Message Board Go to the Last Message Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/25/12 - 11:37 AM Partly sunny and 61 degrees on the S side of Fostoria, OH, wind S at 11 mph. Weather conditions from across nw.OH, as of 12:00 noon EDT... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ OHIO REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND, OH 1200 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 NORTHWEST OHIO CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS DEFIANCE CLOUDY 61 31 32 S8 29.82S FINDLAY PTSUNNY 61 30 31 S9 29.83S TOLEDO EXPRESS MOSUNNY 60 28 29 S3 29.82F TOLEDO METCALF SUNNY 61 31 32 S6 29.84S LIMA CLOUDY 60 39 45 S7 29.82S ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skies across nw.OH since mid evening yesterday have been partly cloudy/partly sunny, except becoming mostly sunny during mid morning, and becoming mostly cloudy for a time during late afternoon. Temps bottomed out at 36 early this morning at FAA-Findlay (OH) and have risen to the low 60's since within the past hour. Dew points so far today have ranged between 26 and 31. Winds became light and variable overnight and into mid morning, then S at 5-10 mph from then into late morning, increasing to 8-15 mph since then. Here are photos that I took this morning and near mid day... 1.6 mile ENE of Arcadia, at 7:09 am EDT... NE side of Findlay, at 7:18 am EDT... N side of Findlay, at 10:21 am (1st-2nd photos) and 11:08 am EDT (3rd photo)... 2.3 miles NNE of Findlay, at 12:08 pm EDT... 2.5 miles NNE of Findlay, at 12:10 pm EDT... And, 1.3 mile SW of Fostoria, at 12:20 pm EDT... Radar shows a fairly narrow band of rain showers and a few isolated t-storms from Dayton, OH NW to South Bend, IN and out over Lake Michigan, moving ESE at 35 mph. A LOW (995 mb) is over extreme.ne.SD, with a Stationary Front meandering SE into cen.KY, and a Cold Front WSW then W then WNW across the upper USA Midwest; The LOW will move SE across the OH Valley late tonight, with the entire system likely passing S of nw.OH. A HIGH over the n.Great Lakes will ridge S over the lower Great Lakes late tomorrow and Friday. The aforementioned Cold Front will become stationary near the Ohio River by Friday, and a weak disturbance will move along it on Saturday. A Canadian HIGH will build SE over OH on Sunday and early next week. For this afternoon and tonight, SPC-Norman (OK) has the SW 2/5 of OH (including S portions of w.cen.OH; not including nw.OH), and the SW 5/6 of IN, under a Slight Risk for severe t-storms; primary conerns are large hail (very large hail possible over most of IN) and damaging wind gusts; due to lower-then-previously-projected dew points across OH/IN, the potential for severe weather appears to be diminishing. The latest zone forecast for Fostoria, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1218 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 SENECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIFFIN 1218 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 .THIS AFTERNOON...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS AROUND 50. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS AROUND 60. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. MUCH COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 60. .MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The latest zone forecast for Finday, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1218 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FINDLAY 1218 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 .THIS AFTERNOON...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS AROUND 50. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. MUCH COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. .MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ And, the latest zone forecast for Fremont, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1218 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 SANDUSKY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT 1218 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 .THIS AFTERNOON...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS AROUND 50. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .MONDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. .MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/25/12 - 9:30 PM Cloudy and 50 degrees on the S side of Fostoria, OH, wind E at 8 mph. Weather conditions from across nw.OH, as of 10:00 pm EDT... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ OHIO REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH 1000 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 NORTHWEST OHIO CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS DEFIANCE CLOUDY 50 45 83 E8 29.75S FINDLAY NOT AVBL TOLEDO EXPRESS CLOUDY 49 45 86 SE5 29.78F TOLEDO METCALF CLOUDY 50 47 89 SE6 29.80F LIMA CLOUDY 52 44 74 SE13 29.76R ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skies across nw.OH were partly-to-mostly cloudy into late afternoon, and cloudy since. Light rain showers fell between 5:00 pm and 9:30 pm EDT, resulting in 0.13 inch of rainfall at FAA-Findlay (OH). Temps peaked at 64 at FAA-Findlay (OH) during early afternoon, then hovered in the low 60's into late afternoon, falling to the low 50's since early evening. Dew points rose to a 35 to 37 range early and mid afternoon, then rose to the upper 40's by and during early evening, then fell to the mid 40's since mid evening. S winds at 8-15 mph into late afternoon became S-SW at 8-15 mph and then S at 5-10 mph during late afternoon, then became E at 5-10 mph since early evening. Here are photos that I took this afternoon... S side of Fostoria, at 1:39 pm EDT... 0.5 mile E of Fostoria... 2:42 pm EDT... 2:43 pm EDT... 2:44 pm EDT... And, 2:46 pm EDT... And, Fostoria's Veterans Memorial Resevoir, at 4:16 pm and 4:22 pm EDT, respectively, with rain showers to the W in the 2nd photo... Radar shows mainly light rain showers over e.OH...scattered mainly light rain showers over N portions of nw.OH and over ne.IN, with a t-storm near Auburn, IN...and rain showers and a few imbedded t-storms over s.cen. and sw.OH and over se.IN...all moving SE at 30 mph. A LOW (999 mb) is over e.IA, with a Stationary Front SE to another LOW (1010 mb) over w.SC; this entire system will move SE tonight and tomorrow, pasing S of nw.OH. A HIGH will ridge over the lower Great Lakes late tomorrow and Friday. A weak disturbance will pass S of the area on Saturday. A Canadian HIGH will build over the region Sunday and early next week. The latest zone forecast for Fostoria, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 943 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 SENECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIFFIN 943 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 .OVERNIGHT...SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING...THEN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NOT AS COOL. NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH... BECOMING SOUTHEAST. CHANCE OF RAIN NEAR 100 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 60. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN CLEARING. PATCHY FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MUCH COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...RAIN LIKELY. COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. .MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS AROUND 50. .WEDNESDAY...CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS AROUND 70. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The latest zone forecast for Findlay, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 943 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FINDLAY 943 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 .OVERNIGHT...SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. CLOUDY WITH NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN CLEARING. PATCHY FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MUCH COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...RAIN LIKELY. COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. .MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 50. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ And, the latest zone forecast for Fremont, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 943 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 SANDUSKY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT 943 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012 .OVERNIGHT...SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING...THEN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NOT AS COOL. NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING EAST. CHANCE OF RAIN NEAR 100 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN CLEARING. PATCHY FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MUCH COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...RAIN LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .MONDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. .MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS AROUND 50. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/26/12 - 11:15 AM Cloudy and 60 degrees in downtown Findlay, OH, wind NW at 11 mph. Weather conditions from across nw.OH, as of 12:00 noon EDT... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ OHIO REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH 1200 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 NORTHWEST OHIO CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS DEFIANCE CLOUDY 60 52 74 NW18G24 29.72R FINDLAY CLOUDY 60 55 83 NW10 29.67S TOLEDO EXPRESS CLOUDY 58 51 78 NW17 29.68R TOLEDO METCALF CLOUDY 56 51 84 NW12 29.68R LIMA CLOUDY 59 53 80 NW13 29.69R HAZE ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skies across nw.OH have remained cloudy. At least light rain showers fell from time to time between 9:00 pm EDT yesterday evening and 8:00 am EDT this morning; a few imbedded t-storms with briefly moderate-to-heavy rains moved NW across the area overnight. At my house on the S side of Fostoria, briefly moderate-to-heavy rain and occasional lightning/thunder was observed between 2:00 am and 2:30 am EDT, and briefly moderate rain and some occasional lightning/thunder was observed between 6:30 am and 6:45 am EDT...otherwise, only light rain showers fell there. At FAA-Findlay (OH), 0.03 inch of rain fell between 9:00 pm EDT and 12:00 mid EDT yesterday evening (bringing their rainfall total for yesterday to 0.16 inch, and 0.47 inch of rain fell between 12:00 mid and 5:00 am EDT; they observed a t-storm with heavy rain at 2:00 am EDT, and a t-storm nearby at 5:00 am EDT. Some light fog was present during mid morning. Temps ranged between 49 and 50 overnight and early morning, rising to near 60 since within the past half-hour. Dew points rose from the mid 40's to the upper 40's overnight, then to the low 50's by early morning, and to the mid 50's since within the past hour. Winds became SE-S at 10-20g30 mph early overnight, decreasing to 8-15 mph mid overnight, then to 5-10 mph late overnight, then became light and variable early morning, then W at 3-8 mph mid morning, then NW at 5-10 mph since late morning. A LOW (1003 mb) over se.IN and its associated fronts will move ESE to the e.USA coast by this evening. A HIGH will build S over OH tomorrow. A LOW will move E across the OH Valley on Saturday. A large Canadian HIGH will build over OH on Sunday and early next week. This morning's HWO... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 451 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA- HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-SOUTHERN ERIE- CRAWFORD PA- 451 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE LOW 30S FOR A BRIEF WINDOW OF TIME LATE TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS WILL LIMIT FROST DEVELOPMENT BUT A FREEZE WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FREEZING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ON FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The latest zone forecast for Fostoria, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 945 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FINDLAY 945 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 .TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN CLEARING. PATCHY FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MUCH COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS AROUND 40. EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...RAIN LIKELY. COOLER. NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. .MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The latest zone forecast for Fostoria, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 945 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 SENECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIFFIN 945 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 .TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN CLEARING. PATCHY FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MUCH COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...RAIN LIKELY. COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. COLD WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. .MONDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. .MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ And, the latest zone forecast for Fremont, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 945 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 SANDUSKY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT 945 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 .TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN CLEARING. PATCHY FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MUCH COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...DIMINISHING TO AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...RAIN LIKELY. COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .MONDAY...SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. .MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/26/12 - 7:34 PM Mostly clear and 52 degrees on the S side of Fostoria, OH, wind NNW at 9 mph. Weather conditions from across nw.OH, as of 8:00 pm EDT... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ OHIO REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND, OH 800 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 NORTHWEST OHIO CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS DEFIANCE CLEAR 53 32 44 NW13G21 29.92R FINDLAY MOCLDY 53 39 59 N10 29.89R TOLEDO EXPRESS PTCLDY 53 33 46 NW10 29.90R TOLEDO METCALF PTCLDY 53 34 48 NW14 29.90R LIMA PTCLDY 54 35 48 NW17G23 29.89R ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skies across nw.OH were cloudy into late afternoon, with partial clearing since. Temps peaked at 61 at FAA-Findlay (OH) during early afternoon, then hovered in the upper 50's from then through late afternoon, falling to the low 50's since within the past half-hour. Dew points were in the upper 40's early afternoon into late afternoon, falling to just below 40 since within the past half-hour. Winds were NW at 10-20g25 mph through this afternoon, becoming NW-N at 8-15g20 mph during early evening, then decreased to 5-10 mph since within the past half-hour. Here are photos that I took late this afternoon... N side of Findlay, at 4:39 pm and 4:41 pm EDT, respectively... NE outskirts of Findlay, at 4:57 pm EDT... 3.4 miles ENE of Mortimer, at 5:01 pm EDT... And, 1 mile SW of Fostoria, at 5:14 pm EDT... A LOW over w.PA will continue to move away to the E. A HIGH will build S over OH tomorrow. A LOW will move across the TN Valley/lower OH Valley on Saturday. A HIGH will build over n.OH on Sunday, then move off to the E on Monday. A slow-moving and possibly complex frontal system will impact nw.OH's weather for most of next week. A Freeze Warning is up overnight into morning tomorrow for central portions of nw.OH, including Findlay; a Hard Freeze Warning is up overnight into morning for W portions of nw.OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 319 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 LUCAS-WOOD-HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...FINDLAY 319 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...AFTER 4 AM THROUGH DAYBREAK. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 259 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT... .TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN INDIANA... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND FAR NORTHWEST OHIO WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 20S FOR SEVERAL HOURS. FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND THE REMAINDER OF NORTHWEST OHIO...LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 30 AND 32 FOR A FEW HOURS. LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE 259 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 /159 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ TO 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ TO 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S OVERNIGHT. * WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING AND BE LIGHT OR CALM TOWARD DAYBREAK. IMPACTS... * ANY TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS OR PROTECTED FROM FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The latest zone forecast for Fostoria, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 620 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 SENECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIFFIN 620 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING...THEN CLEARING. PATCHY FROST IN THE OUTLYING AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MUCH COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...SHOWERS LIKELY. COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 70. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The latest zone forecast for Findlay, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 620 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FINDLAY 620 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING...THEN CLEARING. AREAS OF FROST IN THE OUTLYING AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MUCH COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...AREAS OF FROST IN THE OUTLYING AREAS IN THE MORNING. SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...SHOWERS LIKELY. COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 70. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ And, the latest zone forecast for Fremont, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 620 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 SANDUSKY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT 620 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING...THEN CLEARING. PATCHY FROST IN THE OUTLYING AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/27/12 - 11:14 AM PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0601 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI TODAY... THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES AND LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI TODAY. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS FAR WESTERN MISSOURI ELSEWHERE...SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SURROUNDING THE GREATEST RISK AREA...FROM WEST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF KANSAS EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS MORNING TO THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY BY THIS EVENING. A WARM AND INCREASINGLY MOIST AND DESTABILIZING LOW LEVEL AIRMASS WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA TODAY AS A WARM FRONT MOVES FROM NORTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO KANSAS. AS THIS OCCURS...WINDS ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN AND BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR AN EPISODE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOST LIKELY BEGIN AS EARLY AS MIDDAY AND FEATURE A RISK FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES. BY THIS EVENING...THE SEVERE RISK WILL SHIFT EASTWARD INTO PORTIONS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI...WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW STRONG TORNADOES. STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE MONITORING THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/27/12 - 11:17 AM Mostly sunny and 46 degrees in downtown Findlay, OH, wind N at 8 mph. Weather conditions from across nw.OH, as of 12:00 noon EDT... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ OHIO REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND, OH 1200 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 NORTHWEST OHIO CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS DEFIANCE SUNNY 46 25 43 VRB6 30.28R FINDLAY SUNNY 46 26 45 N8 30.25R TOLEDO EXPRESS SUNNY 45 17 32 VRB3 30.25S TOLEDO METCALF SUNNY 46 21 37 CALM 30.27R LIMA SUNNY 46 27 47 E3 30.25S ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skies across nw.OH were generally clear overnight, and mostly sunny so far during the day today. Temps bottomed out at 31 at FAA-Findlay (OH) at 7:00 am EDT and have since risen to the mid 40's. Dew points so far today have ranged between 23 and 28. Winds became N at 5-10 mph mid evening yesterday, then increased to 8-15g20 mph late evening yesterday into early overnight, then decreased to 5-10 mph since then. A HIGH will continue to build over n.OH this afternoon and into this evening. A frontal system will move across s.OH tomorrow. A Canadian HIGH will build over n.OH on Sunday, then move off to the E on Monday, allowing an unsettled and progressivly warmer pattern to set up across nw.OH for the rest of next week. The latest zone forecast for Findlay, OH... ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 938 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FINDLAY 938 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 .REST OF TODAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. PERIODS OF SHOWERS. COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS AROUND 60. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WARMER WITH HIGHS AROUND 70. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The latest zone forecast for Fostoria, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 938 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 SENECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIFFIN 938 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 .REST OF TODAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH... BECOMING EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. PERIODS OF SHOWERS. COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ And, the latest zone forecast for Fremont, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 938 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 SANDUSKY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT 938 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 .REST OF TODAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. PERIODS OF RAIN SHOWERS. COOLER. NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS AROUND 60. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/27/12 - 7:19 PM Clear and 50 degrees on the S side of Fostoria, OH, wind is calm. Weather conditions from across nw.OH, as of 8:00 pm EDT... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ OHIO REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND, OH 800 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 NORTHWEST OHIO CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS DEFIANCE CLEAR 52 21 29 CALM 30.20F FINDLAY CLEAR 50 25 37 E5 30.20F TOLEDO EXPRESS CLEAR 52 18 26 CALM 30.20F TOLEDO METCALF CLEAR 52 21 29 CALM 30.21F LIMA CLEAR 51 25 36 CALM 30.20S ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skies across nw.OH were mostly sunny this afternoon, and generally sunny/clear so far this evening. Temps peaked at 53 late this afternoon at FAA-Findlay (OH) and have since fallen to near 50. Dew points since mid day have ranged between 24 and 27. Winds since early afternoon have become light and variable. Here is a photo that I took at 7:48 am EDT on the S side of Fostoria... A HIGH over the Great Lakes will move off to the NE tonight and tomorrow. A LOW will move ENE across the OH Valley tomorrow and tomorrow evening. A HIGH will build S over the Great Lakes on Sunday, then move off to the NE on Monday, ushering in a warmer and generally unsettled pattern for pretty much the rest of next week. The latest zone forecast for Fostoria, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 636 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 SENECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIFFIN 636 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The latest zone forecast for Findlay, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 636 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FINDLAY 636 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH... BECOMING EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SATURDAY...SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS AROUND 60. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ And, the latest zone forecast for Fremont, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 636 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 SANDUSKY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT 636 PM EDT FRI APR 27 2012 .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS AROUND 60. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/28/12 - 1:23 PM Cloudy and 42 degrees in downtown Findlay, OH, wind E at 13 mph. Weather conditions from across nw.OH, as of 2:00 pm EDT... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ OHIO REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH 200 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 NORTHWEST OHIO CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS DEFIANCE CLOUDY 42 37 82 E10G17 30.18F FINDLAY CLOUDY 41 35 79 E14 30.16F TOLEDO EXPRESS LGT RAIN 39 36 87 E10 30.20F TOLEDO METCALF LGT RAIN 40 36 86 E8 30.23F LIMA CLOUDY 46 34 62 E17 30.13F ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skies across nw.OH since mid overnight have been generally cloudy, with a few breaks at times in the mid cloud cover into mid morning. Spotty light rain showers fell during mid morning; light-to-moderate sleet began falling around 11:00 am EDT, then mixed with light-to-moderate rain around 11:15 am EDT, then transitioned to light rain showers around 11:30 am EDT, then tapered to spotty sprinkles/light rain showers since around 12:30 pm EDT. As of 2:00 pm EDT, 0.05 inch of rain has fallen so far today at FAA-Findlay (OH), with a trace of sleet. Temps were in a 43 to 44 range overnight and into early morning, then rose to the mid 40's from then into late morning, then fell back to a 39 to 41 range from then into early afternoon, and have ranged since then in the low 40's. Dew points were in a 26 to 29 range overnight, then in a 27 to 30 range early morning into late morning, rising to near 35 since early afrernoon. Winds became E-SE at 3-8 mph overnight, then E at 5-12 mph early and mid morning, then NE-E at 8-15 mph late morning into early afternoon, then E at 8-15 mph since then. Here are two photos that I took at 7:32-7:33 am EDT on the SW side of Fostoria... Here is a photo that I took at 8:29 am EDT on the N side of Findlay... And, here is a photo that I took at 2:09 pm EDT on the W side of findlay, with light rain showers around... Radar shows light-to-moderate rain showers and a few heavy rain showers over s.MI/w.Lake Erie/ne., e.cen, se., and s.cen.OH...and a few light-to-moderate rain showers over w.cen. and cen.IN...all moving E at 25 mph. A LOW (1017 mb) is over e.cen.TN, with a Stationary Front extending E, and a Warm Front N into e.cen.KY then WNW to a LOW (1010 mb) over n.cen.MO; a Cold Front extends SW from there to a LOW (1006 mb) over cen.OK, and continues SW and NW from there. This entire system will remain well S of nw.OH until Monday, when a Canadian HIGH (which will be over the Great Lakes later tonight and tomorrow) will drift E to the e.USA coast, and when the Warm Front is expected to finally lift N of the area. This system will remain in fairly close proximity to the N of nw.OH until a Cold Front moves through around next Friday during the day. A Freeze Watch has been posted late tonight and tomorrow morning for N, E, and W portions of nw.OH, including Fostoria, and Fremont... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 844 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-SENECA-HURON- MEDINA-SUMMIT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...TIFFIN...NORWALK... MEDINA...AKRON...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...WOOSTER 844 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED SEASONAL AND TENDER OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY FROST AND FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS COULD DAMAGE OR KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1153 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT... .SKIES SHOULD BEGIN CLEARING FROM THE NORTH OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO AROUND 30 DEGREES OVER FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN INTO NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAR SOUTH THE CLEARING SKIES WILL MAKE IT BEFORE SUNRISE. THEREFORE...A FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI- ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY- PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR... ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS... STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER... BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN... MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE...BLUFFTON 1153 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 /1053 AM CDT SAT APR 28 2012/ ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A SHARP GRADIENT BETWEEN TEMPERATURES JUST BELOW FREEZING AND TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING WITH THE LOCATION DEPENDENT ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE CLEARING CLOUDS MAKE IT LATE TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY NEED TO BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES OF 29 DEGREES TO 32 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD DAMAGE HARDY CROPS AND KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ For this afternoon and evening, SPC-Norman (OK) has extreme.sw.OH and the S 1/3 of IN under a Slight Risk for severe t-storms, with damaging wind gusts and large hail the primary concerns, and a few isolated tornadoes possible mainly over s.cen. and sw.IN. For tomorrow, SPC has sw. and extreme.s.cen.IN under a Slight Risk for severe t-storms. And, for this comng Wednesday, SPC is suggesting the possibility of severe t-storms across the NW 2/5 of nw.OH and across the N 2/5 of IN. The latest zone forecast for Findlay, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1135 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FINDLAY 1135 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 .THIS AFTERNOON...SHOWERS. NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN NEAR 100 PERCENT. .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 70. EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The latest zone forecast for Fostoria, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1135 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 SENECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIFFIN 1135 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...SHOWERS. NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN NEAR 100 PERCENT. .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING. COLD WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .MONDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS LIKELY. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS AROUND 50. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ And, the latest zone forecast for Fremont, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1135 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 SANDUSKY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT 1135 AM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...SHOWERS. NEAR STEADY TEMPERATURE IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN NEAR 100 PERCENT. .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING. COLD WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 70. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/28/12 - 1:59 PM "TORNADO SURVIVORS REBUILD, A YEAR LATER" Rich Phillips, CNN www.cnn.com 4/27/12, 7:10 pm EDT Tuscaloosa, Alabama (CNN) -- The pounding of hammers inside his home is probably the sweetest sound in the world to Tuscaloosa resident Gary Limmroth. It's the sound of progress. One year ago, he barely made it into his basement as a massive tornado with winds up to 200 mph picked up his home, churned it into pieces and threw it all over his Forest Lake neighborhood. "It sucked the air out of the room, like someone trying to beat on the door violently to get in, and then 60 seconds later, it was the quietest quiet you never heard," he said. Limmroth emerged unscathed and watched as the mammoth storm continued its rampage through Tuscaloosa on April 27, 2011. The twister stayed on the ground for about six minutes, officials say. Fifty-three people were killed in the city that day. "It smelled like you had been inside a lumber mill: fresh cut from the houses that were destroyed, plus the trees that were just literally cut in half," Limmroth said. "It was truly eerie." The twister was part of a severe storm system that ripped through the South and Midwest that day, killing at least 327 people. It was one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history. Alabama was the hardest-hit state, and Tuscaloosa was the bull's-eye of the storm. More than 5,000 homes in the city alone were damaged or destroyed, and hundreds of businesses in the area were also affected, according the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce. The storm cut a six-mile-long path through the city, destroying or damaging about 12% of it, Tuscaloosa officials say. The tornado left behind enough debris to fill the University of Alabama's football stadium five times, Mayor Walt Maddox said. On Friday, members of the Tuscaloosa community came together to remember those they lost at a remembrance ceremony held at the university. Bells tolled 53 times to honor each of the city's tornado victims. The names of the dead were read aloud and pictures of them flashed on a screen -- happy glimpses into lives cut short. The Tuscaloosa tornado was later given a rating of EF4, the second-most powerful on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, meaning it had wind speeds between 166 and 200 mph. Today, a year later, a huge weed-filled lot now sits where one Tuscaloosa neighborhood used to be -- part of the huge mile-wide swath that the tornado cut through town at McFarland Boulevard and 15th Street. Right next to that lot is Evan Smith's newly rebuilt Krispy Kreme doughnut shop. "I'm no weatherman, but I think we're standing in the dead center eye," Smith said. This week, plumbers finished their work on the site of his new shop. He hopes to be back in business in the next three months. "As bad as disasters are, a lot of people benefit from them, from easier loans, lower loans and stuff like that," Smith said. "But as far as me and this business, I'm not better off until I get the doors open again." Tuscaloosa's recovery is more about rebuilding all the homes and businesses obliterated by last year's tornado, according to the city's mayor. "It's about restoring lives," Maddox said. "It's about ensuring what happened here is more meaningful than just six miles of total destruction across our city. It's about building back in such a way that people are going to have confidence that we're going to have a better tomorrow." "The message is this: We are coming back," Tuscaloosa County Probate Judge Hardy McCollum said during the Friday ceremony. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley also spoke, vowing to stay committed to the rebuilding efforts. "As we observe today's anniversary, let us look ahead to the work that remains to be done for the people of Alabama," he said. "We've made a lot of progress in the last year. We still have a long way to go." Today, a construction crew is putting the finishing touches on Gary Limmroth's new home, which has a poured concrete safe room. He hopes to sleep in his new place in July. "It takes a while to figure out how do you want to build back, how do you want to do it. Do you want to come back? There were a lot of people across the lake that have decided they just can't take it. They couldn't be here, the constant reminder every day of seeing it." ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/28/12 - 7:20 PM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 198 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 435 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA NORTHERN KENTUCKY EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 435 PM UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 197... DISCUSSION...TSTMS CURRENTLY ACROSS SRN IL ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF SRN IND AND THEN ACROSS THE OH RIVER INTO NRN KY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING NEAR A WEAK SURFACE LOW AND ALONG A WARM/QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT FROM NEAR STL ESEWD TO NEAR LMK. AIR MASS FUELING ONGOING AND ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENT IS MODERATELY TO STRONGLY UNSTABLE AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT STOUT STORM UPDRAFTS AMIDST MORE THAN SUFFICIENT VERTICAL SPEED SHEAR FOR STORM ORGANIZATION AND SUPERCELL STRUCTURES. GREATEST THREAT IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE THE PROSPECT FOR LARGE HAIL. DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL MAY INCREASE AS CLUSTERS MERGE...GROW UPSCALE...AND THEN RESULT IN A DEEPENING COLD POOL AND MCS ACCELERATING ESEWD ACROSS THE OH RIVER. A NARROW CORRIDOR OF TORNADO POTENTIAL ALSO EXISTS INVOF SHARP FRONTAL ZONE BUT THIS POTENTIAL APPEARS TOO LOCALIZED ATTM TO SUPPORT A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE LARGER AREA AT RISK FROM HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28030. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 199 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 515 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SOUTHWEST INDIANA NORTHERN KENTUCKY EASTERN MISSOURI EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 515 PM UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 30 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARMINGTON MISSOURI TO 70 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9). REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 197...WW 198... DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FORMING ALONG AND N OF NEARLY STNRY W-E FRONT FROM E CNTRL MO INTO SRN IL. 50 KT WLY DEEP SHEAR...PRESENCE OF WEAK SFC WAVE/SLIGHTLY ENHANCED LOW LVL FLOW NEAR STL...AND RELATIVELY SMALL TEMP-DEW POINT SPREADS SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR LOW LVL MESOCYLONES/ISOLD TORNADOES AS STORMS INTERACT WITH FRONT AND/OR MORE SLOWLY-MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EXISTING STORMS. OTHERWISE...VERY LARGE HAIL AND AREAS OF DMGG OUTFLOW WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH MID EVE EWD INTO SW IND/N CNTRL KY. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28030. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/28/12 - 7:22 PM Cloudy and 43 degrees on the S side of Fostoria, OH, wind ENE at 11 mph. Weather conditions from across nw.OH, as of 8:00 pm EDT... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ OHIO REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND, OH 800 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 NORTHWEST OHIO CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS DEFIANCE CLOUDY 45 38 76 E9 30.15F FINDLAY CLOUDY 43 37 79 NE12 30.14S TOLEDO EXPRESS CLOUDY 44 34 67 E9 30.17R TOLEDO METCALF CLOUDY 44 34 67 NE9 30.20R LIMA CLOUDY 45 38 76 NE9 30.13S ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skies across nw.OH have remained cloudy. Spotty sprinkles fell through mid afternoon. Temps since mid afternoon have ranged between 43 and 45. Dew points since mid afternoon have been in the upper 30's. E winds increased to 10-20g25 mph mid afternoon into late afternoon, then became NE-E since then, then decreased to 8-15 mph since early evening. Here is a photo that I took at 3:37 pm EDT on the SW outskirts of Fostoria... And, here is a photo that I took at 5:17 pm EDT on the S side of Fostoria... A HIGH over the n.Great Lakes will build S over n.OH overnight and remain over the region through the day tomorrow, then move off to the E tomorrow evening. A Warm Front will lift N of nw.OH on Monday; a LOW will move along this front near the area Monday night. A Cold Front will move across the area Tuesday morning, then become stationary across s.OH Tuesday afternoon, then move back N of nw.OH Tuesday night. A "Bermuda" HIGH will try to build NW over the se.USA and YN Valley on Wednesday. A Cold Front will move across the area late Thursday. A HIGH will ridge into OH for the end of this week and into next weekend. A Freeze Warning has been posted overnight into morning tomorrow for N and E portions of nw.OH, including Fostoria, and Fremont... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 358 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-GEAUGA- ASHTABULA INLAND-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-MAHONING-SOUTHERN ERIE- CRAWFORD PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...CHARDON...JEFFERSON... TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...BUCYRUS... MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...WOOSTER...YOUNGSTOWN...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE 358 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...FROM THE UPPER 20S TO THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAINLY BETWEEN 2 AM AND 9 AM. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED SEASONAL AND TENDER OUTDOOR PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY FROST AND FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD PROTECT TENDER AND SEASONAL VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ For this evening and tonight, SPC-Norman (OK) continues to have extreme.sw.OH and the S 2/5 of IN under a Slight Risk for severe t-storms; the primary concerns are damaging winds and large hail, with very large hail and also a few tornadoes possible across s.cen. and sw.IN. SPC's outlooks as they pertain to OH/IN remain as presented in my preceding report on this page. The latest zone forecast for Fostoria, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 647 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 SENECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIFFIN 647 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS AROUND 60. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .MONDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS LIKELY. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. .FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The latest zone forecast for Findlay, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 647 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FINDLAY 647 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .MONDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS LIKELY. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. .FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ And, the latest zone forecast for Fremont, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 647 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 SANDUSKY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT 647 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... .TONIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING... THEN PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. COLD WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...SUNNY. NOT AS COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .MONDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS LIKELY. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 70. .FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/28/12 - 7:58 PM "OFFICIALS: 1 KILLED, 16 HOSPITALIZED WHEN STORM COLLAPSES ST. LOUIS TENT" CNN www.cnn.com 4/28/12, 8:32 pm EDT (CNN) -- At least one person was killed and 16 others hospitalized Saturday afternoon when a sports bar tent collapsed during a storm that swept through the St. Louis area, fire officials said. Five people suffered serious injuries. St. Louis Cardinals baseball fans gathered after a victory over the Milwaukee Brewers at Kilroy's, which had a tent set up in the rear, according to fire Capt. Dan Sutter. The bar is south of Busch Stadium. High winds knocked down pieces of the tent, officials said. "We had live wires lying on the ground. We have severe injuries to quite a few people," said St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson. "This gives us nightmares." A couple hundred people were inside the tent, Jenkerson told CNN affiliate KSDK. Nearly 100 were treated at the scene, officials told CNN. The area had been under a severe thunderstorm watch, with a warning issued shortly before the incident. "The wind speed when it hit that tent could have been 40 to 50 miles per hour, may have been stronger. It's hard to tell," said National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Kramper. "This cell blew up very quickly." Video shot by KSDK showed remains of the crumpled tent and dazed patrons standing outside. A strong thunderstorm north of the city produced golf-ball-sized and larger hail, according to Kramper. Portions of eastern Missouri and western Illinois were under tornado and severe thunderstorm watches Saturday evening. A tornado warning for downtown St. Louis expired before 7 p.m. CNN's Greg Morrison, Jacqui Jeras and Phil Gast contributed to this report. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/29/12 - 8:27 PM Mostly cloudy and 52 degrees on the S side of Fostoria, OH, wind E at 11 mph. Weather conditions from across nw.OH, as of 9:00 pm EDT... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ OHIO REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH 900 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 NORTHWEST OHIO CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS DEFIANCE MOCLDY 53 16 23 E5 30.21R FINDLAY MOCLDY 52 19 27 E13 30.16F TOLEDO EXPRESS CLOUDY 52 15 23 E8 30.19F TOLEDO METCALF MOCLDY 50 24 36 E7 30.21F LIMA CLOUDY 55 34 45 NE10 30.17R ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skies across nw.OH today were partly cloudy overnight, then mostly sunny morning into mid afternoon, then partly sunny/partly cloudy from then through early evening, becoming mostly cloudy since mdi evening. Based on data at FAA-Findlay (OH), temps today ranged from an early morning low of 36 to a mid afternoon high of 64, with temps falling to the low 50's since within the past hour. Dew points in a 31 to 34 range into early evening have fallen to just below 20 since within the past hour. Winds all day today have been NE-E, at 5-10 mph overnight and early morning, increasing to 10-20g25 mph mid morning through this afternoon, decreasing to 8-15 mph since early evening. Here are photos that I took today... NW side of Fremont, at 8:33 am EDT... 1.2 mile WNW of Old Fort, at 10:52 am EDT... 2.3 miles NE of Fostoria, at 11:13 am EDT... SW side of Fostoria... 1:28 pm EDT... 1:31 pm EDT... 1:34 pm EDT... And, 1:39 pm EDT... Fostoria's Lake Mosier resevoir, at 1:50 pm EDT... SW outskirts of Fostoria, at 2:01 pm (1st photo) and 2:04 pm EDT (2nd-3rd photos)... 1.5 mile ENE of Fostoria, at 4:31 pm, 4:32 pm, and 4:35 pm EDT, respectively... E side of Fostoria, at 4:41 pm EDT... Lake Lecomte resevoir, 2.5 miles SSW of Fostoria, at 5:01 pm and 5:05 pm EDT, respectively... And, S side of Fostoria, at 7:13 pm and 8:06 pm EDT, respectively... Radar shows rain showers over the N 1/4 of IN and over sw.MI/ne.IL/s.Lake Michigan, with a few isolated t-storms over n.cen. and nw.IN, all moving ENE at 30 mph. A high pressure ridge across the e.Great Lakes will move E tonight. A Warm Front across the OH Valley will move into nw.OH tomorrow, then drop back S of the area as a Cold Front tomorrow night, then move back N of the area as a Warm front by Wednesday. A Cold Front will move across the area on Friday, followed by a HIGH building from the W next weekend. The most recent HWO... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 334 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 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-LUCAS-WOOD- 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- 334 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEK... WITH THE FIRST CHANCE ON MONDAY AND CONTINUING EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. IT WILL LIKELY BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR ON ONE OR MORE OF THE DAYS THIS WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FORECAST...AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION... OR HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ For tomorrow, SPC-Norman (OK) has s.cen.OH, sw.OH, the OH Miami Valley, cen.OH, and w.cen.OH, along with the S 3/5 of IN, under a Slight Risk for isolated severe t-storms with damaging wind gusts and large hail. The latest zone forecast for Fostoria, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 655 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 SENECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIFFIN 655 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .MONDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .MONDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...MAINLY IN THE EVENING. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. MUCH COOLER WITH LOWS AROUND 50. .SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The latest zone forecast for Findlay, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 655 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FINDLAY 655 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .MONDAY...CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...MAINLY IN THE MORNING. HIGHS AROUND 70. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH... BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .MONDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...MAINLY IN THE EVENING. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 60. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. MUCH COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. .SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ And, the latest zone forecast for Fremont, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 655 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 SANDUSKY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT 655 PM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .MONDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .MONDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...MAINLY IN THE EVENING. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. MUCH COOLER WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. .SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/30/12 - 11:17 AM Mostly sunny and 74 degrees in downtown Findlay, OH, wind SW at 15 mph. Weather conditions from across nw.OH, as of 12:00 noon EDT... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ OHIO REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND, OH 1200 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012 NORTHWEST OHIO CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS DEFIANCE PTSUNNY 68 51 54 CALM 29.96F FINDLAY MOSUNNY 74 56 53 SW10G18 29.97F TOLEDO EXPRESS PTSUNNY 60 44 55 VRB6 29.99F TOLEDO METCALF PTSUNNY 59 46 62 E6 30.01F LIMA PTSUNNY 73 56 54 SW14 29.98F ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skies across nw.OH were generally cloudy into mid morning, then generally partly sunny from then into late morning, becoming mostly sunny since then. Rain showers and a few t-storms moved ENE across mainly N portions of the area between 5:00 am and 7:30 am EDT, skirting Fostoria and missing Findlay. At my house on the S side of Fostoria, distant lightning/thunder (to the N) was observed around 6:30 am EDT, and a very brief period of light-to-moderate rain fell between 6:40 am and 6:45 am EDT. Temps ranged between 49 and 51 through overnight and early morning, then rose past 60 during mid morning, then quickly rose past 70 with passage of a Warm Front around 11:15 am EDT, reaching the mid 70's not long after that. Dew points in the mid 30's into mid morning rose to the upper 40's by late morning just ahead of the Warm Front, then to the mid 50's behind the Warm Front. E winds at 5-12 mph overnight became SE at 8-15 mph early morning into mid morning, then S at 8-15 mph from then until Warm Front passage, then SW-W at 10-20g25 mph since then. Here are photos that I took early this morning, with rain showers/t-storms (generally departing) around in the 1st-5th photos... S side of Fostoria, at 6:49 am EDT... 1.1 mile SW of Fostoria, at 6:56 am EDT... 1.8 mile NE of Arcadia, at 6:59 am EDT... 2.3 miles NE of Findlay, at 7:07 am EDT... And, N side of Findlay, at 7:18 am and 8:21 am EDT, respectively... Radar shows rain showers/t-storms over e.Lake Erie and moving out of extreme.ne.OH, and rain showers over extreme.nw.IN into S portions of ne.IL, all moving ENE at 30 mph. The aforementioned Warm Front will wobble near or just N of nw.OH through tomorrow, then lift N of Lake Erie by Thursday morning. A Cold Front that was earlier projected to move across nw.OH on Friday may end up stalling near the area through this weekend...this front will probably also be weaker than earlier thought. This morning's HWO... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 448 AM EDT MON APR 30 2012 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-LUCAS-WOOD- 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- 448 AM EDT MON APR 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO TODAY. AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES ALONG THIS BOUNDARY IT WILL BRING AN INCREASE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. A STRONG PIECE OF JET ENERGY WILL MOVE OVERHEAD LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AND INTERACT WITH THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THAT WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THIS MAY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 2 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEK. IT WILL LIKELY BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR ON ONE OR MORE OF THESE DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ For this afternoon and evening, SPC-Norman (OK) has the SW 4/5 of OH, including Wyandot Co./s.Hancock Co./s.Putnam Co. of nw.OH, along with the S 3/5 of IN, under a Slight Risk for severe t-storms with damaging wind gusts and large hail. The latest zone forecast for Findlay, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1146 AM EDT MON APR 30 2012 HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FINDLAY 1146 AM EDT MON APR 30 2012 .THIS AFTERNOON...PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY...THEN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT. .TONIGHT...CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...MAINLY IN THE EVENING. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS AROUND 60. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HOT WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 80. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The latest zone forecast for Fostoria, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1146 AM EDT MON APR 30 2012 SENECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIFFIN 1146 AM EDT MON APR 30 2012 .THIS AFTERNOON...PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY...THEN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT. .TONIGHT...CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...MAINLY IN THE EVENING. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HOT WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. .SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ And, the latest zone forecast for Fremont, OH... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1146 AM EDT MON APR 30 2012 SANDUSKY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT 1146 AM EDT MON APR 30 2012 .THIS AFTERNOON...PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY...THEN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT. .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY... MAINLY IN THE EVENING. NOT AS COOL WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. .THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. .SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch MODERATOR 4/30/12 - 4:06 PM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 208 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 305 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF INDIANA WESTERN AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY TO 45 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE INDIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. DISCUSSION...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT AS DEEP ASCENT IS ENHANCED BY SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE MID-MS VALLEY. DAYTIME HEATING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEWD FLUX OF AN INCREASINGLY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO FURTHER AIR MASS DESTABILIZATION BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH MLCAPE VALUES APPROACHING 1000-2000 J/KG. WHEN COUPLED WITH 40-50 KT OF DEEP SWLY SHEAR...SETUP WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS AND BOWING STRUCTURES CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE HAIL. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24030. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0634 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0352 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL/SOUTHERN INDIANA AND MUCH OF KY/OH TO WV CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 208... VALID 302052Z - 302215Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 208 CONTINUES. SEVERE TSTM WATCH 208 CONTINUES UNTIL 02Z...WITH POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS/SEVERE HAIL. AN ADDITIONAL WATCH MAY BE NEEDED TO THE EAST OF WW 208 LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...POTENTIALLY INCLUDING ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF KY AS WELL AS OH/WV. AN EXTENSIVE NNE-SSW ORIENTED BROKEN BAND OF TSTMS CONTINUES TO STEADILY PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF KY/TN AS OF 2030Z. THESE TSTMS ARE OCCURRING IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN EASTWARD PROPAGATING OUTFLOW BAND/ZONE OF CONFLUENCE...WITH AID OF ONE OR MORE EASTWARD-TRANSITIONING LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGHS/SMALL SCALE MID-LEVEL IMPULSES PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. THUS FAR...CLOUD COVER/MORE MODEST DESTABILIZATION HAS TEMPERED UPDRAFT INTENSITY ESPECIALLY WITH NORTHWARD EXTENT ACROSS WW 208 COINCIDENT WITH THE STRONGER DEEP LAYER WESTERLIES. HOWEVER...WITH AMPLE HEATING STILL OCCURRING AHEAD OF THE LINE...STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPAND/CONGEAL AS THEY STEADILY SPREAD EASTWARD. GIVEN THIS...SUFFICIENTLY STRONG/CONVECTIVE CLUSTER-PERPENDICULAR FLOW SHOULD ALLOW FOR THE MATURATION OF WELL-ORGANIZED LINE SEGMENTS/SMALL-SCALE BOWS CAPABLE OF WIND DAMAGE ASIDE FROM SEVERE HAIL. CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL BE MONITORED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ADDITIONAL WATCH TO THE EAST OF WW 208. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ --- Bob "The Lone Chicken" Welch Still corny after all these years! "To risk letting people see your real self and to discover that they love you...this is one of the greatest joys in life." -Nancy "Honeytree" Henigbaum Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Go to the Top