An area of showers and thunderstorms developed along a warm front advancing north across the region. A couple of the thunderstorms became severe.
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An area of showers and thunderstorms developed along a warm front advancing north across the region. A couple of the thunderstorms became severe.
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 22, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Cleveland OH 300 PM EDT Thu Jun 22 2017 .SYNOPSIS... A warm front will lift across Lake Erie this evening. Low pressure over the western lakes will move northeast into Canada by Friday, bringing a cold front east across the region. A broad trough of low pressure will then remain over the area through the weekend. High pressure at the surface will begin to move in from the west Monday night into Tuesday. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... Warm front located from southern Michigan to NW PA. This boundary should continue to lift northward through the evening and be north of Lake Erie around midnight. The better shear and instability was located across NW PA. If any storms get stronger it will be across this area through early evening. Cant rule out an isolated thunderstorm elsewhere in the warm sector. Confidence in any thunderstorm development is low. We will then watch the moisture advection increase ahead of low pressure that will move into the central Great Lakes. There will be tropical moisture into the area but the main focus appears to be south of the county warning area until the cold front arrive Friday afternoon into the evening. Locally heavy rainfall will be possible but mainly across the eastern half of the area. Drier air moves back into the region Friday night with showers/thunderstorms ending from west to east. Warm tonight with the increased moisture. Lows will likely be within a couple degrees of 70 at most locations. Humid on friday but with rain and cloud cover highs will be in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Cooler Friday night in the wake of the cold front. Lows should dip back into the 50s away from the lake. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... A surface cold front will move east with waves of low pressure expected along the frontal boundary Friday night allowing ridge of high pressure to build into the local area for Saturday. The ridging will be dominant through the day Sunday and surface trough of low pressure will begin to push south across the area Sunday. Some weak cold air advection will take place Saturday and Sunday with highs remaining on the mild side in the lower 70s. Lows during the night will hover in the middle 50s. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Broad upper level troughiness will prevail through Tuesday night over the eastern United States. Nearly zonal flow will setup by mid week with a small shortwave trough advancing east into the eastern portions of the United States by Wednesday and Thursday. Due to the fast moving systems and long period of cyclonic flow expected across the area aloft, the atmosphere will be in a chaotic state of change through the forecast period. Another wave of low pressure will move east across the forecast area Monday into Tuesday and then shift east of the area Tuesday night. Through this process, weak cold air advection will take place into Tuesday. High pressure with a ridge extending north to the Great Lakes will advance east Tuesday night into Wednesday allowing a return back to warm air advection. Yet another low pressure system will move quickly east across the central Great Lakes Thursday night into Friday morning. Limited instability is expected across the area through the period with cold air advancing in during the early periods and this should limit thunder threat. Then, as warm air advection moves in, destabilization will take place across the area and increase threat for thunderstorms. Cold air advection early in the period will keep temperatures quite cool. Highs by Thursday may wind up being under forecast due to the potential for stronger warm air advection and if sun has a chance to break through the cloud cover and the showers and thunderstorms. && .AVIATION /18Z Thursday THROUGH Tuesday/... Most of the shower/thunderstorm activity has shifted into NE OH/NW PA along a warm front. Expect most of it to end by late afternoon. After a break in the precipitation we will await the lift and moisture from what remains of the tropical depression. Expect showers and a few thunderstorms to move south to north into the area overnight with some lower MVFR ceilings also expected. Southerly winds will increase through the afternoon and then remain around 12 knots through the overnight. OUTLOOK...Thunderstorms with heavy rain possible Friday. Low chance of brief MVFR in showers Sunday into Monday with a cold front. && .MARINE... Southwest flow will persist through Friday in the warm air advection. A shift to a west northwest direction will take place Friday afternoon as a cold front moves east of the area. Flow should be light enough to support 2 to 4 foot waves and avoid small craft advisories. Increasing winds will take place out of the west by Saturday evening. May need small craft advisories in the western half of the lake Saturday evening and over the entire lake by Sunday morning in westerly flow. This flow will continue into Monday and then fluctuate in speed through Tuesday. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. PA...None. MARINE...None. && SYNOPSIS...Mullen NEAR TERM...Mullen SHORT TERM...Lombardy LONG TERM...Lombardy AVIATION...Mullen MARINE...Lombardy/Mullen
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1019 AM EDT Thu Jun 22 2017 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-231430- 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- 1019 AM EDT Thu Jun 22 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-231430- 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- 1019 AM EDT Thu Jun 22 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. A few storms may have the potential to become strong to perhaps severe on Friday, however, there remains a lot of uncertainty. The biggest limiting factor will be the expansive cloud cover and limited instability. Another concern is the flooding threat. There is currently a lot of uncertainty as to where the heaviest rainfall will occur, but there is potential for training thunderstorms that could lead to flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:13 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
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