Severe thunderstorms rumbled through the northern-most counties of Ohio during the early morning hours of July 4th, 2006. A large cluster of thunderstorms formed over lower Michigan the evening hours of July 3rd and moved east into Western Ohio by midnight. Individual storms evolved into a squall line just after midnight and produced a pronounced "Bow echo" on the Power of 5 Doppler Network radar just east of Sandusky. Straight-line wind damage was reported in the city of Huron in Erie County after 2am. Additional wind damage was reported as the stroms moved eastward through Vermilion in Lorain County and North Olmsted in Cuyahoga County.
A few storms re-developed during the afternoon. A brief, weak tornado touchdown was reported in southeastern Portage County at 4:30 pm. Another weak tornado was tracked by trained storm spotters later in northeast Portage County. after a few brief touchdowns, the storm weakened and moved into Trumbull County.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
10:50 PM EDT TUE JUL 04 2006

01:55 AM 07/04/2006
T'STORM WIND DAMAGE
HURON (41.40N 82.56W) - ERIE COUNTY
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
"NUMEROUS TREES AND LIMBS DOWN"

02:00 AM 07/04/2006
T'STORM WIND DAMAGE
VERMILION (41.41N 82.32W) - LORAIN COUNTY
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
"NUMEROUS TREES/LIMBS/POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS TOWN"

02:10 AM 07/04/2006
T'STORM WIND DAMAGE
LORAIN (41.44N 82.18W) - LORAIN COUNTY
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
"SEVERAL TREES DOWN"

02:15 AM 07/04/2006
T'STORM WIND DAMAGE
WAKEMAN (41.26N 82.40W)- HURON COUNTY
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
"NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN"

02:25 AM 07/04/2006
T'STORM WIND DAMAGE
NORTH OLMSTED (41.41N 81.92W)- CUYAHOGA COUNTY
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
"TREES DOWN ACROSS TOWN"

04:44 PM 07/04/2006
TORNADO
10 Miles SE OF RAVENNA (41.06N 81.11W) - PORTAGE COUNTY
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER
"POSSIBLE TORNADO IN DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP NEAR ALLIANCE ROAD. FARM STRUCTURE DAMAGED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION WILL BE DONE LATER THIS EVENING AND WEDNESDAY."

04:50 PM 07/04/2006
T'STORM WIND DAMAGE
3 Miles SOUTH of CRAIG BEACH (41.08N 80.98W)- MAHONING COUNTY
REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
"ONE TREE AND ONE LARGE BRANCH DOWNED IN LAKE MILTON"

08:00 PM 07/04/2006
TORNADO
NEAR HIRAM - PORTAGE COUNTY
"TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORT FUNNEL CLOUD AND FEW BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS FROM JUST SOUTH OF HIRAM, GARRETTSVILLE TO NEAR WINDHAM. NO DAMAGE REPORTED."