE FRONTAL PASSAGE APPEARS TO BE APPROXIMATELY 00Z FOR NW OHIO...03Z FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NEAR 06Z FOR NW PA. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A NW WIND AND A LAKE BREEZE WILL OCCUR FOR PARTS OF NE OHIO AND NW PA. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AS THE FRONT APPROACHES AND BECOME WESTERLY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. OUTLOOK...NON VFR POSSIBLE FOR KERI TUESDAY AND THE SNOWBELT OF NE OH/NW PA WEDNESDAY. && .MARINE... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE ERIE TONIGHT. LIGHT SOUTH WINDS IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST AND THEN BECOME WEST AS THE FRONT PASSES. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN AROUND 10 KNOTS THIS EVENING THEN GRADUALLY INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A SECONDARY SURFACE TROUGH WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS LAKE ERIE MONDAY LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS TROUGH WILL BRING COOLER AIR OVER LAKE ALLOWING WINDS TO MIX TO THE SURFACE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON. I WILL NOT ISSUE THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AT THIS TIME BUT CONDITIONS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. WESTERLY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE OVER THE LAKE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD BACK OVER LAKE ERIE FOR THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...TK NEAR TERM...TK/MULLEN SHORT TERM...TK LONG TERM...GARNET AVIATION...GARNET MARINE...GARNET
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 435 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015 LEZ142-143-162-163-OHZ003-006>008-017-018-242045- MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-LUCAS-WOOD- OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-HANCOCK-SENECA- 435 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. LEZ061-144>149-164>169-OHZ009>014-019>023-027>033-036>038-047-089- PAZ001>003-242045- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY- 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 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-ERIE OH-LORAIN- CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE- TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING- MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- 435 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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 619 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015 OHZ006-017-232300- HANCOCK-WOOD- 619 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WOOD AND HANCOCK COUNTIES... AT 618 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER GLANDORF...OR OVER OTTAWA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FINDLAY...BLUFFTON...NORTH BALTIMORE...MCCOMB...ARLINGTON...RAWSON... VAN BUREN...BLOOMDALE...CYGNET...JERRY CITY...HOYTVILLE...BENTON RIDGE...JENERA...MOUNT CORY AND BAIRDSTOWN. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4125 8388 4125 8354 4085 8358 4086 8388 TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 277DEG 38KT 4102 8407 SEFCOVIC
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:25 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported quarter size hail from the thunderstorm in Carey. Telephone lines were also brought down by gusty thunderstorm winds along with a trampoline that blew away.
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