A cold front moved across northern Ohio causing thunderstorms to develop over the northeast corner of the state. A couple trees were knocked down in Ashtabula County.
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A cold front moved across northern Ohio causing thunderstorms to develop over the northeast corner of the state. A couple trees were knocked down in Ashtabula 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 20, 11:29 PM EST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1229 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front will sink south across the area overnight and weak high pressure will build over the region tuesday. A low should track east across lake erie thursday followed by high pressure on friday. Another cold front is expected to push into the area next monday. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/... Cold front delayed from previous thought and have adjusted timing of what precip chances we have left and eventual low temperatures. The best precip chances will be across the snowbelt counties of NE OH/NW PA...although anyone can see a brief shower or thunderstorm until the front passes. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... A little cooler and drier air will continue to spread into the cwa on tue. Expect mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies with highs from the lower 80s west to upper 70s east. Tue night will be the coolest night with lows in the 50s with lower 60s at the lakeshore. Humidity will be on the increase wed into wed night. A low is expected to track east across the lake erie area thu morning. Increasing chances for shra/tsra will occur later wed into wed night with the warm front ahead of the low. The rain threat will taper off west to east thu into thu evening as the low moves east of the area by afternoon pulling drier air south into the cwa. The strong dynamics for this time of the year may result in the best threat for severe storms with the activity late wed into thu morning. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... High pressure will build overhead on Friday then expand east across New England on Saturday. Temperatures will be near seasonal values on Friday before the next warming trend gets underway for the weekend as the ridge builds aloft. Southwesterly return flow develops on Saturday and increases on Sunday in advance of low pressure tracking northeast from the upper midwest into Canada. Most areas will return to the upper 80s to near 90 degrees by Sunday. The next chance of thunderstorms will be on Sunday as moisture increases ahead of this system slowly moving east across the Great Lakes. && .AVIATION /06Z Tuesday THROUGH Saturday/... The weather remains quiet with no convection over the area. New guidance shows a few showers developing later this evening as the surface cold finally arrives. The threat for severe weather or strong thunderstorms now appears minimal and precip chances will be the best in the east. Will go with some tempos for showers at KERI and KYNG in a few hours with vicinity mention elsewhere. Some new storms are firing over southern Lake Huron but these should pass to the east of the area. SW to W flow will become NW behind the front which will be south of the area by 06z. Outlook...Non VFR possible Wednesday night and Thursday. && .MARINE... Westerly winds of 10-20 knots will continue late this afternoon before shifting to the north with the passage of a cold front this evening. Waves will build to 3 to 4 feet for a few hours following the wind shift but winds will shift to northeast and drop below 15 knots by late tonight. High pressure will build over the western Great Lakes on Tuesday then build east across the region through Wednesday with wind and wave conditions generally 15 knots or less. An area of low pressure will quickly move east across Ohio on Wednesday night with variable winds on the lake until setting up out of the north behind the system on Thursday. High pressure will return to end the week on Friday and Saturday. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. PA...None. MARINE...None. && SYNOPSIS...Adams/Oudeman NEAR TERM...Adams/Lombardy/Oudeman SHORT TERM...Adams LONG TERM...KEC AVIATION...Kubina MARINE...KEC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 934 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047- 089-PAZ001>003-220145- 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-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- 934 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:46 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed two trees and a few large limbs.
Thunderstorm winds toppled a tree onto State Route 7 north of Pierpont.
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