Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon. Some of the stronger storms became severe.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon. Some of the stronger storms became severe. A lot of damage was reported in the Port Clinton and Berlin Heights areas.
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 28, 12:20 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Cleveland OH 120 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Low pressure will track east across the northern Great Lakes into Ontario today dragging a cold front across the region. The front will stall across Southern Ohio on Monday. High pressure will build across the lower Great Lakes from the north on Monday and Tuesday. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... Low pressure is located just south of James Bay with a cold front extending across central lower Michigan. The front is slightly hard to pick out with the light wind field in place across the region but was near a Saginaw to Grand Rapids line at 14Z. Dewpoints ahead of the front are in the lower 70s with even some mid and upper 70 dewpoints in place across west central Ohio. A band of clouds can be seen on satellite imagery ahead of the front and expect this to be where convection initiates early this afternoon. Raised pops a little more for the Toledo and northwest Ohio areas. The other area to watch for thunderstorms to develop will be in northeast/north central Ohio as the lake breeze pushes inland this afternoon. Upper level support will pass to the north today with a broad ridge with warm mid-levels still in place across the southeastern states. The warm air and weak flow aloft to the south should limit storm strength this afternoon. Instability will still be sufficient for scattered coverage of storms except more isolated coverage along the northeast lakeshore. Raised temperatures 2-3 degrees for all areas with plenty of sun expected into early afternoon. Original...Will continue with chance pops for thunderstorms today...mainly this afternoon. Low pressure moving east across the northern lakes will drag a cold front across the region late this afternoon/early evening. Only weak forcing across the area with the upper ridge axis just to our south over the lower Ohio Valley but with the airmass continuing very moist with dewpoints in the upper 60s to near 70...main concern is for the development of convection along and ahead of the front. Highs mid and upper 80s. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... For tonight expect a few ongoing thunderstorms at 00z but high pressure and dry air will build in after 06z from the north. Will have chance pops mainly east half to start but will tapper through the evening. Monday and monday night will be dry as high pressure overspreads the area. Wednesday should be dry for most as well however models bring another cold front across the area during the day. The GFS is drier than the NAM and for its own part than NAM is not all that moist either. For now will just have slight chance pops in place for the day which will not make it into the zones. Wednesday night 850mb temps drop to around 6c on the GFS over NERN Ohio and NWRN PA. This would be low enough to spark lake effect showers but the fetch will be short as winds will be from the north. Also the airmass dries significantly by then. For now will have a slight chance pop far northeast...otherwise dry. Temps a few degrees above normal Monday and Tuesday and near normal Wednesday. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... High pressure will be spreading se over the area thu into fri then slowly shifting off to the east sat. Dry and cooler air is shown over the region thru the period so expect conditions to stay dry allowing the drought affecting much of the area to worsen. && .AVIATION /18Z Sunday THROUGH Friday/... A line of storms has developed along the OH/MI border. This will be the main concern the next several hours. The majority of the new guidance shows this line moving southeast across the western half of the area and will go with tempos at the western TAF sites. Areas further east will get vicinity mentions and will update as needed. Given the juicy airmass expect VSBYs to dip to IFR with any of the thunderstorms. The cold front responsible for this activity should push south of the area around 00z and that should end the precip threat. Overnight just expecting a few clouds with patchy MVFR fog. Monday will see dry NE flow at low levels thus only a few cu. Light flow will become NW to N behind the cold front but speeds will remain under 10 knots. OUTLOOK...Mainly VFR thru Thursday. && .MARINE... A weak cold front drifting se across the lake today will mean little more than a wind shift from sw to nw that veers to ne tonight with an increase in speed to about 10 to 15 knots. Winds diminish again for mon night and remain light and changeable until wed morning when a more pronounced cold front pushes se across the lake. Winds will increase from the nw then north to 10 to 20 knots wed into wed night which look to create 2 to 4 foot waves for a while until winds start to diminish late thu night. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. PA...None. MARINE...None. && SYNOPSIS...TK NEAR TERM...KEC/TK SHORT TERM...TK LONG TERM...Adams AVIATION...Kubina MARINE...Adams
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 139 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-291745- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE-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- 139 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-291745- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- 139 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. WATERSPOUTS MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE, MAINLY WEST OF THE ISLANDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1109 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0557 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E GALION 40.73N 82.75W
08/27/2016 CRAWFORD OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN
0558 PM TSTM WND DMG GALION 40.73N 82.79W
08/27/2016 CRAWFORD OH PUBLIC
TREE LIMBS DOWN.
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CLARKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 203 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 OHZ003-006>008-017-018-282015- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-HANCOCK-SENECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...FINDLAY...TIFFIN 203 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SAG SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH. THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE TOLEDO AREA BY 3 PM AND WILL REACH THE BOWLING GREEN AND FREMONT AREAS BY 4 PM. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. RAINFALL RATES WILL BE AS HIGH AS TWO INCHES PER HOUR. KUBINA
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:28 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm down burst winds downed many trees in the Port Clinton area.
Thunderstorm down burst winds estimated at 60 mph downed a lot of trees and large limbs over eastern Erie County.
An automated sensor at the Huron Lighthouse measured a 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs in Volunteer Bay.
Thunderstorm down burst winds downed some trees south of the Ohio Turnpike near the Erie and Lorain County line.
Thunderstorm down burst winds downed several trees and large limbs in the Oberlin area.
A thunderstorm down burst caused a swath of damage north of the City of Medina. Dozens of trees and large limbs were downed along the damage path which was up to two miles in length. A couple roads had to be closed because of the fallen trees and there were scattered power outages in the area.
Penny sized hail was observed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked a large tree down on top of a garage. The garage sustained some damage.
Thunderstorm winds downed a couple trees near Walnut Creek.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, August 2016
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: 657471, 657463, 657472, 657469, 657470, 657466, 657465, 657464, 657473, 657467.