StormTrack Blog

Normal High & Low:

July 1       83° / 61°

July 31    83° / 63°

* The normals jump to 84°/63° July 14-25

Records:  105° (1936)  40° (1988)

Normal Rainfall:  2.80″

We lose 43 minutes of daylight during the month.

It will feel more like May or September the next few days.  Highs will be in the mid 70s with overnight lows in the upper 40s/lower 50s.   Normal high the next few days is in the lower 80s, normal low is in the lower 60s.

The record lows the next couple of mornings look pretty safe for most spots.

Record Lows Wednesday AM/Thursday AM:

• Toledo               42/40
• Findlay             44/44
• Norwalk           41/41
• Tiffin                 42/44
• Adrian             41/41
• Defiance         41/43
• Lima                42/47
• Montpelier   41/44
• Napoleon     41/44
• Kenton         40/41
• Wauseon     40/40

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E BOWLING GREEN — SOME LARGE LIMBS DOWN.  

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT CORY  – PARTIAL STRUCTURE COLLAPSE  

0657 PM     75mph WND GST     5 S FINDLAY            
  
0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FINDLAY    – TREE FELL THROUGH A HOUSE.  MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.  

0612 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CRESTLINE   – LARGE LIMBS DOWN.  
  
0707 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VANLUE       – LARGE LIMBS DOWN.  

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW WASHINGTON    – ONE TREE AND ONE LARGE LIMB DOWN.

0810 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GALION  –  A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN.  

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N TIFFIN  – SEVERAL VERY LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON STATE ROUTE 53 BETWEEN  TIFFIN AND FORT SENECA.  

0740 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE REPUBLIC — TREES BLOWN OVER AND SOME SIDING TORN OFF OF HOME.

0744 PM     NICKEL HAIL, 55 MPH WINDS         CHATFIELD              

0700 PM     78mph WND GST     FINDLAY                

0423 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S SANDUSKY  – TREES DOWN. PENNY HAIL.

 0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW LONDON   – TREES DOWN. PEA HAIL.

0725 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALGER  – ONE TREE DOWN.

0252 PM     72 mph WND GST     5 NW DEFIANCE          
  
0703 PM     62mph WND GST     1 WSW ALLENTOWN        

JUST NORTH OF VIEWING AREA IN MICHIGAN:

0231 PM     TORNADO          WILLOW  (WAYNE COUNTY)   

             
NWS SURVEY CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST  SOUTHEAST OF CLARK AND WILLOW ROADS. EF1 DAMAGE WITH   
WINDS ESTIMATED UP TO 105 MPH WERE NOTED ALONG WALTZ ROAD  AND JUST TO THE EAST. DAMAGE INCLUDED MULTIPLE HOMES WITH  ROOF DAMAGE AND TWO DESTROYED GARAGES. THE TORNADO ENDED  JUST EAST OF RUST RD. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 1.4 MILES  FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO WAS 200 YARDS  WIDE WHERE THE EF1 DAMAGE OCCURRED.   

0707 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W WADHAMS (ST. CLAIR  COUNTY)       

*** 1 FATAL, 4 INJURED *** WIND DAMAGE TO FORT TRODD  CAMPGROUND. SEVERAL CAMPERS OVERTURNED AND THROWN INTO  POND.

Humidity and temperature levels will drop significantly this week.  Highs Tuesday through Thursday will be in the 70s with overnight lows in the low/mid 50s (some areas north and west of Toledo may dip into the upper 40s).  This will be the coolest stretch since June 6-8.

Warm weather will return by next weekend.

The threat for thunderstorms will increase this afternoon into this evening as a cold front gets a little closer.  The air mass ahead of this front will be hot and muggy. 

Lines of storms will track through the area, and these storms may be severe.  The primary threat will be strong winds.  The tornado threat is very low, but an isolated tornado cannot be completely ruled out.

Alex has made landfall over the Yucatan Peninsula.  It will move back over the water (Bay of Campeche & southern Gulf Of Mexico) and strengthen to a hurricane.  It looks like it will strike northeastern Mexico next week.  The National Hurricane Center is forecasting the possibility that it may make landfall as a category 2 hurricane, which would have winds over 95 mph.

A National Weather Service (NWS) storm survey confirmed a tornado touched down just north of the Cone Rd exit off US 23…about 2 miles south of Milan, at 10:06 PM June 23. The tornado lifted about 2 1/2 miles northeast of Maybee, near Steffas Rd between Scofield and Zink. The total path length was 11 1/2 miles with an average path width of 50 yards.

The tornado was rated an EF0 along most of its path, producing winds of 60 to 70 mph. However, EF1 damage with winds estimated at 90 mph was found near Tuttle Hill Rd in London Township — a roof was torn off of a pole barn, and substantial tree damage was found. The width of this tornado had briefly extended to 100 yards in this location. Several homes also had roof and shingle damage – mainly in and near the town of Scofield.

The storm survey also indicated that straight line wind damage occurred to the east of where the tornado lifted and continued into the Newport area. This damage included some downed power lines, minor tree damage and plastic covering removed and aluminum frame damage on a green house.

The NWS in Detroit has put together a full page about the tornado here.

As of Friday morning, there are two hurricanes in the eastern Pacific, just west of Mexico.  Hurricane Celia is a major category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph.  It will weaken as it tracks westward. 

Just east of Celia is Darby, but that hurricane isn’t as strong.

There is an area of disturbed weather in the Caribbean.  This may become a tropical depression today.  If it becomes the first storm of the Atlantic season, it will be named Alex.

Some (not all) of the computer models take this storm into the eastern Gulf of Mexico.  This definitely bears watching considering what has been going on in the Gulf as of late.

A few computer models take it over the Yucatan Peninsula, and then have it dissipate in eastern Mexico or Texas.

You can follow all of this tropical activity in our Hurricane Tracker.

0114 PM ¾” HAIL 3 mi SSE ELMORE

 0142 PM 1” HAIL 2 mi S FREMONT

 0153 PM 1” HAIL SANDUSKY

 0202 PM 40mph WND CLYDE

 0208 PM 1” HAIL SANDUSKY

 0230 PM WND DMG BERLIN HEIGHTS 

LARGE TREE DOWN AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL WIRES.

LARGE TREE DOWN ON STATE ROUTE 61.

0235 PM 40mph WND TIFFIN

 5 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB DOWN IN EAST SIDE OF TOWN.

0250 PM WND DMG 2 ENE KALIDA

MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AT COUNTY RD M AND K-14 IN KALIDA

 0255 PM WND DMG COLUMBUS GROVE

24-36” DIAMETER TREE UPROOTED. NUMEROUS LIMBS DOWN. POWER OUT.

0314 PM WND DMG FINDLAY

WIRES DOWN AT US 68 AND STATE ROUTE 103.

0319 PM WND DMG RAWSON

WIRES DOWN AT 129 PARK STREET.

 0355 PM WND DMG 2 mi SE CLYDE

1 FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 236.

0830 PM WND DMG 4 SE CARLETON

1.5 FOOT DIAMETER TREE LIMB, 15 FEET LONG, FELL ON

POWERLINES ONTO TELEGRAPH ROAD ABOUT A QUARTER MILE SW OF

I-275. STATE POLICE ARE ON THE SCENE.

0930 PM WND DMG LITCHFIELD

FARM BARN FLATTENED AND PARTIAL ROOF OF FACTORY AT M49

AND HERRING RD….TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR

0938 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 6 mi SSE MANCHESTER

1011 PM WND DMG EDGERTON

FIRE STATION SUSTAINED DAMAGE. UNKNOWN NUMBER OF INJURIES.

COURT HOUSE DAMAGED. POSSIBLE TRAIN DERAILMENT AND TWO

SEMI RIGS RESTING AGAINST TRAIN…TIME ESTIMATED FROM

RADAR

1035 PM WND DMG DEFIANCE

SEVERAL TREES DOWN

1059 PM 62mph WND DELPHOS

1100 PM FUNNEL CLOUD DELTA

1103 PM WND DMG 3 mi E LIBERTY CENTER

POWER LINES DOWN AND POWER OUT AT CO RD T AND CO RD 4

1108 PM WND DMG 3 mi SW MCCLURE

TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT CTY RD M4 AND CTY RD 7

1125 PM 1.35” RAIN 2 SSW ONSTED

Severe storms are now south of the area.  Leftover showers/isolated thunder possible the next few hours.

Storm & damage reports will be posted soon.