The following events were reported: Flash Flood, Hail, Thunderstorm Wind, Tornado. These occurred near station USW00014820, approximately 29.5434 km away, between 2005-08-20 13:30:00 and 2005-08-20 23:00:00. The events included records with hailstones measuring 37.70375 inches.Thankfully, no injuries or fatalities were reported. The events caused property damage valued at 4033000.0 and crop damage of 0.0. Episode Narrative:            
Event Narrative: Numerous trees and power lines were reported down. A tree was reported to have fallen onto a house causing some roof damage. Nickel size hail was observed. Penny size hail was observed. A tree and a large limb were reported down. One tree and a few large limbs and power lines were reported down. Three trees were reported down. Twin F1 tornadoes touched down north of the city of Medina in Medina Township around 4:20 PM. The tornadoes touched down on Marks Road about a half a mile north of Fenn Road. The tornadoes tracked east on the ground for about one hundred yards. The damage path was about seventy-five feet wide. A pole barn used as a horse arena was leveled. Another barn nearby suffered serious damage to the roof, and the house on the property also received substantial damage. Several other homes in the area sustained minor to serious structural damage with a couple sheds destroyed by the tornadoes. Debris was scattered for several hundred yards around the path of the tornadoes. No injuries to humans or animals were reported from these tornadoes. Severe thunderstorms tracked over western portions of Cuyahoga Ccounty during the afternoon hours of the 20th. By late afternoon, a second band of thunderstorms developed and tracked over the same area. Heavy rain was associated with both rounds of storms. Flash flooding quickly developed as the rain overwhelmed the storm sewers. In North Olmsted, there were reports of water up to the first floor windows of several homes. Water quickly rose to at least 3 feet in depth in the Great Northern Shopping Mall parking lot submerging dozens of cars and causing others to stall. Floodwaters also flowed into the lower level of the shopping mall. Water along the Rocky River rose quickly at the Rocky River Reservation. A small bridge over the river became impassable with several inches of water flowing over it. A tunnel used for the transit system near Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport was also flooded. There were numerous reports of basement flooding. Several streets and highways from downtown Cleveland westward saw substantial flooding. Flood waters three to four feet deep were reported in many areas. Several vehicles were trapped or submerged in the flood waters. Officially for the day, Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport received 3.55 inches of rainfall. Report from other locations in western Cuyahoga County included 5.50 inches in Parma and 4.10 inches measured in North Olmsted. Severe thunderstorms tracked over the northern portions of Lorain County during the afternoon hours of the 20th. By late afternoon, another band of thunderstorms developed and tracked over this same area. Heavy rain was associated with both rounds of thunderstorms. Streets, parking lots, fields and homes quickly flooded. Some roads were reported to have a foot and a half of water flowing down them causing cars to float. By the end of the event, some roads had around three feet of standing water on them. Small streams left their banks leaving the standing water in the streets and yards no place to flow. Hundreds of homes and apartment units suffered from flooding. Basements of homes quickly filled up with water and apartment buildings with either ground floor or sub-ground floor units experienced extensive flood damage. Water began receeding during the overnight hours of the 20th. North Ridgeville was hit hard with numerous reports of flooded homes and streets. By the end of this event, 5.80 inches of rain had fallen there. Elyria picked up 5.14 inches, and Grafton received 2.88 inches. In Avon, 4.5 inches of rain fell in around 90 minutes with a storm total of 3.27 inches in Vermilion. A series of severe thunderstorms dumped heavy rains over the northern portion of Erie County. 3.27 inches of rain was measured at Vermilion in a short period of time. South and Mason Roads were reported to have a foot of water flowing across them. Two large trees were reported down. A tree and a large limb was reported down.